Tone controls in a preamp?

[mlabbee]

Well, here I go.  This week, I'm embarking on my first tube project - a version of the Real McTube II using a 6021 tube (the kind Zvex uses in the Nanohead).  I notice, though, that the McTube doesn't have a tone stack.  Any thoughts on the pros and cons of using a tone stack between the two gain stages?

[petemoore]

It'll make it sound different, and the passives use gain so won't be as loud...etc.
 Run a simple buffer ahead of it though, to drive the passives, and gain loss might not be a problem. This means another tube preamp stage...or...
 Tone control before, in a stompbox, Tone control after in the amp...alot of options...EQ pedal. Some tone shaping  in the pedal...options options options...

[brett]

Hi.
The classic Marshall tone stack sounds good and has less loss than most others.  Check out Duncan's Tone Stack calculator is you haven't already.
good luck

[Phorhas]

I think that the Duncan TSC show the marshall tone stack with a lesser gain loss because it asumes that a buffer stage is ahead of the TS

[petemoore]

Where can I see a Marshall Tonestack Scheamtica?