Brainstorming Paramount upgrades

[trioid]

Hi Brillo

3.3 uF, 630 V Solen

Jim

[porcupunctis]

I realize this is a pretty lo-tek solution but what if you just added another switch.  Like most tube-based guitar amps use.  One is on-off and the other is standby-on.  So if you turn the amp on with the other switch in standby, all you really do is supply the heaters so the tubes can warm up.  After several minutes of warm-up, you flip it out of standby.

Not much can go wrong with a good switch and their easy to replace.  Relays and delay circuits are another matter and can get flaky on you.

[Doc B.]

The soft start kit does this for you automatically. Don't really need that much heat up time, 30 seconds is adequate.