Nashville tuning for a 6-string bass?

[moogboy]

i have heard of guitarists using Nashville tuning where they put octave strings on the bottom strings and leave the higher strings normal. does that make sense? has it been done on a 6-string bass?

[DocBop]

In my guitar days I had a Nashville tuned guitar, they were a specialty thing for recording. You could kind of think of it as a 12-string without the regular strings. High like a 12-string, but not janglie sounding.

I can't see any reason to do it on bass. You want this sound go to a tenor bass like Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten and others play. There the whole instrument is tuned up higher.