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Thanks people. All your advice taken on board. Of course, I had already planned to dismantle the bass and strip off the finish and remove electrics. I've done that before with basses. It was purely about whether planing the body would be possible. Now I have learnt that some people have big...

here's photo of back - as I said, this bass has all electrics and controls on front - there's no back cavity like on many other guitars. I don't think taking off 5 mm would interefere with anything. However, from some of the comments, it may be too big a job to do and could cost more than the...

Thanks for that, Eric, but no way would I even think of building one!! This is all about a one-off fix to a one-off problem. The guitar actually didn't cost much so, even if it got messed up, it's not going to ruin me financially. I just wanted to know if there was a machine like a bacon slicer...

Re electrics they are all on the front and would not be affected if 5 mm came off back. Re the video someone linked to - way too advanced for me!! It doesn't tell me anything about cutting an existing piece!

Firstly, I am not a woodworker and have precious little knowledge of it. I am hoping someone here can be of help in advising me. So, can anyone tell me if the following is possible or maybe I'm crackers :- I have a bass guitar body which is unusually heavy! I think it is maybe Oak or similar...