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If you're looking for a local supplier, Mal & Carole at http://evatco.com.au/ have some very good shielded cable for amp signal use.
Ignore the old product photo on their site, it's not the grey crap the Jaycar etc stock.

Couple of gain stages, minimum 50uF cathode bypass caps, baxandall tone stack, done.

6G2 or 6G3. "Forgotten heroes" of the Fender lineage

Yes, I have one in my '78 vibrochamp. They're the only current production cap I could find that are a perfect fit for the existing hole. All sections measured correctly with my Fluke and it's been fine for about 3 years now.
Wouldn't hesitate to use them again.

Post some pics of inside the chassis before you go rerouting everything.

The problem with this is that the 5672's (low power) would need a load resistance of approximately 35-40k and my OT (hammond 125c) can only get up to about 27k. Is there a way that I can increase the load resistance other than just getting a different OT? The specs show a primary imp. of 22k when u...

Cornelius wrote: Or would even mentioning the word 'switched-mode PSU be a no-no here?

Exactly

Why limit yourself to +12V?
If you're building a bench supply, rectify separate supplies for +9V, +12v +24V/-24, +15/-15V...

Something like a 20v transformer and various (heat-sinked) regulators with plenty of filtering. Should be fine