Point taken on board Tony. Thanks for the input. I'm carefully reconsidering now! I *used* to have an empeg. Well technically I still do. I sold it (provisionally) but couldn't fix an intermittent fault and forgot all about it until recently. That reminds me, I'll need to contact my buyer at the time

As for the resister, yes it has one built in so it can take 9-12v directly.

Thanks for the input.