In terms of learning to play, were there disadvantages to being a left-handed player?
No. I took some bass lessons when I was trying to learn the fundamentals of slap bass. I didn’t get the percussiveness of it, so I sat down with a friend in Iowa. It was actually cool learning from him, because it was like looking in the mirror. It’s mostly the equipment part that’s harder. If companies offer left-handed gear, they make it low-end, leaving the cheap, crap gear to left-handed players—except for Warwick. I went out on Ozzfest in 1999 with one Jackson bass. It was the only bass that I’d ever owned up to that point, and I did the whole tour with it in a gig bag. If it had gone down, I would have been screwed, because I was the only left-handed bass player on that tour. I was looking at Warwicks; they’re constructed beautifully. I thought that they’d be the last company to endorse me but I called them and they gave me a shot. They sent me a Corvette; it played awesome, and I finally had a real bass. I’ve been with them ever since. There’s been a lot of buzz about the rebirt
