Hi Dogbox,
Arrh obviously you're an aussie? :tu:
Yes the big pineapple is down the road from me.
Sadly the tourist trade has suffered in recent years and it's now all sold an no longer running as a resort.
Re the the tone box;
In a word no on both counts.
These Valve type tone controls are *High impedence* circuits which suck the life out of any voltage gain and with no Active component to recoup the loss,, it's a dead end street.
A 1 Volt signal in can be reduced to about 300 mV,, that's on a good day.
The loss can be worse if it's not looking into a very high impedence.
You can lose heaps of Bass this way and you end up with tone controls that only sorta kinda work.
My tone box was designed with the idea of just delivering Real tone control that is lacking in a lot of Amps. (yes even some Valve ones)
Re running the PhAbbTone direct into LM3886;
Having just returned from the shed after testing the PhAbbTone circuit straight into my little LM3886 sub woofer,,, You will likely need another stage.
Check my preamp circuit for LM3886 I brewed,, you will likely have to turn down the gain if you desire super clean or just add a trim pot for gain adjustment.
(look at how the volume/gain/trim pot is used on the PhAbb circuit for ideas)
Re Your idea of Clean;
Be very aware that everyones idea of clean can be quite different.
Some folks would be quite supprised to learn that Hank Marvin's Sound had some distortion happening to the signal,, even though you might consider that sound pure clean tone,, It's Not.
Some rattlin adds a certain about of body/depth to the sonic signature which is why a lot of early SS Guitar amp where a flop because they just refused to breakup at all.
Ultra HiFi Clean can be very unimpressive and boring to play.
That said I'm sure some like it.
Anyway keep reading and suck up as much as you can.
A bread board and some components will soon get you in some understanding of how it all comes together.
Have fun,, Phil.
Arrh obviously you're an aussie? :tu:
Yes the big pineapple is down the road from me.
Sadly the tourist trade has suffered in recent years and it's now all sold an no longer running as a resort.
Re the the tone box;
In a word no on both counts.
These Valve type tone controls are *High impedence* circuits which suck the life out of any voltage gain and with no Active component to recoup the loss,, it's a dead end street.
A 1 Volt signal in can be reduced to about 300 mV,, that's on a good day.
The loss can be worse if it's not looking into a very high impedence.
You can lose heaps of Bass this way and you end up with tone controls that only sorta kinda work.
My tone box was designed with the idea of just delivering Real tone control that is lacking in a lot of Amps. (yes even some Valve ones)
Re running the PhAbbTone direct into LM3886;
Having just returned from the shed after testing the PhAbbTone circuit straight into my little LM3886 sub woofer,,, You will likely need another stage.
Check my preamp circuit for LM3886 I brewed,, you will likely have to turn down the gain if you desire super clean or just add a trim pot for gain adjustment.
(look at how the volume/gain/trim pot is used on the PhAbb circuit for ideas)
Re Your idea of Clean;
Be very aware that everyones idea of clean can be quite different.
Some folks would be quite supprised to learn that Hank Marvin's Sound had some distortion happening to the signal,, even though you might consider that sound pure clean tone,, It's Not.
Some rattlin adds a certain about of body/depth to the sonic signature which is why a lot of early SS Guitar amp where a flop because they just refused to breakup at all.
Ultra HiFi Clean can be very unimpressive and boring to play.
That said I'm sure some like it.
Anyway keep reading and suck up as much as you can.
A bread board and some components will soon get you in some understanding of how it all comes together.
Have fun,, Phil.