He probably never picked up a guitar in anger in his life, yet without the signature Marshall Amp, music wouldn’t be as loud or as refined as it is today.

It was with great sadness that drew the Rock fraternity together this week as the iconic and legendary amplifier maker Jim Marshall, “the father of loud” passed away at the age of 88.

Born James Charles Marshall in 1923 in Acton, Marshall was more than just a businessman, he was a pioneer of the guitar amplification and his product, a labour of love, was used by such musicians as Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Lemmy, Joe Bonamassa and Nikki Sixx.