Squier question

[Eric Bates]

I just bought a used Squier p bass. It's the first Fender/ Squier I've seen with no skunk stripe. It's my thought that unless the neck is made with quarter sawn wood the skunk stripe is used to help keep the neck straight. Any reason why it's desirable to not have the stripe?

 

[peterkidd]

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[Eric Bates]

That's not at all what I thought. Good info, thanks. I'm even more curious why mine doesn't have one. I believe it's an 01' and there's nothing special about it. It would seem it would normally have a stripe.

 

[pappabass]

both my MIM fenders & my Squier have the stripe, that is odd,,,

 

[lowsideonacurve]

The CV60's series Squires don't have the Skunk Stripes.

 

[Eric Bates]

Cool thanks.

 

[Marcury]

If it's a maple fingerboard and no skunk stripe, it has a separate fingerboard glued on. If it's rosewood it wouldn't have one.

 

[Eric Bates]

It's rose wood. You're saying, as a CV model, it wouldn't have one? And, I'm guessing the CV's had a higher quality pickup?

 

[Killed_by_Death]

The skunk stripes are put in for maple fretboard necks. This way they can install the truss rod from the back & use the original wood of the neck for the fretboard.
If it's a rosewood fretboard, they install the truss rod from the fingerboard side & then cover it up with the fretboard. (normally)

KbD

 

[Justice]

It's rose wood. You're saying, as a CV model, it wouldn't have one? And, I'm guessing the CV's had a higher quality pickup?

you will also find that there are Affinity necks without the skunk stripe that also have rosewood fretboards.

post some pics of yours.

 

[Justice]

The skunk stripes are put in for maple fretboard necks. This way they can install the truss rod from the back & use the original wood of the neck for the fretboard.
If it's a rosewood fretboard, they install the truss rod from the fingerboard side & then cover it up with the fretboard.

My MIM Fenders with rosewood boards have skunk stripes, My Affinty basses with rosewood boards do not.

 

[Malak the Mad]

If it's a Classic Vibe, it would have to be from 2008 or later, since they didn't exist until then.

 

[Plectrum72]

From the linked article in post 2:

When Fender introduced the “bullet” truss rod system in 1971 on the Stratocaster, the truss rod adjustment mechanism moved from the body end of the neck to the headstock. This design entailed routing the truss rod channel into the back of the neck (as in the 1950s) regardless of fingerboard material, which meant that all “bullet” Stratocasters—maple- and rosewood-fingerboard models alike—were given skunk stripes. When other Fender models subsequently received bullet truss rod systems in the early 1970s, they too were given skunk stripes.

Finally, near the end of the 1970s, all Fender electric instruments, regardless of fingerboard material, were given rear-installed truss rod systems with skunk stripes.

They’ve been back to stay ever since. Today, skunk-stripe necks are pretty much the norm on Fender instruments, except for authentic recreations of older instruments that didn’t have skunk stripes in the first place (such as American Vintage series 1960s models), other models that include vintage features but aren’t necessarily strictly vintage-style instruments (such as some Classic Player models), and several other instruments (such as various American Deluxe and American Special models).

 

[Eric Bates]

The way I read the info from Fender is that all necks have skunk stripes except for the vintage re-productions. That's why I'm confused. I believe I just have an affinity p bass unless it was a CV but the sn seems to tell me I have an 01' and now I've been told there where no CV's before 08.

 

[Eric Bates]

Now I've read Chinese squires often don't have a stripe. That's probably the answer.

 

[pudgychef]

Post pics and someone will identify it right quick

 

[Kamatori]

My 2004 Indonesian Affinity P with rosewood fretboard has a skunkstripe. The few 2008 and later Chinese Affinities I've seen with rosewood boards do not have them.

 

[lowsideonacurve]

You can tell from the serial number exactly what year and model it is by checking Fenders' website.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

My 2001 P Bass special did not have a skunk stripe.

 

[blkpwdr]

Now I've read Chinese squires often don't have a stripe. That's probably the answer.

Just traded for Modern Player Jazz Bass made in China,it has no stripe with a rosewood neck!