Hello fellow Status peeps!
I have an Empathy from the early 90's owed from new, and have never found the open low B to sound right. It seems to sound tonally out and doesn't resonate properly, even with the intonation right.
I've lived with it but now the problem is exacerbated as my current band tunes down a full tone so I'm playing open A.
I cringe when playing the note now!
I'm using Hotwire double ball end 45 -130, Trace Elliot V4 or V8 head and 4x10 + 2x10 at gigs. Trace Elf with Ashdown 6x10 at rehearsals, so no problems on the amp/cab side. The Empathy has a fixed neck with no truss rod.
Any advice welcome!
Thanks guys!

Try different strings, even if not double-ball.
Lighter gauge perhaps (though I don't tune down)?
I run Dean Markley 128-40 on my mid-90s Empathy 5.
Plays and sounds fabulously.
The B string has a lot of windings hanging on the core of the string.
If it isn't tight, it will sound dead.

Have fun jammin'

IMO 34" scale isn't quite enough for a low B. I've found that using a taper wound string on the B transforms the tone on my Matrix 5. Sadly Rotosound stopped making the Superwound range of strings many years go. These had only the core passing over the bridge saddle on all strings. More recently they had a "PSD" range (Piano String Design) which were of the same concept and required you to fit your own end-stop ferrule at the position to suit your bridge, but they weren't suitable for headless instruments and were discontinued a couple of years ago. Both of those were great for a low B on a non-headless Status. Nowadays, Ken Smith sell a range of taper wound strings which have a reduced winding (or just the core) passing over the bridge. They also make double-ball-end sets but sadly unfortunately none of these have the taper to give best tone on the fat strings.

https://www.kensmithbasses.com/strings/specialty-strings/

However, if you're OK with using the string clamp at the top of the neck instead of double-ball strings, the single ball Ken Smith taper core range might well solve your (6 year old!) problem:

https://www.kensmithbasses.com/strings/

They are sold in the UK by https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/

Hope this helps!

John