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Took some photos, I'm not certain if they'd be any help.

Yeah 7.7V into them both. I don't think this matters, but should JBP (by the rectifier) be shunted? It's marked in the parts list as needing shunts but I don't see them in the jumper configuration guide.

Sure, hadn't detected any shorts with my beeper over the course of the build. It's 3.7kΩ.

Just completed construction and am at the voltage testing phase. Getting 2.2V on the J4 pads and out of both regulator ICs. I've check joints and resoldered sketch ones so I'm thinking I might have fried the 78L05, but it's a consistent 2.2V, so I'm not sure. This is tried with both 9VDC and 8.5VAC PSUs. Much obliged for any suggestions. My two sammichSID builds went 100% smoothly, had to hit a snag eventually. :V