Please tell me...

[basstrees]

So I've been playing in a band that tunes CGCF and about twice per week I go to practice and tune from standard then I tune back up when I get home.

I would like to know if this is bad for my neck. For reference, I have a 2007 MIM jazz bass neck strung with Ernie Ball regular slinkys.

Please tell me this won't cause 'permanent' damage to my neck.

Thanks

 

[Bongolation]

Please tell me this won't cause 'permanent' damage to my neck.

This won't cause permanent damage to your neck.

It may give you temporary annoyances with your action, though.

 

[CnB77]

Yeah you're probably more likely to damage the strings than the neck

 

[Tenma4]

It's nothing a good chiropractor can't sort out.

 

[erigod23]

I had to buy a 2nd bass and keep it set up for CGCF otherwise the neck starts doing all kinds of funky things.

 

[Thomas Kievit]

Nothing to worry since you down tune the strings, there is less tension on them than when they are tuned in standard

So nothing to worry about the neck, but you might wanna pay some attention to the action height of the bridge