Alternative tuning chestnut

[Azrabella]

Anyone out there tune to DADA? If so, do you recommend lighter gauge strings as I'm concerned that tuning up to A on the top string put too much tension on the neck of a J-bass?
Any advice would be welcome

[bartelby]

I have used that tuning with Billy Sheehan sig strings, fairly well. The 110 E keeps decent tension down to D, and the 43 G tunes up well.

I know Alexander Hacke (of Einstürzende Neubauten) uses DADA on his Thunderbird. He looks like he uses a medium gauge set of Rotosounds...