HELP! One knob Silicon Pep Box?

[Ben79]

I'm building a Pep Box but I'm cramming it onto a small perf board with 2 other fuzzes (Jerkulator and Bazz Fuss) so I'm trying to simplify each so it only has a volume control and gain can be set by the guitar's volume.

If I want to lose the 'effect' pot from this (and run it at max gain), would I replace it with a 10k fixed resistor and connect the - of the 25uf cap with the base of Q2 and have the 10k running to ground from that junction?