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Marshall launches membership scheme and pledges percentage of online sales to support grassroots music venues
By Jonathan Horsley published
Sign up to Marshall's Amplify scheme and the British amp giant will use one per cent of members' web store purchases to support independent venues

Billie Joe Armstrong debuts new signature ‘Dookie’ Marshall amps during Super Bowl LX show
By Jonathan Horsley published
Is Marshall about to make the legendary Dookie mod go mainstream? BJA's Super Bowl backline, finished in a very familiar shade of 'Blue', suggests it is

Brian May recalls the time he played live through Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well
By Jonathan Horsley published
Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord

NAMM 2025: Classic sounds, classy looks – meet Marshall's new overdrive pedals series
By Jonathan Horsley published
Get Plexi, JCM800, DSL drive and more at sensible volumes from a range of pedals that look like Marshall amps and sound like 'em, too

Humanist's Rob Marshall on the 9 records that changed his life, and why he'll never switch to digital amp modelling
By Rob Laing published
As he releases a triumphant second album with guest vocalists, the former Mark Lanegan collaborator remembers his friend and champion

“You don't need a wall of Marshall stacks in order to be dark": Tom Morello on how acoustic music can be just as ‘hard’ as metal
By Will Simpson published
Morello and Bonamassa dispense some sage advice

Strats ’n’ stripes: Watch The Star-Spangled Banner played through dimed Marshalls in empty warehouse
By Jonathan Horsley published
Two gear nuts go full on Strats ’n’ stripes in a deserted 250,000 sq ft warehouse, and it sounds magnificent

The Marshall JTM gets a special spec for Celestion speakers' 100th anniversary
By Rob Laing published
Say hello to the Celestion 100

Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage on why the Marshall JCM800 is a mainstay of their backline
By Jonathan Horsley published
No, progressive guitar’s boundary pushers are still using digital amp modellers, but as Henson says, “You just can’t beat the warmth of a tube amp”

Eric Clapton’s Marshall JCM800 that rocked 1.5 billion people at Live Aid is up for sale
By Jonathan Horsley published
So you need an amp to play guitar in a stadium for a watching TV audience of over a billion people? Well, something has just come in... All you need is a cobbled together Strat
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