Emmett's standard tuning opens countless avenues of harmonic interest. I play bass, melody and harmonic ideas on the Stick that would be impossible on any other instrument. As you play the Stick it will become evident how brillant the unorthodox tuning is. It encourages you to be creative and is very user friendly in that regard. Most of the time its more for the sake of overall sound than fingering though.
Minor thirds are a bit of a stretch in a bass side voicing.
But for most of the bass side they would also sound rather muddy. With the Matched Reciprocal tuning, I've found that the simplest thing is to memorize notes on the bass side and then learn to relate them to notes on the melody side. It inspires me to come up with unique bass patterns.