Will leaving the neck with no string tension be bad?

[pattyløve]

Tomorrow i will be taking my bass's neckplate to the shops to be engraved so i will be leaving the strings with pretty much no tension. This way, they dont pull the neck in the absence of the neck plate. Will the lack of tension be bad for the neck/truss rod?

[JLS]

Originally Posted by pattyløve

Tomorrow i will be taking my bass's neckplate to the shops to be engraved so i will be leaving the strings with pretty much no tension. This way, they dont pull the neck in the absence of the neck plate. Will the lack of tension be bad for the neck/truss rod?

No.

[Nino Valenti]

Be sure to loosen the truss rod so the neck is straight.

[ehque]

For me it depends on how long... Longer than a day, do what nino said.

[Darkstrike]

What Nino said, take the pressure off the rod.