Ol' Blue
I have already done almost that. I took my two piece rod to the stream and intentionally offset the tip section 90 degrees. Intent was to observe the difference. I began to cast to specific spots to hook up with fish and fished all morning.....and FORGOT to pay attention to how the rod behaved. I therefore decided it made no difference at all. I am sure in a minute way there was some kind of measurable difference. But to ME...while fishing I didn't even realize I had done it till noon and I decided to take a break. So it was totally un-noticable. I already stated this in a different thread a long time ago. The only objection was it probably would not cast quite the distance as when rigged properly. And that is probably true if you are totally interested in distance. The guides not lineing up would obviously cause extra friction. But for fishing my stream I didn't even notice it.