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[Xpensive Wino]

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Astounding that neither of these men seem to know why it was nigh-impossible to get American-made guitars, amps (and even discs) in England after WW II.

 

[jb_abides]

Get in yer coffin, Vlad!

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Less than 50 of these badges made their way onto customer-facing models on the original JTM. The story goes that Jim Marshall was in need of a logo, so visited a local funeral hardware store, earning their nickname 'coffin' badges.

Marshall Amplification

Do you know how our famous red-enamel poured 'coffin' logos came to be? Less than 50 of these badges made their way onto customer-facing models on the original JTM. The story goes that Jim Marshall...

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[Deus91]

Less than 50 of these badges made their way onto customer-facing models on the original JTM. The story goes that Jim Marshall was in need of a logo, so visited a local funeral hardware store, earning their nickname 'coffin' badges.

Marshall Amplification

Do you know how our famous red-enamel poured 'coffin' logos came to be? Less than 50 of these badges made their way onto customer-facing models on the original JTM. The story goes that Jim Marshall...

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[MarcB]

Opposite the original store in Hanwell - West London is a funeral home, which is still there.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Opposite the original store in Hanwell - West London is a funeral home, which is still there.

I was afraid you'd raise Cain.

Bonjour.

 

[MarcB]

I was afraid you'd raise Cain.

Bonjour.

I’ve closely watched all faculties and aspects of music history in fine detail and is an obsession of which I can’t help but retain all points of interest and influence .. (film reference)

Bonjour.

 

[goldtop0]

So you poms were 'prosecuted' for selling 2nd hand yankee LPs, that's just ridiculous, I never knew that.
Here in NZ and in Aussie we never had such a ludicrous 'law', there were import restrictions across the whole of the Commonwealth at the time but that's as far as it went for us, you poor buggers.

 

[MarcB]

So you poms were 'prosecuted' for selling 2nd hand yankee LPs, that's just ridiculous, I never knew that.
Here in NZ and in Aussie we never had such a ludicrous 'law', there were import restrictions across the whole of the Commonwealth at the time but that's as far as it went for us, you poor buggers.

..and you lucky buggers had the luxury of huge blocks of Kraft processed cheese (with a very controversial name lol).

 

[goldtop0]

..and you lucky buggers had the luxury of huge blocks of Kraft processed cheese (with a very controversial name lol).

Well yes we were the land of milk and honey in those post war days Marc, exporting all we had to Great Britain, didn't have the war debt like England had with America.
What cheese was that matey.

 

[MarcB]

Well yes we were the land of milk and honey in those post war days Marc, exporting all we had to Great Britain, didn't have the war debt like England had with America.
What cheese was that matey.

I recall going to Sydney in 83 (12yrs old).. and being a lover of process cheese slices.. was amazed you could buy a whole block of it .. called err.. hmm.. well.. err ..














On a better note.. I bought my very first pair of drum sticks there too

 

[goldtop0]

I recall going to Sydney in 83 (12yrs old).. and being a lover of process cheese slices.. was amazed you could buy a whole block of it .. called err.. hmm.. well.. err ..












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On a better note.. I bought my very first pair of drum sticks there too

I'm across the ditch in Auckland so not our product, we have Chesdale cheese here, however we did have Faggs Coffee back in the day, and that's another good story

 

[Deus91]

Deleted, Sorry for Double Post.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

I'm across the ditch in Auckland so not our product, we have Chesdale cheese here, however we did have Faggs Coffee back in the day, and that's another good story

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Nowt wrong with a cuppa Faggs and a tab for brekkie, is there?

 

[goldtop0]

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Nowt wrong with a cuppa Faggs and a tab for brekkie, is there?

Aye oop X.......cheers.
It was as funny as a fight about 25 years ago, one of our local tea and coffee producer/distributors relaunched Fagg's Coffee back on to the market with a big billboard in Ponsonby(a central city bohemian suburb of Auckland) with the slogan 'The great straight coffee, not as Ponsonby as the name suggests'.
Upset the sensitivities of some in the pink soy boy community as you could well imagine. I had a conversation with the general manager of the company about this, and a good laugh.

 

[MarcB]

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Nowt wrong with a cuppa Faggs and a tab for brekkie, is there?

“Smokin is bad hmkay”

 

[Deus91]

One of my favorite Marshall amps are the JTM45s from '64, I always thought the "Clapton Knobs" looked great on those amps and also liked
the sound of those Radiopares Transformers.