Its cool, after some soldering I got the beast working on a 9v supply. It sounds awesome – kind of big muff-y but with more silicon wretch to it. Only probelem I’ve experienced is horrendous background noise when the gain goes up. However this could be because a) I have the back off of the pedal or b) the 9v connector was badly/dangerously soldered. I plan to replace it with a battery snap however

Thanks a lot thats of help. I also found this slightly clearer schematic so I’ll compare the two http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/schematics/hottubes.gif
Apart from a few wires loose which will take no time to solder, my main worry I think is the power supply and transformer. It looks might crusty and might have gone so I might just rig this pedal up for a 9v power supply and adapter. I’ll try and get some photos up here but there are two cut wires coloured black and red where it appears someone may ahve already done it. I’ll go over the circuit but when i post it can someone double check my thinking? Cheers for the help.

PS. There’s one wire i’ve not figured out on the bottom right hand corner of the circuit board with a ‘d’ next to it. Is this thed direct out connector?