Hey Aron, thanks for doing this fancy beginner's project, I've enjoyed attempting to work it out, and I am still working on it. But I noticed in your build picture, there is no actual transistor in the DIp8 socket. I was wondering why it's like that? Also, when I purchased my parts, being a newbie to the whole thing, the guy that I was talking to said I didn't need to bother with a ic socket thingy. Is that okay? or does that ruin the plan of the pedal? Thanks
John