{"id":688,"date":"2015-03-07T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zogue.com\/blog\/?p=688"},"modified":"2019-08-22T23:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T23:24:30","slug":"firefly-amplifier-and-flying-v-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zogue.com\/blog\/2015\/firefly-amplifier-and-flying-v-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefly Amplifier (and Flying V guitar)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years back my brother built me this little valve (tube if you live across the Atlantic) amplifier, based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ax84.com\/index.php\/oldprojects.html?project_id=firefly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Firefly circuit<\/a>. 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