The relief on your P bass is just a bit too high. So you remove the neck and try to adjust the truss rod nut. Hmmm, tight.
This happened to me on both my MIJ '62 Reissue P basses. The solution is to add another washer. It might also be a good idea to try backing off on the nut first and make sure it is just not seized.
I went to Canadian Tire and got the #8 SS metal washers. The #8 is just the right diameter, but the hole is too small. I drilled them out to 13/64th of an inch. You might want to go 1/64th bigger (7/32th of an inch) since the 13/64th was pretty tight.
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