Marshall Amplification
Marshall Amplification is a British company that designs and manufactures music amplifiers and speaker cabinets. It was founded in London by drum shop owner and drummer, Jim Marshall, and is based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England. Since March 2023, Marshall Amplification is a division of the Marshall Group, a Swedish company based in Stockholm. The group has other divisions that use the Marshall brand.
| Company type | Public limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Amplification Musical instrument manufacturing |
| Founded | London, England (1962) |
| Founder | Jim Marshall |
| Headquarters | , England, Sweden |
Area served | United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Europe, Asia, United States |
| Owner | Marshall Amplification PLC (1962-2013) The Marshall Group (2023-present) |
| Website | Marshall.com |
Marshall first designed its amplifiers in response to a complaint made in a visit to the company's drum shop by Pete Townshend, guitarist for The Who, that the guitar amps then on the market did not have the right sound or enough volume. Many of the current and reissue Marshall guitar amplifiers continue to use valves (tubes) rather than transistors, as is common in this market sector. Marshall Amplification also manufactures solid-state, hybrid (vacuum tube and solid state) and modelling amplifiers.