Wednesday’s Club Visit to Marshalls was a great success.  

Steve Hill our guide was very knowledgeable and we started off with a visit to the museum collection of amplifiers and speakers along with some of the guitars used, many owned by pop stars though time.  

We saw the very first amplifier made by Marshalls and had explained to us the history of the company, which was formed back in the 1960’s

Originally formed in London by Jim and Terry Marshall, the company moved to Bletchley, where they are today.  The products are hand made with circuit boards wired and soldered individually before being install into their chassis.

We were shown round the production line where each part was built and eventually constructed into the specific product.  In a separate part of the factory we watched the wooden cabinets being constructed and finished through a heating process before being painted.

All in all the guided tour was most interesting.  Our guide made the tour, giving us all the little interesting facts about the products and the stars that used them.

Marshalls would welcome us back at some time in the future, which will be an opportunity for those who did not make it this to enjoy a bit of British pop history.

Visit their website at:
https://www.marshall.com/gb/en/about-marshall