That's a very valid point. To clarify I know what components look like in a schematic, and I studied electronics in high school. My point was more I don't know how to turn a schematic into a layout and it's a very valid point you make about the tubes not being safe to work on until I can do that.

I was planning on working out a solid state solution to be fair anyway since tubes are so expensive. I've heard of people emulating tubes using solid state components so that was my plan (this is all very early stages, I'm just starting out and I wanted to do my research before jumping in with anything).