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NEWS 40 years of Marshall Guitar Stacks, the Beginning of Rock and Roll (04/01) From its early beginnings in the 1960s, Marshall Amplification has always set the standard for electric guitar amplifier design, and its products have been dubbed by many as “the sound of rock.” One of the company’s earliest innovations was the world’s first amplifier stack, now universally known as “the Marshall Stack.” In 2005, the company will celebrate the 40th anniversary of this icon. The Marshall Stack — The Beginning of Rock 'n' Roll TimeIn 1960, company founder Jim Marshall opened his first music shop in West London. Initially stocking drums, Jim eventually expanded into selling guitars and amplifiers, and then started building speaker cabinets too. By listening to guitarists who fr Marshall 1959HW 100 Watt Plexi Guitar Amp Stack (03/02) Marshall unveiled the 1959HW, a handwired reissue of a circa 1969, 100 Watt, all-valve Super Lead ‘Plexi’ head, plus the angled-front 1960AHW and straight-fronted 1960BHW 120 Watt 4x12" cabinets. These are the latest additions to its line of handwired amplifiers and matching speaker cabinets — a series that features some of the world’s most sought after, vintage, all-valve Marshalls. “The 100 Watt ‘Plexi’ head is considered by many to be the definitive rock amp and is the main reason artists started dubbing Marshall as ‘the sound of rock’ back in the late ‘60s,” states Marshall’s U.S. Product Manager, Nick Bowcott. The so-called ‘Plexi’ era (late 1965 to July 1969) was named because of the P Marshall 1974X Combo Handwired Guitar Amps with Tremolo (07/28) Marshall unveiled a line of handwired amplifiers and matching speaker cabinets. This ongoing series will feature some of the world’s most sought after, vintage, all-valve Marshalls. Other than the limited edition Offset JTM45 Halfstack available in 1999 (only 300 were produced worldwide), this represents the first time Marshall has offered a handwired product in recent years. Like the originals, these new amps share simplicity of operation and rich, natural valve tone.“This new series was created to meet growing public demand, and to pay homage to models that, for many players, represent the ultimate in organic, all-valve guitar tone,” explains Marshall Amplification U.S. Product Manager Nic Marshall Limited Edition JTM45 Guitar Amp Stack (/) In late 2005, Marshall Amplification celebrated the 40th anniversary of the world’s first amplifier stack. To honor this achievement, the company has announced a limited edition reissue of its first-ever all-valve, 100 Watt head, the JTM45/100. This iconic head will be sold as part of a stack that includes two 4x12 cabinets, the angled 812T40 and straight 812B40. When stacked, these two cabinets emulate the immense 8x12 cabinet that accompanied the first few JTM45/100s. This 40th Anniversary Stack is the latest in Marshall’s ongoing series of handwired, reissue amplifiers and matching speaker cabinets. The original version of this world famous amplifier was built in late 1965 at the request

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