Hello Tom!
On 02 Jan 98, Tom Scioscia wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 TS>        I've noticed lately that a lot of Strats have the elbow cutaway
 TS> exposed, but the "paunch" cutaway is blacked out. This is even on higher
 TS> end Strats and my dad-in-law's new Tele Plus. I find that odd...
It depends on what the current trend is.  I've seen them both ways from '57 
to present, but most of them have been blacked out.
C-ya! Rich
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