OP: I would love to try your shroeder, My Fafner has a valve pre (I knwo this isnt the same as a proper valve amp) but if you wanted I could come visit at some point or we could meet up and try the EBS shroeder combo. Your only a train journey away (if you could pick me up from the station)
p.s. I could ring my dingwall and you can see the wonder of fanned frets
p.p.s. just re read your post and see you have had valve pre's in the past, offer still stands though, I would love to give a 1212L a bash