How would a cathode follower output section sound for guitar?

[J M Fahey]

Ah!! but the money *is* object
Offer me 1000 6AK6 at one buck each and I'll buy them first and search for a use later.

[Austin]

Ah!! but the money *is* object
Offer me 1000 6AK6 at one buck each and I'll buy them first and search for a use later.

There is a guy who built an amplifier with only 12ax7. Tip #13

I think the 12ay7 is the best tube for the most hifi clear and open sounding tube but I will never admit that in public again for fear the price will increase even more for one and I am probably stupid for doing it now.

I love the way hifi guys describe sound.

[printer2]

This may be better posted in the "why not power pentodes for drivers" but would somebody help me understand why a 6ak6 or other smal signal pentode might be better than a el84 or a 6v6 or even larer tubes for a driver if money was no object? Is it the "inter-electrode capacitance" that might be a low pass filter with the grid stopper? Thanks

They are a power tube, the voltages they run at are reasonably low, they are cheap, I have 12, really should use a 6AU6 though as I have 50 of them, 150mA of heater current at 6V, they are said to sound fairly good.