Left Hand Neck

[gm2_in_co]

Hey, can you use a left hand neck on a right handed bass that would be strung right handed? Didn't know if there would be some angle or or curvature of the fretboard issues. Would right handed tuners work OK on said left handed neck or are there issues there too? I do realize that if the nut were already notched, it would need flipping.

 

[mikeyswood]

You mean in the same fashion that Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix did? Yes you can. It might not guarantee the same results though...

 

[bass_snake]

You might have to replace the nut so that the strings would fit. Or may not have to.

Fred

 

[gm2_in_co]

You mean in the same fashion that Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix did? Yes you can. It might not guarantee the same results though...

They flipped the whole guitar and at least in Hendrix case, I'm pretty sure it was strung "upside down" as well. I'm just talking about about flipping a Fender style neck so it was kinda like an Explorer headstock.

 

[mikeyswood]

You mean in the same fashion as the Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix replica guitars? Yes you can. It might not guarantee the same results though...

Fixed

 

[gm2_in_co]

Actually, I just saw some Explorers and they still have the tuners on top. I know SOME model has them on the bottom... Is it the Victory???

 

[69 Lefty P Bass]

get new nut and watch string lenght and retainer. fret markers

 

[Basstovsky]

If you want it to look right you would need left-handed tuners, if you used right handed tuners the tuners knob would be on the lower side of the post, versus above it, as you would have to mount them 'upside-down' from a right handed neck. Depending on the neck you could flip the nut depending on the glue used, but as lefty p bass said you would lose the fret dot markers on the side of the neck, as they would be on the other side.

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

A new nut is all that's needed to do the swap, for convenience and/or asthethics You may want to change the machine heads. A Fender open-style machine head is easily reversible though.

Regards
Sam