Ready for submission !
Now since I don't think it would qualify for a tone party (ni wala pa ngang P 3,000 pesos ang halaga) , I'll have my band listen to it first, then maybe kanshooter, then...ahemm...Mr. Librero is it possible to meet you somehow, somewhere and maybe you an listen to this thing ? And tell me what you think of it ? I live quite close to Jun's place and do need to have a couple of guitars buzz-eliminated. What say you ?
One thing's for certain...the sh*tty JR amp sounds a lot sweeter with it !
BAMF
PS While soundclips are a good thing, there are too many permutations to the preamp, now having 6 knobs (gain, master, treble, mid, bass and solid-state drive) and two general settings (tube overdrive and solid-state clip). Plus, a soundclip will not capture the feel and dynamics that it brings.
I think my general direction right now is a very small tube amp, possibly this preamp configuration plus a small class B output stage (12AU7), "line-out" to a solid state amp. So far this early effort has been encouraging. Solid states are just so...cheap, ubiquitous, linear and robust. Like with any amp tinkerer, if I can get the authentic tube sound over solid states...well...
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