The bass player in my band fell into a stand-up bass a couple of years ago. He had never even played fretless previously, let alone a stand-up. He really enjoyed playing it from the beginning, even though the action was quite high - resulting in complaints of a painful left hand. He recently had the neck fixed and the bass set up for much lower action. He loves it and we have had a few acoustic sessions with him on stand-up and me on my Veillette Gryphon Hi-D Tenor 12 string guitar (think mandolin on steroids). So Jazzy, if you can swing it, don't hesitate to go for it. It would look really cool next to Dragon Magic.
Bill, tgo