Why does the skunk stripe appear?!

[Deep Purple in Rock]

Hey guys.

I'm building a vintage Warmoth stratocaster neck, I am confused though when it comes to the representation of how the neck would look like (image to the left that generates when you choose your specs).
Whenever I choose shaft wood (maple) and fretboard wood (maple one-piece) the darn skunk stripe and the skunk stripe colored "big tear" looking thing above the nut appears.
What vintage strat had that design? I was looking through the Fender catalogue and all the ones I found that had both a maple neck wood and maple fretboard had no skunk stripe or "big tear" (what is it called?).
Why does this happen?

Thanks.

 

[Deep Purple in Rock]

Attached an image.

 

[DangerousR6]

For the one piece neck they have to install the truss rod from the back, hence the "skunk stripe"...

 

[Deep Purple in Rock]

For the one piece neck they have to install the truss rod from the back, hence the "skunk stripe"...

Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying.

 

[DangerousR6]

For the one piece neck they have to install the truss rod from the back, hence the "skunk stripe"...

Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying.

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[stratamania]

Any vintage Fender necks that do not have a skunk stripe are not one piece. If they are one piece they have a skunk stripe.

Warmoth Vintage construction One-piece Maple necks have a Walnut skunk stripe. Mixed-wood two piece necks (e.g. Maple and Rosewood) do not have a skunk stripe.

Warmoth Vintage Modern Construction necks have a skunk strip whether one or two piece.

Warmoth Modern Construction necks never have a skunk stripe and are two piece.


https://warmoth.com/guitar-neck-constructions

 

[DuckBaloo]

What vintage strat had that design? I was looking through the Fender catalogue and all the ones I found that had both a maple neck wood and maple fretboard had no skunk stripe or "big tear" (what is it called?).

Mid-'59 to mid-'68 was the time Fender did not use a skunk stripe at all, because they didn't make any one-piece necks then.

All Fender made before '59 had a skunk stripe, and the truss rod plug became standard in the early '50's.

In '59, they switched to the two-piece neck with rosewood fretboard, no skunk stripe or truss rod plug was needed because they installed the truss rod before gluing on the fretboard. They only made two-piece necks from mid-1959 to mid-1968, rosewood was the only option from '59-'65. They started offering two-piece maple necks in '66.

One piece necks came back in mid-'68/'69 with the "new" bullet truss rod and all necks, one- and two-piece, made until '81 had skunk stripes. As have one piece necks ever since.

 

[Deep Purple in Rock]

What vintage strat had that design? I was looking through the Fender catalogue and all the ones I found that had both a maple neck wood and maple fretboard had no skunk stripe or "big tear" (what is it called?).

Mid-'59 to mid-'68 was the time Fender did not use a skunk stripe at all, because they didn't make any one-piece necks then.

All Fender made before '59 had a skunk stripe, and the truss rod plug became standard in the early '50's.

In '59, they switched to the two-piece neck with rosewood fretboard, no skunk stripe or truss rod plug was needed because they installed the truss rod before gluing on the fretboard. They only made two-piece necks from mid-1959 to mid-1968, rosewood was the only option from '59-'65. They started offering two-piece maple necks in '66.

One piece necks came back in mid-'68/'69 with the "new" bullet truss rod and all necks, one- and two-piece, made until '81 had skunk stripes. As have one piece necks ever since.

Thanks for the history lesson, I appreciate it.