I'm a righty who started lefty.   When I was a kid, we had a baritone ukulele sitting in the living room as a decoration.  No one actually played it.   Then I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and was blown away.   Paul was my favorite, (I was seven years old at the time), so I restrung the uke and learned my first three chords left handed, (IIRC, they were G, C, and D).   One needs not look any further than Django Reinhardt or our own Jerry Garcia for examples of players who have adapted to loss of fingers.  (Yea, I know it was Jerry's picking hand, but he also played banjo quite well which requires a bit more of the right hand). 

Bill, tgo

Quote from: JimmyJ on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 08:09:46 AMWow Mehdi, that's quite a story.  Switching from right-handed to left-handed playing is a great accomplishment and probably really good for your brain too.  I can't even brush my teeth with my other hand.

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you are enjoying that old solo.  I now realize this wasn't the one from Pori, Finland that I was describing above so please ignore that part of my story.   I don't remember this particular Ritenour gig but I'll add one story:  Lee decided the band needed to dress "hipper" so he took us all to a place on Melrose Ave in LA and they gave us "outfits".  That was a hilarious experience for all of us and as close as I ever got to a "Spinal Tap" moment.

I sure miss Carlos Vega.  He was such a joy to play with.

Anyway, don't spend too much time working on that solo.  It includes a couple of good stumbles which are characteristic of my live soloing style. 

Now what's going on with your Series bass?  Our big single-coil pickups can be sensitive to electrical interference but it's not supposed to have "a lot of buzz".  Tell us more about the problem and maybe we can offer some ideas.

Jimmy J

Hello, thanks everyone.
I don't want to clutter the forum with the issues I'm having with my Series I bass—apologies for that.
To start with, it's a left-handed bass, but all the wiring is reversed; whenever I turn the knobs, there's a terrible high-pitched noise, and one of the pickups produces a loud buzz. I've already tried turning the knobs back and forth a few times, but that hasn't helped. I bought this bass from a right-handed player, and it seems he must have made some modifications to it.
I plan to send an email to Ms. Mica soon to have the electronics updated/restored.
Thanks to everyone in advance.
Best regards,
Mehdi

Sorry, I didn't mean to highjack this thread.  

Mehdi, if you have any specific questions for me you can post them in here:
https://club.alembicguitars.com/artists-and-their-alembics/jimmy-flim-johnson/1950/

We all want to help you get your Series bass working so maybe start a new thread in here:
https://club.alembicguitars.com/troubleshooting/

Jimmy J