1. Bypass your 10k cathode resistor with a 5uF cap. 2. Ditch the bright cap on the high gain volume control. 3. Replace the 470pF bypass cap on the 470k/470k network with a 0.002uF Plug in and listen to some nice meaty distortion in high gain and it'll really wake up the low gain mode too! Carl Z http://www.zwengelamps.com