Tone Vendor Mk1 too much background much noise

Overgrown Chimp

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I built a Tone Vendor MKI with high quality NOS components and carbon comp resistors, except of the charge pump that has modern capacitors and the max1044 ic. I think there is too much background noise when it's on. It sounds great when I play. All the soldering was done well. Is it because of the voltage inverter? Should I try other transistors? Any help would be most appreciated. The transistors are q1) TF78/60 IV with a Hfe:95, Leak:0.3ma q2) sft323 hfe:165, Leak:0.25ma and q3) ac128k hfe:98, Leak:0.6ma
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high quality NOS components and carbon comp resistors => noise

Those leakages are very high => noise

Anyway an MKI should be gated. Absolutely no noise when you' re not playing.

What are your voltages?
 
high quality NOS components and carbon comp resistors => noise

Those leakages are very high => noise

Anyway an MKI should be gated. Absolutely no noise when you' re not playing.

What are your voltages?
Thanks for the help. The voltages are:
Q1) C:8.95v, B:1.93v, E:1.92v
Q2) C:2.80v, B:0.14v, E:0v
Q3) C:4.48v, But:0.08v, E:0v
Every fuzz pedal with vintage electronic components built by good professional builders that I have played or bought adds some background noise to be honest. I have never played a fuzz without some noise when the pedal is on and both knobs are maxed out, especially with a guitar that has single coil pickups. I have tried Fuzz face, Supa fuzz, Big Muff, Tone Bender MkII fuzz pedals. I just hear the pedal I made is kinda more noisy I think. I'm a newbie builder, that's my 8th pedal build
 
Q1 looks good but Q2c and Q3c should be around 8V-9V with Attack at 0. Q2c should be around 3V-5V with full Attack.

If there was ever a circuit to breadboard before building, the TB MKI is it
Q1 looks good but Q2c and Q3c should be around 8V-9V with Attack at 0. Q2c should be around 3V-5V with full Attack.

If there was ever a circuit to breadboard before building, the TB MKI is it.
Thanks again!! I swapped some transistors and the background noise and hiss decreased significantly but the amount of gain I feel it dropped only a little bit. I used a Bulgarian gc117 transistor in Q1)Hfe 67 leak 0.12v, an Sft323 for Q2)hfe 165 leak 0.25 and an ac125 for Q3) hfe 96 leak 0.3m. The voltages are now Q1) C:8.96v, B:0.7v, E:0.67v . Q2) C:2.4v, B:0.14v, E:0v and Q3) C:4.2v, B: 0.013v, E:0v . Tomorrow I will post a new video of the pedal
 
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