Where's the pic of the neck?
It's certainly not on your Facebook page.

yes it is!

Well I can't find it either!

Better to post any pics directly on here, then people will actually look as they read the post.

I had an old Japanese strat copy a long time ago that had this I think. That had the same problem too, the skunk stripe was protruding a little but when I removed the scratchplate it was all corroded like it had been in water. At the time I thought the water had got inbetween the stripe and the maple and swollen it or something but a build up of rust on a mild steel truss was probably the cause now I read your post. I'll be honest I fixed the faulty solder and sanded the neck then sold it.

I wouldn't mind seeing a pic actually. For pics I use photobucket and paste in an image link for good resolution but the tap talk app lets you do it quick and old folk like me ain't on facethings lol.