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Tuning to drop C on a 35" scale bass

One of my bands uses drop C for tuning and I'm going to be getting a Schecter Daniel Firth Hellraiser Extreme-5 Bass, which is 35" scale. I currently play a 34" scale 5 string J bass in the same tuning and I just buy a 6 string set and discard the "E" string, which works fine but I'd like to get A Little extra string tension but I'm concerned 35" scale might be too much tension with my standard strings ( DR Hi Beam medium .130-.30). Would a .125 B string tuned up to "C" on a 35" scale be too tight in the sense of warping the neck? I pretty much only use DR strings as they last longer for me than anything else I've tried and the tone is exactly what I want. I play with my fingers with a heavy attack.

Any guidance would be killer!
 
The .125 as B at 34" scale would have around 30lbf tension. At 35" scale it would be around 33lbf. Tuning it up to C would be around 36lbf. Nothing to be worried about. Sticking with the .130 at 35" scale and tuning it to C1 would still only be around 38lbf. That's nothing
Yes, the slight increase isn't anything to worry about.