Sharkfin help

[mrsmith]

I just build a Sharkfin and it fired up first try and sounds super cool! But I need assistance with two areas:

1) there's a noticeable volume drop from the bypass signal when the filter is engaged. Does anyone have any ideas about why that might happen and how to fix it? Is it a circuit issue or a rig issue?

2) I followed the build doc instruction for setting up the sample/hold function, but I'm wondering if anyone has any additional suggestions for dialing in a well-articulated sample/hold sweep?

Thanks!