[Boatanchors] SSB Generation - Phasing VS Filter Opinion Sought

[Whitebear1122]

I am close to finishing up my homebrew 12 tube dual conversion superheterodyne receiver.  I’m listening to 40m cw right now and it sounds great.  I plan to add some filtering to narrow up the bandwidth for cw and SSB, then either put it in a commercial case or build a plexiglass case.  

I’ve started thinking about the next project which will be a CW/SSB transmitter. I’m thinking tubes, at least 80m, 40m, and 20m, with 1 or 2 6146’s in the final.  I’ve been learning about both phase and filter SSB generators and I’m trying to sort out advantages of both.

Based on my current thinking (which is sketchy at best), I’m thinking that filter SSB is the better choice for me.  While it appears to have a higher cost over phasing due to the cost of a mechanical filter and crystals, I get the impression that it has much higher carrier suppression, and I don’t have to build a phasing network or find an old B&W phasing network.  On the other hand, both methods are successfully used by commercial ham transmitter mfgr's so I suppose one can’t go wrong with either method.

I’d appreciate hearing your opinion on filter vs phasing.  Has anyone on here built their own SSB transmitter in the past?

Many thanks, 73 Scott WA9WFA