Uwe...there's nothing but mid-lows, no top whatsoever. I feel a bit of a cock as I didn't really notice as I'd been playing the new one pretty much exclusively since it arrived. Maybe my first post could have been better phrased, the output is fine (viz. it's as loud as my other basses), but tonally it's awful.
I've gone through a plethora of basses previously...Fender, Gibson, Warwick, Hamer etc. different woods, bolt on set neck, neck through, but none of them sounded this bad.
I thank everyone for their input. I'll report back next Tuesday.
P