A year ago, I bought a Manson Merlin fretless from Andy Baxter. A great bass! After I ordered the bass, Andy noticed that the electronics were not working well and sent the bass to Manson, where Hugh Manson himself sorted things out. Everything works properly now. It's a lovely bass. The active settings are quite extreme, as you will find with most basses of this era, but in passive mode it sounds extremely good!