Heads up for any Aussie forumites, the August edition of Silicon Chip magazine has an article on a solid state valve simulator.
I don't understand the nuances of the circuit, but the input goes into an LM833 with variable gain which then feeds into source follower JFET (2N5485). There is then a loudspeaker simulation circuit which uses a TL074 (apparently they have an LTSpice file on their website.)
Cheers,
Ian.