Hey Myles,
I recently ordered a hand wired single-ended Class A 8 watt combo [built by Rob of Fab Enterprises of Vancover Canada].The amp has two pre-amps stages [high gain early Plexi and clean Tweed] with seperate tone stacks.Also,each channel has it's own gain control.The 8 watt power section runs a single 6L6 tube and has the master volume and bright switch.Mine will have a single Celestion G12H-30 and a tube buffered series fx loop.My question to you is what power tube [be it NOS,Eastern Euro,6L6,5881,etc...] would you recommend.I play mostly modern blues,classic rock and some jazz and really like that touch dynamic,"in-between" tone of a tube amp on the verge of going into overdrive.The pre-amp tubes are all NOS,but the stock 6L6 is a generic Sovtek.Of course the stock tube might sound quite good but,like the Class A THD UniValve,tubes of higher quality would probably bring out the best in what looks to be a killer little Class A combo.Thanks Myles,for any help or advice that you can give.
Ed