Hi Subaudio,
I've had the same experience - my Clifton EUB was built with an adjustable bridge, and it was always set a lot higher than I expected. When I'd got used to it (36" scale, not 42") Mo made a fixed bridge, and I asked him to add a couple of mm's of extra height. It looks scary, but with the Innovation strings it sounds really good. Its also not hard to play, as long as you don't have two weeks off and then expect it to be easy....like I sometimes do.
The main reason I never liked the NS bass was the ones I tried felt like bass guitars sitting on a drum stand- I guess this was just the setup?
BB