I thought you'd typed "scraped" for a minute and wondered whether you'd contracted summat nasty.
The neck is definitely the core of a good instrument, I agree. I researched them in part for the first BC podcast.
@Chownybass nicknamed me "the neck bloke" for that. Hahahaha! Like I demonstrated anything other than a tendency to state the obvious. I was barely scratching the surface in an attempt to educate myself and the listeners.
I think musicians tend to see the neck of an instrument as being crucial whereas wannabes see the body...