You guys are going to laugh. So basically since I was so thrown off by the serial number issue with my new Spector, I went back to Sam Ash. I actually exchanged the Spector for a Warwick Corvette $$ 4. A very sweet sounding bass with lots of tonal possibilities. 2 passive MEC humbuckers with active preamp. Since it's been sitting on the Sam Ash peg hook for so long I swapped out the battery and am going to get a new set of strings on it with a good setup. I really went apples and oranges here. I really loved the sound of the dual EMG J bass pickups in the Spector as they were fully active....but I think the passive pups with active preamp will allow for more versatile playing. Not to mention the bass is beautiful to look at. HEHEHE
TOny