Stimmen - 4, Durchschnittliche Bewertung: 4.8
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Anleitung Zusammenfassung
One Saturday in the autumn of 1966, a tall, lanky American chap walked in with Johnny Mitchell or ‘Mitch’ Mitchell as most people know him. His name was James Marshall Hendrix and he quickly became the greatest ambassador my amplifiers have ever had. Mitch used to work at my shop as a ‘Saturday boy’, when he was a teenager, and take drum lessons from me. He was a very talented lad and quickly became one of my top students. When Jimi Hendrix came over to England in 1966 he put a three-piece band together. Mitch auditioned and got the drumming job along with Noel Redding on bass guitar. A key figure in Jimi's management company (Anim Ltd), ‘Tappy’ Wright, recalls that when Jimi started rehearsing with 'The Experience' he was trying various amplifier setups, none of which he was happy with. Chas Chandler had asked Pete Townsend for his advice, prompting Pete to send his roadie, Neville Chester, (later to become Jimi's roadie), over with a Marshall Super 100 head and two Marshall columns for Jimi to try. I’m delighted to say that Jimi fell in love with the Marshall sound straight away and knowing that Mitch knew me he said to him, “I’ve just got to have this Marshall stuff because it sounds so good. Can I meet up with this character that has my name - James Marshall?!” Despite his somewhat wild appearance and his incredible, largerthan- life on-stage personality, Jimi was a very softly-spoken, charming and extremely polite young man with an unbelievable sense of humour. When he came to see me we talked about his sound and he asked me a lot of questions about Marshall equipment. We hit it off right away. The very first words Jimi said to me were, “I’ve got to use your stuff! I don’t want anything given to me; I want to pay full retail price for whatever I order.” That impressed me greatly and then he added, “I’m going to need service wherever I am in the world!” My first thought was, “Oh no, he's going to expect me to put an engineer on an aeroplane every time a valve needs replacing!” As that wasn't exactly practical I suggested that we taught his roadie, Gerry Stickells, some basic amplifier servicing skills, like changing and biasing valves. Jimi liked the idea and so his roadie came to the factory for several weeks. He must’ve been a very good learner because we were never called out at all! It was wonderful and Jimi was very happy. We remained good friends right up to his tragic and untimely death on September 18th 1970. Sadly, because we both had such busy schedules I only got to see him perform three or four times but on those occasions I'd always go back stage for a chat and a laugh with him. Jimi was a fantastic character who loved to joke around, I always had a great time on those rare occasions we managed to get together. In my book Jimi’s playing is still the best ever and heaven above knows what he’d be doing if he was still with us today. Plus his showmanship was just fantastic! I can still remember him scaring the living daylights out of all the big name English guitarists when he first came over here because they’d never heard or seen anything like Jimi - no-one had. Jimi’s talent was so extraordinary that he didn’t only influence his generation; he’s influenced every single generation since then. His records and videos continue to sell amazingly well, he still appears on the front cover of the world's biggest music and guitar magazines on a regular basis, and when I go out and do appearances, kids of all ages insist on having his poster! That’s how impressive his legacy is, and it continues to grow. I am extremely proud of the fact that Jimi chose to use Marshall Amplification and very pleased to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his legendary association with Marshall by way of this limitededition Jimi Hendrix Super 100JH stack. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Janie Hendrix and all involved at Authentic Hendrix (the family company established by the late James Al Hendrix, Jimi’s father) for collaborating with us in order to make this exciting joint-project a reality. Only 600 of these authentic, handwired re-issues will be made. I sincerely hope that this unique looking and sounding landmark of Marshall history will provide you with countless hours of playing pleasure, inspiring you to push musical boundaries even further… just like Jimi did with the originals! Yours Sincerely, =c`^ eYV :YRZc^R_ Dr Jim Marshall OBE and daughter Victoria (Managing Director) “Meeting Jim was beyond groovy for me. It was such a relief to talk to someone who knows and cares about sound. I love my Marshall amps; I am nothing without them!” Jimi HendrixENGLISH =c`^ eYV :YRZc^R_ @_ec`UfTeZ`_ Super 100JH Jimi Hendrix Head is a Class-A/B, all-valve, 100 Watt amp with two channels (High Treble & Normal) and a shared EQ network. It is a meticulously accurate, handwired re-issue of a 100-Watt head that Dr. Jim Marshall recalls naming the ‘Super 100’ when it first came out in 1966 because of the extra p...