On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:43:19 +1000, kyser wrote:

"James Angelo Ruggieri, P.E." wrote in message
news:mLH_b.1328$Ri6.387@lakeread04...

I'm uncertain if the Marshall designer(s) intended the distortion
characteristics inherent in their amps - or if it was an unintended
consequence, and the design was driven by economics. I suspect the latter
- given the period of time the general design was developed.

AFAIK, the intention of Jim Marshall, and Ken Bran (the designer) in early
1962 was to build a more powerful version of the original Fender Bassman
amp...

Right.

By all accounts, Mr. Fender didn't originally
plan for distorted sounds. But they took off,
and he grudgingly accepted that. (Many of his
engineers did not, and after Leo left the company,
they drastically cleaned up the sound, annoying
many, many customers).

Jim Marshall, OTOH, wanted to duplicate the Bassman
sound, then listened to the musicians, some of whom
wanted distortion and some of whom didn't. So he
was intentionally including some.

But some of the sound *did* come from the parts
available in the price range. Design meets luck,
and a star is born.


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