Thank you for your posts, first of all.
Ok, I will try to manually bend the neck, that's an option I haven't explored yet.
I guess that the lighter gauge strings will do their trick as well. Maybe the neck replacement won't be necessary, afterall.
This bass is not top notch, I already knew that when I bought it, but it's playable as it is, and I hope to get nice sounds from it. Need to level the expectations here.
Nevertheless, if anybody knows of a fellow bass player who has already made the neck swap, please let me know. I'm curious about what could fit.
Take care,
JP