So the drive side sounds fantastic, but the boost doesnt seem to work! If I max out the volume, it farts out very very softly, bit like if I had to fart in a lift. Tested the op-amps and they're good! Bypass works ok as well. Left out the LDRs - which I don't believe affects the sound.
So I recently got a batch with HFE between 100 and 200+, and leakages between 500 & 1000.
I know a EQD Tone Repear sounds great even with those mad values from my personal testing. Am also looking to experiment with dizzy tone circuits, where I know q3 requires some leakage to bias properly...
If the two buffers are of good quality, stacking two into each other shouldn't be a problem. Noting that the Octarock is built for true-bypass, meaning the input buffer will only kick in when the effect is turned on.