Never heard of Daguet before.
Very interesting. One would think these would be better known since they claim to be based on the originals, not on Fred Hammon's hotodded version, if the object were to get the tone of the originals. But it's not. Also I wasn't aware that Curtis Novak's version is different. Makes no sense that people go crazy over them except that the whole Darkstar craze has no rational explanation.
Not only were Casady and Lesh's basses increasingly modified, both players abandoned them in favor of other basses and pickups fairly early on. That made no difference. The whole thing became a bandwagon. Once it got rolling, at the predecessor of this forum, just about any old husk on eBay was posted as "Darkstar candidate?" as if Hammon's pickup could magically transform a hunk of junk. It got ridiculous.
Also I never understood why people kept emphasizing that it's a wide range pickup. By itself that means nothing. The only question ought to be whether or not it sounds good to you.