MESSAGE RECEIVED
Eventually, by the late
‘70s and early ‘80s, amp
companies got the message.
Marshall dipped its toes
in with the JMP MKII, and
finally go all the way with the
JCM800, featuring a master
volume knob, separate gain
control, and both high and
low inputs for difference
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frequency sensitivity. With
the Dual Rectifiers of the
‘90s to the boutique pedals
of today, distortion is as
booming a market as ever.
up the sacculus sometime).
In the end, we should be
grateful to all the innovators
(guitarist and engineer alike)
who let us have it loud.
It’s perhaps not surprising.
We as humans are
conditioned to find loud
sounds pleasurable (look
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