That was exactly my conclusion after reviewing it. It feels like a long scale. I liked the sound of the middle lipstick. I have to Musicmasters, so I put a Seymour Duncan Lipstick for Strat in one of mine and I like the tone. More 'mini P' with all the tone and play advantages of a short scale. The one with the normal pickup sounds much more mellow and woody.
For people who don't know. The original Rascal started life as a one of a kind Custom Shop bass. It had the DeArmond (a short time sold as Squier(*)) Starfire bridge, VI body, three lipsticks, a Coronado headstock and nice inlays. Some years later it went into production as a Mexican model. The new one is changed by having a Mustang bridge and WR humbuckers.
(*) This puzzles me for years. I used to own and play a DeArmond Starfire a lot. Nineties, big humbuckers, but nothing like the current reissues. Still a nice bass. One day I got a Fender brochure and this bass (and some DeArmond guitars) were branded as Squier. I've never seen one in real life and I'm wondering if they ever saw the light of day.