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Our mission is to create the best vacuum tube, or valve if youre in the uk, amplifier resource site with an emphasis on guitar amplifiers. Tube amp schematics index page there are over 3500 tube amp schematics and other types of schematics in the el34world schematic library. I dont know much about amp circuitry i dont even know enough to make much sense of these schematics. The 4s universal preamp is a super simple single stage line level hifi preamplifier that will work with any of the 9pin miniature 12a7 twin triode tubes 12au7 12av7 12ay7 12at712az7 12ax7. Its deep as the internal hell, clear like tuned piano and makes a world of difference to enjoying music. I recommend that if you dont already have it you download the latest version of adobe reader. It is so easy to build that it could be assembled and playing in a halfhour with no problems at all. You can rightclick this graphic and select open image in new tab or save image as to make it easier to access while looking at the schematics below.
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