Many thanks to Tark for troubleshooting my previous issues. A faulty sensitivity pot wreaked havoc on setting up my pedal. Alas, all is not well yet. There are 2 issues that currently make this pedal unusable which is not good since I have a gig on Saturday.
Issue 1: Substanstial volume drop when engaged (both in filter and auto modes). Not good when you're playing live.
Issue 2: this one is strange and I haven't been able to work through the obvious troubleshooting but maybe some of the smart ones could explain it in theory. When alone, pedal sounds great (minus the volume issue) in both modes. When placed in a chain, there is no output when in filter mode. It currently is after a Lovepedal Gen Echo, BYOC tremolo and BYOC chorus. I will play around with the order when the kids aren't asleep but this perplexes me.
Here are some pics and as always thanks for the help.
I have reflowed all the joints.