Peerless have made great guitars and basses for other companies, Epiphone, Gretchen etc. They have made some great basses under their own name so show us what you have - Retromatic, Smoke, Bassmaster Player, anything else?,
I wonder if you really need to change those pickups. I assume it’s active with all those controls and if you can’t dial up the sound, why not get a preamp system which offers different sound patterns and amp simulators. I suspect what you are looking for is a particular artist’s sound when using a JayDee. It may be the amp/speaker combination that you’re really hearing.
I think that colour is very similar to what they used to call blonde on the Telecaster bass in the 70s. If you Google Teles there are several photos that look similar.
As this just came as a trade and I haven’t had one for a while this is the 4th I have owned, but over a very long period. Nice weight 3.9 kg and a very easy playing neck. Hope to have some fun with it.