thankyou i really do appreciate your help,and yes it is really doing my head in,i just really feel for my son,he keeps looking at his guitar and i think hes been really patient,but omg hes spent so much money on it,i used to work for the MOD so im used to pc boards,wiring,and soldering ect,but its like trying to get something from the fbi lol,if i knew someone with a eric clapton strat with active mid boost id open it and have a look lol but i dont,i dont have a load of resistors to try in the board,when i find out what they are i have got to go buy them and put them in for him,
anyway thankyou for surfing to try finding out,i been surfing for about 3 weeks lol,pantera5555