Thank you for the welcome nocaster. Compared to what I've seen on a lot of bbs and forums on the internet, your site so far seems like a friendly,civilized place for the gathering of information and intelligent discussion (something I've found hard to find on the web) , I'm glad to join your community. I honestly can't tell if there is a skunk stripe on the neck as the shot I have is of the back of the headstock showing the Kluson tuners and although it does not appear to have one I can't be certain from the angle of the pic. I can see that the truss rod adjustment is on the body end and that there is no mark or hole on the headstock. I have seen pictures of mij fenders with the combination of the single layer pickguard and the rosewood board but no jv or mij squiers so far with these features. I am intrigued by this guitar and the seller has agreed to sell it for less than $100.00,so I'm thinking it's worth taking the chance at that price, do you agree?