Would doing this damage the bass/strings?

[ffutterman]

I was just goofing around last night and found out that bending the G string so that you hold it against the side of the fretboard and the string rests on the tapered side of a fret creates a sitar-like sound. Then by slightly bending back and forth on the same spot (seems to work best around 10th - 15th frets), you can get the string to fret at different notes and end up with a sort of sitar sound with trills.

I'm sure the rum made it sound a whole lot more interesting than it really was, but my question is this: Does doing that wreck the string, nut, or anything else? I was doing it on a cheap Ibanez, so I'm not too worried, but I'm kind of wondering if it's something worth exploring or if it's death-to-bass.

[WarPhalange]

I can't see how it would damage the bass. The string might just get more wear from being stretched so much, but even then I don't think it would be catastrophic.

[JimmyM]

should be ok but it could rub off the finish on the side of the neck eventually.