In 1962, the story goes, Ken Bran – recently employed by Jim as an amp repairer – made a suggestion that buying so many amplifiers didn’t make sense when the resources could be assembled to produce their own. The official Marshall tale is consistent and often-repeated. Half a century is a long time, and the exact details of the development of the guitar amplifier that would become known as the first-ever Marshall are subject to some somewhat differing opinions. He saved his money and opened his shop at number 76 in July 1960, first selling just drum kits, then the expensive imported band equipment his customers wanted, such as Gibson 335s, Fender Strats and Fender Tremoluxes. Jim Marshall, who passed away in April 2012, began his career as a danceband drummer and drum tutor.
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Just 11 feet wide and 22 feet deep, these tiny premises marked the first step in a journey that would lead to another shop, then a series of workshops and factories, ending with the large, modern facility of today in Bletchley: to several Queen’s Awards For Export, a turnover of goodness knows what and, of course, a worldwide reputation amongst players of all ages for righteous-sounding amplifiers. Back in the early 1960s, number 76 was the shop where the first Marshall-branded amplifier was sold.
It wasn’t blue, but black, and it was placed on a site very much connected to the legacy not only of Hendrix but of thousands of other artists as well. In 2012, however, another plaque went up on the wall of 76 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, west London.
They commemorate everything from dramatists to doctors yet, oddly, only two celebrate rock stars one for Beatles John and George at the site of the Apple Boutique, and one at 23 Brook Street in Mayfair, the one-time pad of James Marshall Hendrix. London has no less than 800 blue plaques celebrating the birthplaces or former living quarters of famous men and women.
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