Problem with Pro Joystick, Start and Select Swapped!!

I recently got myself a brand new looking Neo Geo Pro Joystick from Ebay, it's a lighter colour than my other pro stick more grey than black. and it was in as new condition. but the start and select buttons are reversed, the printing on the stick is the same as normal, so not one of those hotel ones. the wiring inside is the same colour order as my other stick too.
anyone come across this before?

How do you know they're swapped?

oh i have it plugged into my consolized mvs and when in the self test you can see they are reversed, same in both ports, and my other 3 joysticks and 2 pads all work correctly.
i can only immagine the wires have been swapped at the plug end, so i'll have to snip some wires inside the joystick and rewire. not difficult
but unexpected

I'm pretty sure this is the same problem I had with Belkin db15 cables where I followed the wire color scheme with them all only to find out that 1 of them the wiring was switched. Which is why I always check the pinout before wiring now.

I'm guessing SNK's supplier might have changed the wire color scheme and SNK didn't know.