First bass--when I was 15 and my parents bought me a 70s Telecaster Bass and Bassman 50 head and cab. It was a tough bass for me to play because it was a right-hander; flipped, the controls were in my way, and the cut was so far up the neck that I couldn't barely reach the 12th fret. I'd play my Ric 4001 exclusively until I bought my Jazz Bass about 6 years ago.
The first time I ever saw a lefty Fender was when I was 30 and saw a Japanese Squier Strat in a shop, but I didn't have the nerve to play it. Two or three years later, I ordered a MIJ 68 reissue. Neck problems beyond repair, but it was my first Fender. I traded it for a MIJ 62 RI Tele--great little guitar but it just didn't have "it."
All four Fenders I have now do have "it." But I have a soft spot in me old heart for those first Fenders, no matter that they just weren't for me.