Can you string a bass backwards?

[joshulator]

I know a left handed bassist who plays a right handed bass upside down. It looks not cool.

How simple or complicated would it be to string a left handed bass backward so that the G string is where the E string should be, the D string is where the A string should be, the A string is where the D string should be, and the E string is where the G string should be?

Would the nut need to be changed?

Would the pickups needs to be changed or flipped?

Thanks!!!

[Sunbane]

You'd have to reverse the nut and maybe change the saddles around. I don't think it would require any mods beyond that.

[charvel750]

...It looks not cool.

Ummm...ok, tell that to Hendrix!

[mm2002]

I'm thinking that stringing a left handed bass backwards and playing it right handed would look just as cool as Hendrix, no?

[joshulator]

Ummm...ok, tell that to Hendrix!

Hendrix had an excuse. Left handed guitars were not readily available in his day. If I saw Hendrix in a club today, I would in fact think the upside down guitar looked dumb.

There weren't really available either when my friend was learning, which is why he plays the way he does. I was just wondering if he had other options without having to relearn how to play.