What a dilemna, hah!
'longer is better', and Reed's on the fly Azimuth and VTA adjustability, I would want it on the Reed, however
I see the mass of your 12" long Reed cocobolo wood is 18gms, it that ok for that modified cartridge/stylus?
cartridge: 0.3mv signal, 40 ohm coil impedance, what SUT/Phono stage will you be using?
To 'show' the cartridge around 400 ohms (10 x coil impedance) my FRT-4 SUT would use it's x-factor of 10.55, resultant 423 ohms, thus signal would be a bit low at around 3 mv. Separate control of gain and impedance would be better/may be needed.