I've read a couple of reviews of the Reverend Fellowship and they do mention that the body is light, but the neck and the tuners on it, are heavy, leading to neck dive.
It looks in the photo like you play lefty, but I'm not getting that from your writeup. When you say it moves to the left, are you meaning that the neck wants to move back, towards your elbow.
I have played a bass that had serious neck dive (smaller, light wood body, so the horn was short) and a heavy, maple neck. There wasn't much I could do to correct it, except not let go of the neck.
I'm trying to think through why it would move one direction or another when you let go of the neck. I'm wondering about the strap pin location on the upper horn. Might there be a way to move it somewhat to put the weight of the bass more on the back side of the pin, making the natural balance to push the neck away instead of towards you? Have you talked to a luthier about what might be done?
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