FOUR WEDGE PA FLOOR MONITORS, CUSTOM MADE FOR JEFF BECK

These four custom made and apparently unique Marshall 2x12 wedge PA floor monitors with Celestion greenbacks were produced specially for Jeff Beck in around 1998. They were constructed by Chris Hill, Jeff Beck's Sound Engineer, who worked with Marshall using Marshall materials to create a solution to Jeff Beck's specific sound requirements on stage. The plan initially was reportedly to create something that could be marketed on a wider scale by Marshall, but this evidently did not come to fruition. The wedges were used by Beck on stage until circa 2011, including a performance alongside young blues virtuoso Tyler Bryant (pictured). Whilst their configuration on stage would have varied according to the venue size – two would be used for smaller venues and all four for larger shows – Steve Prior, Jeff Beck’s guitar tech between 1999-2014 stated that they were often used alongside a pair of reissue Marshall JTM 45s. The wedges were probably made with the intention of better controlling the level of volume on stage – a consideration particularly important since Jeff had suffered from tinnitus for many years.