My 5E3 project is moving along smartly. All the hardware is now in hand and fellow forum member Bill Moore has the motherboard mostly assembled. I've selected a tube array consisting of an RCA/JAN 5Y3GT, a pair of my beloved blackplate RCA 6V6GTAs, and a pair of Amperex 12AX7's (all bottles vintage NOS). I will be testing a blackplate RCA 5751 in the V1 position as soon as the amp is up and running. I'm hopeful that its initial shake-down cruise will occur sometime in the early spring. Since this will be my final amp project I want it to be a good one.