Does Anybody Mix Strings On A 5 String Bass

[Sir Edward V]

well... I mix strings, but thats because I have a bunch of leftover strings from when a string breaks and I buy a pack to replace the one broken one...

they are all d'adderio, a mix of the half rounds and the standard steel roundwounds...

I have a 5 with the high C, and I'm thinking about drop tuning the E to D

[gop_jeff]

On a related note... I have a five string (Schecter Stiletto Custom 5). I thought about putting on gauges that you would normally tune E-A-D-G-C and tune them B-E-A-D-G. Has anyone ever done this? I don't know what kind of effect it would have on the neck, etc.

[TheBassMann]

Very interesting comment there "...when I break a string....."
I have never broken a bass string in over 30 years of playing. Am I alone in this or are there techniques being used out there so violent to break strings that I have never heard of ?
I had an old Squire that had never deliberately had the strings changed in 10 years I used for recording with a brilliant 'dead' sound. I now use about 5 grands worth of plug ins to emulate that exact sound...progress huh...