Two Rock Mayer Preamp Pedal - Tube not heating

I just tried my first venture into a tube pedal - saw Peace Hill FX post some amazing stuff and wanting to give it a shot. I found the layout on AmpGarage for the whole amp and just cut out the preamp section of it. The first noticeable issue is that there is no sound - tube isn't heating. I checked and have 6V on the heater pins. I'm just not really sure what to check with a tube build. Pics attached. Maybe something wrong with the way I drew my layout? I'm pretty confident I followed it correctly. Note in the pics there is 1 wire from pin 1 to the mid-boost circuit missing that I have since put in.
 

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As @Feral Feline has said this is an amazing project but I don’t have the balls to have a go at this. The p2p is insane. I’m sure loads of people would love to build this if there was a PCB.

I would love to see a build report of this and to hear how it sounds.
Great work @cgmason1986
Thank you! I forgot to update this after I was finished. I threw up a build report and included link to some pics and a demo.
 
Okay, it looks like you just need to disconnect pin 9 from pins 4&5 and connect pin 9 to ground, which is the solder tab next to the 6v output on the SMPS board.
Gave that a shot - Somehow threw off all my voltages? Not getting any 6V from the pad, pin 1 and 6 only reading about 50V and not responsive to the power supply trimmer. Switched it back to the wrong wiring and all the voltages are back to normal. Maybe pin 9 should connect to 6V and 4 and 5 should connect to ground?

*EDIT* - Nope same thing. It seems like if 4 and 5 aren't connected to 9 I get voltage problems. Also my socket has a center pin that's not connected to anything - Thought maybe that was something for another kind of wiring - is that something I need to connect somewhere?
 

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