PeteDuBaldo
Well-known member
Is it safe to keep guitar like this? With the tremolo touching the case and slacking the strings?
It may be safe but I personally wouldn't do it for the exact reasons that Spud mentions. A properly set up guitar has tension balanced between the strings (at pitch) and truss rod. Slacking the strings changes the tension on the neck, and the balance is gone.
IMO - no, it's not a good idea.
A guitar, when effectively set up uses many different parameters. One of which is truss rod adjustment.
When the guitar is in the case without the lid touching then the neck is in it's "set up state".
If you were to leave the guitar in the case for a period of time with the lid touching the trem arm, then the string tension is slackened - there will now be an inclination for the
neck to want to backbow - because you no longer have parity between the truss rod / string tension.
So if you agree with my opinion - don't leave the trem arm in a guitar when the case lid depresses that trem arm
Edit
The same consideration should be given to guitars when shipping them.
Some people think that they ought to slaken the truss rod - don't do it.