5 string bass EADGC questions.

You’ll definitely want to do a setup. The relief and intonation will most likely need to be adjusted and possibly the string heights. The nut might be ok. If the witness points are set and there’s good downforce from the strings they can work ok in a bigger nut slot.

 

That was after all, the original Fender intent.......

 

Your EADGC tuning is a great idea! The stuff you can play on 0 to 5 fret will be awesome! You won't even have to move your hand!

Good luck on the "set-up".

 

Nothing new in the world. Fender's original mid-'60's Bass V was tuned EADGC. Ibanez have had at least two EADGC basses over the last few years: BTB33 Volo and the BTB845V. There are others I can't recall right now.

 

I put a Fodera E-C set on a Yamaha TRBX-605. It was pretty straightforward A trussrod and intonation adjustment. The nut was fine.