Martin 2M case question

I purchased a Martin 2M a few months back and recently purchased a Guardian vintage case from Elderly. The fits in the case with a slight tilt from the neck rest to the lower bout. Does anybody have experience lowering the neck rest?

I just looked up the case on Elderly's site. It appears that the neck rest has two screws on either side (on the outside of the case). I had this issue with a case and I unscrewed those, and the neck rest pulls right out. I then unpeeled the fabric from around the bottom of the neck rest (mine was plywood), and then put it in a miter box and cut it down a bit. Then wrapped the fabric around it, and reinstalled. Should be about the same for yours.

I did it, too. About a dozen times. Exactly as RyanMFT described it. It's easy.

when replacing the neck rest won't the screws go into the existing holes not lowering it? Do I need to drill new holes?

SamUke said:

when replacing the neck rest won't the screws go into the existing holes not lowering it? Do I need to drill new holes?

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You likely won't have to drill new holes. It is probably just going into the side of a piece of plywood, which should grab the screw when you screw it in.

SamUke said:

when replacing the neck rest won't the screws go into the existing holes not lowering it? Do I need to drill new holes?

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You won't need to drill. There most of that neck rest is styrofoam with two very thin pieces of woods. The screws are wood screws. I've done a few. Takes 5 minutes. Used a bread knife to trim it down. One of them also hada staple on theinside, which i pulled outand didnt replace. There will be a little extra fabric tha you can just fold back. Piece of cake and you will be much happier with the fit.