newly completed 18 watt "scratch build" based off a Marshall guitar amp, actually my first. home made turrets, board, chassis; transformers from a late 50s "lafayette" i got off ebay 2 years ago.
this really is all a result from smoking a screen grid resistor on a guitar amp i had about 5 years ago...rather than running to a "tech" and saying "here, fix it"(because i am cheap and generally poor), i took it apart, spotted a smoked part, sourced a new one, soldered it in....and the wheels started turning...bought a DIYtube ST-35 kit(which led me to this forum; at that time i literally didn't know a resistor from a capacitor), started collecting junk....and i am now just beginning to fathom the most basic things...pictures do wonders: monkey see, monkey try....monkey try not to get electrocuted
thanks for all the advice and patience with my inane questions....