Peter, if you go into introductions and open up the Archive through November 9th and open the thread allow me to formally introduce myself you can see a close up of my basses' controls.
There are 16 controls, 8 knobs and 8 toggle switches. The controls are set up in a symetrical set-up, with the exception of 2 toggle controls.
The 2 center knobs are master volume and balance. The balance is a unique custom stereo balance control. The center jack is standard, and then each pickup has it's own jack -for individual processing. I can use them in any combination, although logic sez to use either the center or the other two.
To either side of the balance and volume are filter knobs, and then again, to either side are bass and treble knobs. So each pickup has bass, treble, and filter knobs.
Then, to either side of the upper center volume knob are 2 sets of toggles (for each pickup) between the volume and treble knobs. One switch is a 3 position Q (4/8/12) and the other switch is a 3 position control switch which decides between: filter off (turning the filter won't affect the sound), filter on with 0 db Q, filter on with Q -4/8/12 db depending on the position of the Q switch.
The remaining 4 toggles on the lower level between the center balance and the bass controls on either side are: a mid-range boost/cut quick tone change controls (one for each pickup, they work just like the controls on a Europa or Rogue), and then, next to the balance on one side is a 3 position power control. Center position is off, up is on, down is alternate battery AND LEDs on. The final 3 position toggle is a custom stereo switch. In the center position, each pickup has it's own set of 6 tone controls (bass, mid, treble, filter, Q, control switch). If I flick the stereo switch to one side or the other, it assigns that pickups tone controls to become MASTER tone controls for BOTH pickups.
I can use this to choose whether to have individual tone controls for each pickup -for more detailed processing- or to have the simplicity of a mono bass with only 1 set of tone controls for each pickup. I can also use the switch as an instant radical tone change, that allows me to store 1 tone control setting on one of my pickups set of tone controls, use the other pickups controls for a different tone effect, and then just select or come back to the other tone with the simple flick of a switch. It's pretty cool.
Gotta go to work, but I had just enough time to answer you questions -and thanks again for your help and opinions answering mine!
