Fender Cyclone
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| Fender Cyclone | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 1997-2006 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Woods | |
| Body | alder |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo |
| Pickup(s) | One single-coil (neck), one humbucker (bridge) |
| Colors available | |
| Black, Chrome Red, Graffiti Yellow, and Caramel Metallic; original colors offered were Candy Apple Red, Black, White, and Vintage Sunburst | |
| Fender Cyclone II | |
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| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 2002-2006 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Woods | |
| Body | alder |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo |
| Pickup(s) | 3 Special Design American Vintage Jaguar Single-coil |
| Colors available | |
| Daphne Blue and Candy Apple Red | |
The Fender Cyclone and Fender Cyclone II were a series of electric guitars made by Fender. Introduced in late 1997, the Cyclone body is similarly styled to the Mustang but with a significantly different specification. The body of the Cyclone is a quarter of an inch thicker than the body of a Mustang and is made of alder, whereas contemporary Mustang reissues were made of basswood (though vintage and current reissues of the Mustang are poplar).
The Cyclone has a scale of 24.75 inches, the same as a Gibson Les Paul but an unusual intermediate size for Fender, and a Stratocaster style synchronized tremolo. In July 2002, the Cyclone II was introduced as the successor to the Fender Cyclone and featured cosmetic changes such as the Mustang racing stripe as well as 3 vintage single-coil pickups and switching borrowed from the Fender Jaguar.
The original Cyclone used a Fender Atomic Humbucker in the bridge, a Tex-Mex pickup in the neck position and a conventional 3-way toggle switch.
The Cyclone was also promoted as a USA-made guitar for a brief time in 2000. The US Cyclone featured two dual-coil ceramic Vintage Noiseless single-coils and a modern 2-point synchronized vibrato with stainless steel saddles. The Custom Cyclone had similar features, but used two Gold Lace Sensor pickups with black covers and a custom vintage 2-point tremolo bridge with bent solid steel saddles. Both guitars were made at the Fender Custom Shop. These American-made Cyclones were gone at the end of 2001.
As of 2006 the range included the original Cyclone, the Cyclone HH with two humbuckers, and the Fender Cyclone II with three MIA Jaguar pickups controlled by on-off switches in place of the selector switch.
As of January 2007, all Cyclone variants had been discontinued by Fender.
