Ok, so when I first purchased this pedal (January 2010) it was perfect. It did exactly what I wanted it to: lower-gain overdrive reminiscent of the 60s or a gain boost that could add a little color if you so desired. Unfortunately I lent it out to someone and wouldn’t you know it? When I got it back it sounded like CRAP. Not the poorly-dialed-in kind of crap either. This thing sounds like it’s broken. Reminds me of a B*hringer DM100 running on a dying battery. The original tone is lingering in the background somewhere but you can barely tell as it gets trampled by a harsh, choppy, overdrive. Kind of sounds like white noise. The symptoms are as follows:

-Can’t put out quite as much gain as it used to
-Overdrive sounds choppy, harsh, buzzy, and improperly biased regardless of how the pedal is dialed in (the pedal can only produce 3 different sounds now)
-BIAS and VOLTS seem to have more control over how much gain the pedal will put out
-The static hum/buzz it used to have isn’t nearly as loud anymore
-Signal drops off almost completely once VOLTS is turned down below BIAS
o Eg. With BIAS at 12 o’clock the pedal sounds the same until the two controls are equal. With VOLTS at 11 o’clock it gets that really pop-y sound and at about 10 o’clock and anything below, you’re left with a very weak and muffled clean sound

I’m running my gear through a Traynor YCV50 (blue) and I have tried various power supplies (including a OneSpot from Visual Sound), batteries, cables, etc. The amp is almost two years old and still running on the stock tubes but it isn’t showing any signs of needing them replaced (The amp still has a perfectly good overdrive channel). Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated!