Editing Marshall Amplification (section)

{{Short description|British/Swedish music equipment company}}
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| name             = Marshall Amplification
| logo             = [[File:Marshall logo.svg|200px]]
| type             = [[Public limited company]]
| foundation       = [[London]], [[England]] ({{Start date and age|1962}})<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141121154946/http://www.marshallamps.com/history/ "The First 30 Years of Amplifiers"]}}. Retrieved 31 March 2012.</ref>
| founder          = [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|Jim Marshall]]
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| location_city    = [[Milton Keynes]], [[Stockholm]]
| location_country = England, Sweden
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| area_served      = United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Europe, Asia, United States 
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| industry         = [[Amplifier|Amplification]], musical instrument manufacturing
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| owner            = Marshall Amplification PLC (1962-2023)<br>The Marshall Group (2023-2025)<ref name="Parker">{{cite web |last1=Parker |first1=Matt |title=Marshall Amps sold to Swedish speaker company, bringing an end to family ownership |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/marshall-amps-sold-to-swedish-speaker-company |website=guitarworld.com |date=30 March 2023 |publisher=Guitar World |access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref>
<br>      HongShan Capital Group (2025)
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| homepage         = [http://www.marshall.com Marshall.com]
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[[File:MarshallStack Slayer.jpg|thumb|upright 1.25|A 3&nbsp;×&nbsp;6 stack of Marshall ModeFour guitar cabinets on the main stage of [[Tuska Open Air Metal Festival]] in 2008. This setup belonged to [[Jeff Hanneman]] of [[Slayer]].]]
'''Marshall Amplification''' is a British company that designs and manufactures music [[amplifier]]s, [[Guitar speaker cabinet|speaker cabinets]], and [[effects unit|effects pedals]]. Founded in London in 1962 by shop owner and drummer [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|Jim Marshall]], the company is based in [[Bletchley]], [[Milton Keynes]], England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://marshall.com/about/contact-us |publisher=Marshall Amplification plc |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>

The company first began making amplifiers to provide an alternative to expensive, American-made [[Fender (company)|Fender]] amps, releasing their first model, the [[Fender Bassman|Bassman]]-inspired [[Marshall JTM45|JTM45]], in 1963.  Following complaints over limitations in amp volume and tone from visitors to Jim Marshall's drum shop, notably [[Pete Townshend]], guitarist for [[The Who]],<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/05/jim-marshall-amp-dies-88 |title=Jim Marshall, creator of the Marshall amp, dies aged 88 |work=The Guardian  |first=Michael |last=Hann |date=5 April 2012 |access-date=5 April 2012}}</ref> Marshall began developing louder, 100-watt amplifiers.  These early amps were characterized in part by their [[Plexiglass]] control plates, leading to models such as the [[Marshall 1959|1959 Super Lead]] (released in 1965) being popularly known as "Plexis."  Their adoption by guitarists like Townshend, [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Eric Clapton]], and [[Jimmy Page]] helped establish the brand's legacy. Further development led to the [[Marshall JCM800|JCM800]] series in 1981, which was widely adopted by the hard rock and metal community, while the brand celebrated its 25 years of making amps by releasing the Silver Jubiliee in 1987. Marshall updated the JCM lineup in the 1990s (JCM900) and 2000s (JCM2000) and developed new amp lines, like the DSL and JVM models.

Many of the current and reissue Marshall amps continue to use [[vacuum tube|valves]] (tubes) rather than [[transistor]]s, as is common in this market sector.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/tube-amp-vs-solid-state-amp |last=Blenkinsop |first=Richard |title=Tube Amps Vs Solid State Amps: What's The Difference? |website=Guitar Player |date=3 February 2022 |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> Marshall Amplification also manufactures [[Solid-state amplifier|solid-state]], hybrid ([[Valve amplifier|vacuum tube]] and solid state) and [[Amplifier modeling|modelling amplifiers]].

Since 2023, Marshall Amplification has been a division of the Swedish conglomerate, the Marshall Group,<ref name="Parker" /> <!-- Do not wikilink Marshall Group as that article is about the defence and aerospace group. --> a majority stake of which is owned by China-based [[HongShan]] Capital Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=HongShan to Acquire Rock Icon Marshall in Landmark $1.1 Billion Deal |url=https://techresearchonline.com/news/hongshan-acquire-marshall-group/|publisher=techresearchonline.com |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>