It's awesome you saved that neck from a landfill and it has a second life. I often wonder how many amazing items end up rotting in old damp coffee grounds and browning banana peels.

Such an amazing experience. I feel like it was a sign from someone or something to keep playing!

I know the feeling EXACTLY! I worked at a furniture store which would bring me to the dump multiple times a week. One day I pulled up and my buddy up there says, "Hey man, I saved something you might want. He goes into the shack and comes back out with an MIM Fender Jazz bass, and an American Fender bullet bass with the Tele style headstock, and a Badass bridge. The J bass was black with ridiculously stupid lightning bolts carved into the paint, but they sanded out with plenty of paint left to buff back out, but I left it rough sanded flat black because it looked really cool that way. All it needed was tuners. The bullet needed a little more work so the tuners and Badass went on the J bass, as well as a proper level crown and polish, and the American made bullet, with a maple board, is now awaiting its turn on the bench!