Eventually I am going to build up a "test bed" version of the GSG, and use the octal relay sockets for the power tubes, which would make all sorts of tube-rolling an easy job. Just perfect for trying out 6CK4s, 6AV5GAs, 6BQ5GTBs, parallaled 6BL7s, etc.
The basic goal is to keep the power supply and the 6SL7 driver sections close to "normal", and then experiment with the output sections.
I won't bother with CCS or any "fancy circuit tricks" here... Otherwise it would just become an example of comparing apples to durian fruit
I figure that cheapo-OPTs would be best suited for this project, and I also have a couple of the old spugly "tar baby" dipped Dynaco PA774 power tranniess harvested from some old beat up ST35 carcii, that work well but look truly, scarey-ugly.
That must have been their first early attempt at silencing "buzzy" power trannies.
This will become a functional, though not beautiful, "ugly duckling" though not exactly a "Quakti" either
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