Aikido for guitar?

PRNDL · 9th June 2007, 05:33 AM

Has anyone tried an Aikido preamp for guitar?
http://www.tubecad.com/2004/blog0011.htm

I'm wondering if there'd be enough gain, and if it would sound good.

Original Burnedfingers · 9th June 2007, 01:22 PM

I had a friend stop over with his guitar just for that purpose of seeing how it would sound going thru the Aikido. The sound was very smooth and detailed. I don't play any musical instruments but I can enjoy the high quality. It did play very loud with a Quicksilver mono block 60 watt tube amplifier. The Aikido was a 6SN7/6SN7 version.

SemperFi · 9th June 2007, 09:30 PM

I'v built several gitar amps with that kind of circuit (12AX7 tubes), but when A/B testing with amps with th same circuit with standard common cathode configs, no one can har a difference, even at full crunch levels.
I was hoping for better compression at clipping levels,but if there are any differences we couldn't hear any.

aletheian · 10th June 2007, 04:05 PM

I built up a 6sj7/6922 Aikido for the input stage in a guitar amp. It sounded very good and was quiet and detailed, but I considered it to be impractival since it took two tubes to build up a single stage.

9th June 2007, 05:33 AM	#1
PRNDL diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2006	Aikido for guitar? Has anyone tried an Aikido preamp for guitar? http://www.tubecad.com/2004/blog0011.htm I'm wondering if there'd be enough gain, and if it would sound good.

10th June 2007, 04:05 PM	#4
aletheian diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Philly	I built up a 6sj7/6922 Aikido for the input stage in a guitar amp. It sounded very good and was quiet and detailed, but I considered it to be impractival since it took two tubes to build up a single stage. __________________ Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!

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9th June 2007, 01:22 PM	#2
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	I had a friend stop over with his guitar just for that purpose of seeing how it would sound going thru the Aikido. The sound was very smooth and detailed. I don't play any musical instruments but I can enjoy the high quality. It did play very loud with a Quicksilver mono block 60 watt tube amplifier. The Aikido was a 6SN7/6SN7 version.

9th June 2007, 09:30 PM	#3
SemperFi diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: nowhere	I'v built several gitar amps with that kind of circuit (12AX7 tubes), but when A/B testing with amps with th same circuit with standard common cathode configs, no one can har a difference, even at full crunch levels. I was hoping for better compression at clipping levels,but if there are any differences we couldn't hear any.

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