Voodoo Lab

So, I have struggled with this pedal for over 10 years. Bought and sold it 3 times. I stumbled upon something. I only hear this volume increase when the pedal is engaged (and its a pretty big increase) when there is a buffered pedal in front. If my guitar is plugged into the pedal its seems ok. When...

Bought one of these pedals again from flea bay. Question. I took a look inside and there was yellow tantalum cap on the back of the pcb board across 2 points on the bypass switch. Also where the R9 resistor is, there is another blue cap in series with the resistor. So does this sound like the factor...