This morning I played the bass after it had been under tension all night, tuned to DGCF. Surprisingly nice, and worth persevering with. But I really can't see it getting a lot of use at 44" so I'm pretty much resigned to the task of cutting the neck down somehow.
Any luthiers able to give me any hints on how to cut that long splice? I'm thinking a backless japanese katana saw perhaps ... and a hacksaw to get through the graphite part ... ugh.
Can the job be done with the neck still on the bass or will i have to (groan) somehow get that neck out of the block again?
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