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I've been reading some talk on FSB.com about the paisley drive, I'm pretty positive they are both the same pedal. it's an 808 with a few added things. Here is what I found.

http://www.freestompboxes.org/download/file.php?id=18048&mode=view

Does anyone have any information regarding the circuit in this pedal? It's a fantastic sounding pedal!

Great idea with the masking tape! The most simple things that make life easier!!

Yeah its great.... just put it on the MOD page, feel free to correct my terminology for the parts. Im not good at that stuff!

Solder the first lead of C1 into the circuit board, from the 2nd lead on C1 bend/twist it to the side of the board. Take a wire from lead 2 and go to a 500k audio taper pot. Connect into terminal 1,  put a jumper from 1 to 2, go 3 back into where lead 2 of C1 would normally be.

For the existing pot terminals on the circuit board jump terminal 1 straight to terminal 2 or 3 which is ground. Everything should be good from here, NO CRACKLE and better range!

Brian you're the man... It was defiantly the LED. Since I do my Switch wiring different than what you show in the Build sheets, I normally put a 2k2 on the LED separate from the PC board. Nothing abnormal, but the 4k7 worked and is what I will start using.

Also on the crackle not ok, on the other side of the input cap I took the one leg out of the board and turned it side ways. I went from that leg into a 500k pot back to the board where that leg used to be. Then where the wiring for the pot on the circuit board I jumped that straight to ground and boooommm, it worked. Took the crackle out, so simple and more effective. It gave me more gain and range!

I'll be emailing you tomorrow with another order. Thanks for everything buddy!

I also built the SHO, it is popping real bad when you turn it on & off. Ive tried the resistor on the input/output jacks and also tried a different switch wiring and still getting the pop. I used the same wiring for the Dinky drive and its fine with NO pop.

Any ideas to fix this? also how to get rid of the "crackle ok" thing on the SHO? (not a fan of the crackle)

Thanks for your help!

For sure, I totally understand! Its taught me so much about how to deal with components and what they do in relation to audio. Thanks for checking on it for me!

BTW, Im the one who emailed you about the solder mask a few days ago. Just got your last email about that. I might try a few things!

What boards do you use? the black and red ones? Where do you get them at?

Yeah please do and check it, cause on mine the bass is almost all the way up and treb all the way down and its and good balance. But anything other than that on those two settings is ear piercing!

Let me know what you find out! Thanks man...

So exactly how would I go about knowing how to get less TREB? Like I can't tell you how piercing it is, the treb is all the way down to get a good balance.

Awesome! I'll get on this first thing tomorrow. Im running apple computers so I cant get the tone stacker, but i'll play around with a few different values in the morning. Thanks a bunch!!

That helped out a lot, i would still like more range of bass response if possible. What could I do to get more low end and maybe a little less highs?

Thanks for the response!

Honestly Im not real sure what the deal was. I checked all of my transistors and checked some solder points and finally got the output volume it was supposed to have. The audio probe was a crucial key to figuring this thing out. Im not a huge fan of the pedal, but it could possibly get better if the controls would be a little less harsh. Not really looking for more bass so to say, but less highs, its super brilliant and I love AC30s / british made amps.

The transistors Im using are the 2N5457.

Thank you for your input, i really appreciate it.

Ok I got it all working properly, the only thing about this pedal is that its got tons of treble and not enough low end to it. Will the J201 help this at all?

Thanks for the help!

I figured out how to check my transistors with my meter on the diode setting on my meter. Ive got current reading the same as a brand new uninstalled transistor and the transistors on my board. This is the video I looked at top give me the direction to do this. Make sure this is correct.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VK_4gZU__I&feature=related

Other than that, im still stuck on that R8 resistor bringing down the volume. But that may be completely off.