Ross Finnie

I used to do a similar thing with an old Squier Bronco, in a setup which I affectionately nicknamed the Barry Tone. Can't remember exactly which tuning I settled on in the end, but it was achieved by buying a bunch of single strings in weird gauges to try and approximate a guitar-like sound for a muppet like me who couldn't actually play a guitar. In the end though, it was just a bit awkward and I reverted back to a regular 30" EADG short scale bass setup instead.

Does the new bass share measurements with "regular" fender bridges? I used to have one of the old affinity series broncos a few years back, but one of the big hurdles to upgrading was that it used a slightly narrower string spacing (I seem to think 17mm instead of 19mm, but I might be wrong).