Oh, what to build?

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Buddha's Guitar Tech
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Oh, what to build?

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I have an old Selmer Stadium which was cut and butchered before I got it.

Nearly every resistor and capacitor was either noisy or leaky; even back to stock it sounded... meh.

The power amp (2xEL84) and P.I. are in a separate enclosure from the preamps.

So.

On the preamp assembly I have 4 noval sockets and 6 controls.

Original design used 3 x EF86 (which I'd like to use) and a twin triode.

Wondering if I can set the first two EF86s like a typical Fender preamp, and perhaps use the third as an overdrive option, with the twin triode as a follower. Exciting times :shock:

Soldano springs to mind.

The finished product would be for studio use, not the road. No footswitches, just panel control; one-trick-at-a-time-pony.
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