Thank you all for your help. I completed it on some ic board. Now the only problem I'm having now is that I get some crackle from the speaker. Could it be from improper soldering or what?
show us a new photo or 2 of the board so we can see if you did all the mod's correctly
did you use a solder proto board ?
if so, why didnt you for a start just mod things on the breadboard and get it working before transferring to a more permanent soldered board ?
take a step back
Dave