This is a mule thats been a few amps, more recently used to checkout the K50 circuit, and as such ive left the controls as was , i did put the Vox controls in, but preferred the K50's.
Its fixed where the matchless is cathode biased, and is running a little less voltage. Ive kinda guessed the dropping string as a blend of the two circuits. Im really keen to try it cathode biased now.
I gotta say for a bitsa it sounds pretty great, tho has a bit more gain than the phoenix i played in store a few times. Kinda octal rocketish, has the same sweetness, but wound on has more breakup, singing sustain too. And just absorbs boost pedals.
I took some pics of the guts at the shop as a buddy ran the place, but have lost them!!
The string has been the most fiddling about, i think its pretty right.
Would like to compare notes tho if theres any other builds been tried.