Good news, Victory! 8)
The issue was the input transformer, the cinemags are NOT compatible with this pcb, as it shorts the ground on the casing to the output of the transformer, so to get it to work i soldered in a cm 2480 backwards, input from the phase flip switch and output across R21. worked like a charm, its a really quiet and dark mic pre, but i think paired with the right mic and source it could definitely sound great, hoping to get it all put back together and try it on some guitar tracks tomorrow. thanks again for all the help and support! next time ill just use the transformers suggested