Some "Nut to String Gauge" help!

[Acid_Alex]

Hey guys! So I'm buying a costumized bass from a designer, which he made from a P-bass neck, a Sterling's body, MM Seymon Duncan pup and some other goodies

The thing is: he made the bass so that he could SOLELY play on C standard tuning (something about Queen of The Stone Age ), so he went to a luthier and got it setup for C...
My question is: will I be able to play/tune it in/to E standard without damaging the bass, or will I have to go make a new nut and get a setup for the truss rod at a bass shop/luthier?

P.S: I don't know the gauge he has now, but he told me he used the 5 STRING watchamacallit: Bought a 5 sting pack, and threw away the G string (ahah). Will I still be able to use normal string gauges and play at E tuning?

Thanks in advance

[walterw]

you'll be fine.

put regular strings on it, tune it normal.

(this is assuming that it's not really just a fender neck stuck on a music man body, they don't really fit right, and the intonation would be way off.)

[Acid_Alex]

But wouldn't the nut be way big for smaller strings? But thanks for your advice anyways

Nah I don't think he'd do that, he probably adjusted the body accordinglly

[walterw]

nut slots that are a little too wide are usually OK; it's when they're too narrow that you have problems.

[Acid_Alex]

OH I get it now!
thy so much