Exactly what I felt, and it’s due to the steel pole pieces, and the rotation of the magnet Leo did to make them higher output. They are often Treble happy basses, probably designed that way as Leo’s hearing and high end hearing went down hill to compensate.
Ultimately I had a couple of pre-amp pedals I liked to use to sculpt my sound and all of that energy was too much sonically for my tastes, but on build quality - right up there, as well as options on different neck profiles, don’t just stick to the #12 PJ type config, if you like a skinny neck the #8 is to die for and the #6 ( I think!) is an awesome fat P bass, but still quick and easy to play due to a flat radius.