Of course, all modern basses have to sound "clear, focussed and treble-oriented", how could Gibson have forgotten that?!
Like every EMG equipped Dean/ESP/Schecter...
Back in the 80s when I started using EMGs for several years, then trying a Ric again - the basses known as THE trebly bass - I remember how NOT trebly it sounded next to the EMG stuff I had (Guild Pilots). More like high mids.