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Later 44's finished in darker grey with chocolate coloured buttons were pretty well all phono - just thought I'd mention it.

I ought to say this (apologies for teaching granny to suck eggs), but the output of one item goes to the INPUT of another. 44's of old had three variable outputs on them, set to different levels, although I can't remember if the later ones were similar.

It's got to be something simple I suspect and dry joints somewhere are probably the most likely. The controls were screwed in place with tiny Allen keys, so worth checking as they do work loose.