I had a Gibson Melody Maker bass (almost just like the Gibson EB) from 1968 in a rare pelham green that I sold last year for $1300. It had the mudbucker pickup and just sounded too farty for me. Some of it was from the cap they used.
However, we did recently share a gig with a band where they bass player had a newish Gibson EB that was going through a nice loud bass rig and I was surprised how good it sounded. It had no high end at all and did not compete with anything else in the band.
