`==Skunk stripe is inlay???== I don't think the ``skunk stripe`` on the back of certain types of electric guitar necks can be considered inlay, because it's not cosmetic and it fills a structural hole (left channel for truss rod) as opposed to just being flat piece of material filling a specially cut depression solely for cosmetic purposes, i.e. with certain necks, you MUST have a skunk stripe. You don't find mother-of-pearl skunk stripes do you? In other types of ``striped`` neck, the stripe is due to the neck wood being laminated from several piece of wood, which most definitely is not inlay either.  `