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Can be a bit neck heavy. I found it comfortable to play sitting or standing, nice neck profile.
I replaced my standard pickup with a Dimarzio Model 1 pickup (which I still have somewhere) that improved things a bit.
Be aware that some Epi EB0’s have a plywood body
If you want a fairly cheap short scale its worth a punt
https://youtu.be/RXZ6amEJU0w
If you just want short scale I ended up with one of these and it's fantastic.
https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ibanez-tmb30-talman-short-scale-bass-guitar-mint-green
For a cheap shorty - try and find a used Jim Deacon Precision. 30 scale, quite narrow string spacing and better balance.
I put some lighter tuners on mine as it was a tiny bit neck divey, but massively better than the Epi.
You can always get your chisel out to put a neck mudbucker in if you want.
If you are patient you'll get one for about £100
https://speakerimpedance.co.uk/?act=two_parallel&page=calculator
Most people seem to replace the stock Epi pickup. You could get lightweight tuners and problem solved. Sounds great with fuzz.
I understand the appeal of the Mudbucker. I have a DiMarzio Will Power in a Yamaha Attitude Special and the original Yamaha 33k stealth mudbucker in an Attitude Custom. For me, the main appeal is adding the deep, farty thud to a hot P Bass sound. That requires dual output sockets for discrete signal processing.
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On the MM type pickup, in the MM sweet spot, parallel sounds as you would expect. Series is dark and farty, driving the amplifier into distortion whether you want that or not.
Series/parallel on a split coils P pickup can be useful if the pickup is hot enough. P in parallel may balance better with a single coil J pickup in the bridge position.
Series/parallel is only relevant to J pickups with dual coils. With stacked coils, it makes surprisingly little difference. With side-by-side coils, it thins things out a bit.
On DiMarzio Model 1 and Will Power Neck pickups, the usefulness of parallel mode depends on how low the pickup is adjusted in the instrument. Series has the gutsy tone you expect but, possibly, not as loud as you might wish. The Billy Sheehan bi-channel amplification idea helps to balance up what each pickup contributes to the overall sound. Alternatively, try a distortion pedal with high- and low-pass filter controls.
I've tried series/parallel/split on my Sire M5... the big problem is the big output jump from series to the other two, as you said in your description of what it does to the MM pickup. Series sounds fine in the Sire, but then the other two are a bit low in output as a result... (To be honest even series is a bit low compared to my other basses... I think Sire has a bit of a rep for underwinding the pickups in its active basses, maybe?)
I haven't tried it on a PJ but that does sound interesting to help balance the outputs. I just lower the P volume very slightly if it bothers me!