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The Guv’nor Pedal -- A no joke, Marshall in a boxIn the world of hard (and, for that matter, softer!) rock, the ’80s will forever be known as the decade that was totally dominated by Marshall stacks. Marshall amps were seen and heard literally all over the globe. Then, in the later ’80s, Marshall’s head designer, Steve Grindrod, was given the herculean task of creating a stompbox that replicated the glorious and unmistakable sound of a Marshall Plexi or JCM800 amp cranked up to 11! Steve rose to the challenge, and “The Guv’nor” was released in 1988 — a distortion pedal convincingly capable of emulating that instantly recognizable and signature “Marshall sound.”In keeping with its “stack-in-a-box” intentions, the Guv’nor pedal had a single row of control knobs labeled gain, bass, middle, treble, and volume — exactly like a Marshall amp. In addition to having the expected jacks for input and output, this pedal also featured a jack labeled “loop” — once again keeping up with its “amp-it-a-box” identity. By using an insert Y cable, one could put, say, an echo pedal into the Guv’nor’s loop and then leave said pedal switched on. Thus, every time you engaged the Guv’nor, you would get delay, too, with just a single tap of your foot. What a wonderful feature that helped minimize your pedal “tap dancing” routine onstage!While amp-in-a-box pedals are commonplace today, they didn’t really exist back in the late ’80s. To be more precise, there may have been one or two that claimed to deliver the goods, but they didn’t. The Guv’nor pedal, however, did exactly what it said on the tin, making it the world’s first-ever stompbox of its type.In fact, an early ’90s Marshall catalog boldly states the following on its dedicated Guv’nor page:“A Stack at Your Feet. ‘Overdrive’ is a thing that we at Marshall pioneered. In our quest for the ultimate guitar sound, we constantly look for that quality of distortion that sets Marshall sounds apart.“The Guv’nor pedal epitomises this approach and is more like a mini pre-amp than an ordinary distortion box.”Bold and powerful claims indeed. The page’s closing sentence is just as enticing: “The only distortion pedal that’s a Marshall.”The 1989 UK advertisement for the Guv’nor also cut straight to the chase by stating: “You’ve seen the rest. Now put yourself in charge — get yourself a Guv’nor.”
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