Interview about the Marshall SL-5 Development

guitariste-magazine-may-2013-coverGnR France posted this transcript of an interview with Slash and Marshall engineer Santiago Alvarez.

Are there any new Slash-related Marshall products in the pipeline ?
Slash: I can’t divulge what that is. It’s cool, though, and is nothing to do with the AFD.
The AFD was really a homage to all the different guys out there, fans and whatnot, who’ve been trying to build that #39 amp that I had for, like, five minutes. It was being put in to recreate that sound until years later. I was like, ‘what if Marshall just put out that amp again?’ And that’s basically what we did. So, it was really in the spirit of those guys, and now i’m moving on to some different ideas.

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Congrats Slash for winning the Loudwire “Guitarist of the Year” award!

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Congratulations to Slash for his many achievements in 2012, which led him to win this award. The guitarist has been at the top of his game for several decades, and we wish him the very best in keeping his hot streak going strong in 2013.

Read more and check out the other entries over at loudwire.com

Who else is on your “favourite guitarist ever” list (except for Slash, of course!)?