Other ways to help ‘de-mud’ a humbucker are to reduce the height of the pickup, particularly the bass side, and you can just turn the mids up a bit on the EQ on the amp.
Yeah, I’m well aware of pickup heights and EQ, I’ve been playing and working on guitars long enough to know that.
It’s not always that simple, I’m not the first person to be dissatisfied with neck humbucker tone that has sought a solution.
Just google “muddy neck humbucker” and see how many threads there are on the subject.