Skunkstripe popped out of my tele

[Zebulon Bluze]

The skunkstripe popped out of the back of the neck on my MIM Nashville Tele. About 1/16th of an inch. I couldn't pop it back in. It didn't affect the action so I sanded it smooth, but I'm waiting for further complications. Anybody have experience like this?

 

[xafinity]

its fixed dont mess with it
I dont know much about that but I always wonder how tight the truss rod was when it popped out?

 

[Steve112]

Yes, I had a trussrod come loose internally in an under the fretboard installation. It began to rattle during playing and then the setup went away.

It was not a Fender skunk stripe style, but a Gibson style with shims to hold the rod in place with the fretboard glued on top after installation. It was irreparable unless the fretboard could have been removed. (Thankfully the guitar was replaced under warranty).
I would be concerned for the stability of the trussrod. It will be under tension one way or the other but absent the tight skunk stripe I believe that it's possible that it could loosen enough to rattle from vibration or even disrupt the setup.
It certainly couldn't hurt to speak with a luthier who knows the internal build details that Fender employs.

 

[soulman969]

One end of the skunk stripe on my '95 is slight raised but not by 1/16th of an inch. It's not bothering me when I play so I left it alone. The rest of the neck and truss rod are fine on mine. Unless you have some concerns about the truss rod it may just be a cosmetic issue.

 

[Crobbins]

Pictures?

 

[telemnemonics]

If it's a typical single action rod it will not push on the skunk stripe and make it worse, and the rod should not get loose as long as there's some tension on it.
When tightened, the rod pushes toward the fingerboard and away from the stripe, so the popping out must be due to the wood drying out and shrinking or warping back into whatever shape it might have been before it was a guitar part.
Gibson rods and Fender cap fingerboard installed rods with no skunk stripe will push the filler strip out of place and get rattly if the filler strip (internal "skunk stripe") glue joint fails.
It would be good to get some glue in the joint to fix the loose skunk stripe, but that may be a job for a good tech, maybe the stripe needs to come out first to clean off old glue, and maybe it's just too small for the rout.
Not an expensive neck and still working though...