EMG pickups in Spector Basses

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I recently acquired a Spector Euro5 with 2 x 40DC pickups and dropped an Aguilar OBP3 preamp in it (with a pickup balance knob).

With both pups equally balanced, the tone is killer, it growls like hell. But I find with the balance knob rolled towards the bridge pup, I can't get the "burpy" tone that I get out of other basses when playing near the bridge. It sounds rather brittle and trebly.

So I'm considering putting 40J or a 40P5 on the bridge. Though the 40P5 seems very scarcely stocked, anywhere.

I do have another bass with a 40DC on the neck and 40TW on the bridge, that combo is killer. But I don't have an EMG circuit on the Spector, so the TW isn't an option here.

I'm new to Spector basses so apologies if this has been covered before. Appreciate any tried and tested words of widsom!