Delegate Compressor sustain knob causing distortion

[Fireside79]

First time pedal builder, so bare with me if I’m missing something here, but after completing the build, if I turn the sustain knob past 9-9:30 there is a fair amount of distortion that’s introduced.

I also need to have the level knob down REALLY low or I’m getting a massive boost to my signal…

Attached are a few photos

 

[Feral Feline]

First time pedal builder, so bare with me if I’m missing something here, but after completing the build, if I turn the sustain knob past 9-9:30 there is a fair amount of distortion that’s introduced.

I also need to have the level knob down REALLY low or I’m getting a massive boost to my signal…

Attached are a few photos

Without examining the pics, I'll suggest...
Check all your resistors to make sure you've got the correct values in each location.

Note, there are resistors with colour-bands that are tricky and should be measured with a DMM (outside of the circuit) ... for example:

The volume bump could be from having a 120Ω resistor in place of a 10k. R15, for example.

brown black black red brown = 10k
brown red black black brown = 120Ω


Which might also explain the distortion, by way of overloading the circuit.

 

[Erik S]

Sometimes red and brown are tricky in photos, but looks to me like you've got a couple 1k resistors there that should be 10k.