Little Girl

I'll likely redo the amp with terminal strips to tie things down a bit. I'm not entirely thrilled with the concept of high voltage lines held in place by the rigidity of the component leads.

The amp really couldn't be simpler: an input jack, two gain stages, fixed voltage divider (to avoid reaming the living daylights out of the 6BQ5), and a 6BQ5.

Even though the pictures you see of the faceplate are real pretty, I'm probably going to make the sole control on the amp the power switch. (Labeled "Volume", of course.) I did this as an experiment while debugging my first amp, the Fat Lady, and found I really liked what it did to my playing. It forced me to use the volume knob at the guitar more than I already do, and in a matter of hours I got quite attached to the idea. I also like the softness of the clean sound when rolled down at the guitar. I guess you could call it the "Soul" control.

I'm still searching for a speaker for this thing - an 8" speaker will dwarf my efforts at miniaturization. I'm hoping to luck out on a 6x9 that rolls off at guitar friendly frequencies.

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