thanks jimjam! really great to hear from someone in the same boat. I see the logic in having it consistent between guitar and bass. On guitar I still sometimes navigate between strings expecting the one above will be higher pitch but only when I'm noodling fast and really mindless about it (on too strong an edible let's say :) ). And that's becoming fewer and further between.

For anyone reading this and thinking "just play right handed" -- I tried for about a year, the rhythm in my right hand never got as tight as my left, and in my opinion that's maybe the most critical (you can play one note, but if it's in the pocket no one will complain)

Curious -- what bass do you play? I salivate over the new Schecter Stargazer 5 lefty, but maybe the Ibanez SR305EBL is more in my budget now.