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Thanks guys Does that make a difference to the problem ?

I think i may be confused. It seems from the scheme that they're not seperate tone pots for each pup, but a bass pot and a treble pot. None the less, when turning up the treble pot ( the dodgy one ) i dont get any treble, though volume is fine. Its when backing off that almost all volume disappears, and it goes really thin, trebly, no bottom at all

If this is any help, i got the schematic from Status for this TB42 circuit. The blend pot has to be added seperately but has the schematic

Its a Status Matrix, and there's a PCB involved. Its only a dodgy tone pot in active, because in passive, both tone pots are out of the circuit

Its twin soapbar single coil pickups, tone pot for each pup, + single blend + single volume, + active / passive mini switch. Neck pickup is fine, tone working, but the bridge pickup tone is bizarre. When the tone is full up, volume on full , it should be very toppy, but its the opposite. Volume is fine. When rolling off the tone, almost all volume disappears and tone is extremely thin and trebly. The loss of volume is huge, though still audible. Hard to diagnose for anyone i'm sure, but is this the tone pot's fault, or bridge pup going down ?

Bet he now wishes he'd sold it to Mick Knobhead I mean the seller, not Mick

He hasnt listed it as a Steinberger. Just listed as " unknown " despite it having a decal on it, which looks fake, so ...

No need to worry about it now. They've refunded me Result

Indeedy, i like both too. Wouldn't want one without the other

Cortez The Killer - what a track

That is a work of art

Makes sense. I guess exotica is a specialist buy over the tried and tested lookalikes. The man is in business after all, so fair play

Just had a look on their webby, and was underwhelmed at the models. Yet the discontinued models, Origin and Elevation look stunning. Why discontinue such fabulous looking basses, with a different look to the standard fare they now have.

Also owned two 80's Overwaters in the past , both in the classic series. First was a single pup passive bass and then a deluxe twin pup active. The active bass had a dual filter preamp. Both mine had the Kent Armstrong pups with covers that were designed to look like Ebony, but aren't. The very early classics ( IIRC ) had Bill Lawrence pups. I cant speak for ther BL pups but the Kent pups in both mine were pretty awesome. The active twin pup bass had a lot more bark, perhaps due to the active pre. and filters though the tone on the passive single pup was equally nice. Doubt very much that you'd even find the 80's pups second hand though

I know this, but the Basschat swear filter would all but eliminate my words, but Crock and Manure are involved What a fabulous first post

The track Southern Man caused a real stir back in the day. If you dont know NY, youtube the lyrics. Harvest and After The Goldrush were, for me, the very best. Didnt get on with much else re. his other solo albums, though his time with Crosby Stills and Nash was magic on the the Deja Vu album

Yeah i'm not sure where i stand in that respect. Surely there's a limit on how many times they get to sort it out before i get my money back The first instance was the electronics went faulty, they collected it and then sent it back in the flimsiest of packing, and lo and behold, it got bazookered by Parcel Farce. Back it went again and thats when it went quiet. There's no way i was going to accept the same combo back again after all that case damage. So how long does it take to send out another new one, if there's no repair to take into account ? Certainly not as long as it has been right now.

I may have to do the same Lefty. MD is Richard Harfield and he's a director of more than just HW Audio PLC

Thanks again all ...superb info Not that bothered about covering anything else other than getting my money back. Good to know that the SC fees can be included, though if they didnt, it wouldn't have bothered me. They might refund me before the 7 day dead line, or may try to post another combo out. I'm only accepting a refund. They've had their chance.

Yup, the email was not nasty at all, i just laid out what happened, which of course they knew anyway. Thing is, i'm betting they'll send another combo ( a good one this time ) but i no longer want a replacement. I'm done with them. If they do send another, i bet my thin wallet contents they wont tell me its on its way. I'll know when it turns up, so i'll just refuse to accept it. I dont know where i stand legally with that

Just waiting for a reply now, but as said above, i've given them 7 days for a refund, then its TS or SC

Yep, basically Nicko, thats what i said in the email, which i guess is why a got a quick response. Pity they kept quiet for long, withou any updates since it was collected by them because of the damage done in transit. Seems to me they have money and are now dragging their feet. Not unheard of in this day and age . I did look at Small Cliams and if you do it online, its 25 quid for anything upto 300 quid. Strangely, i cant include the 25 quid fee when asking for my money back

Bit of an update Dave, i found the MD and sent an email. He has responded quote ... "Sorry about that, I thought it had been done. Was it bought through the website or eBay? Regards Richard" I sent him the invoice number so he should know where i bought it. Thats all the commuinication i've had so far. I'll try TS before small claims

Ok - found an email for Richard Harfield MD and have fired off a message. Guess i sit and wait Thanks lads

I got this, but i was looking for an email address for the MD https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01642188/officers