so it took me a while to sucessfully test it out. but here's some a pic of what it looks like and how it compares to a soundpro SP-SPSB-1.
edit:
I used a piece of veraboard and used a female mini-jack from an old soundcard. the resistors and cap are all pretty common. all held in togethor with hot glue. in hindsight, i should have used an old headphone male mini-jack instead of regular wire and that new gold jack. the fact that the gold jack isn't a right angle plug also kinda sucks. also a some sort of housing for the battery probably wouldn't be a bad idea either. one time between sets, i couldn't figure out why i wasn't getting levels, turned out the battery had become disconnected from the bb.
questions, comments, suggestions? all welcomed.