[hartattack]

It can be done but it is a lot of work. On a spinning rod the guides go on the opposite side of the blank from the spline, where as on a conventional setup the guides go on top of the spline. So if you were to strip the rod down to just the grips and reel seat, the reel seat would still be setup where the guides would be for a conventional reel. There are ways to remove the reel seat, but it can be quite difficult and you run the risk of damaging the blank in the process. If you are having a rod builder try and do this for you, I would recommend you just have a new rod built instead. It would be more cost effective in the long run. Now if you're doing it yourself, by all means have at it, but remember the possibility of destroying it is always there.