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Fender Cyclone | |
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Manufacturer | Fender |
Period | 1997–2006 |
Construction | |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Woods | |
Body | poplar |
Neck | Maple |
Fretboard | Rosewood |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo |
Pickup(s) | Tex Mex single-coil (neck), Atomic 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 US Cyclone | |
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![]() Fender US Cyclone 2002 | |
Manufacturer | Fender |
Period | 2000–2002 |
Construction | |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Woods | |
Body | poplar |
Neck | Maple |
Fretboard | Rosewood |
Hardware | |
Bridge | 2-point synchronized tremolo (Custom: 2-point vintage style synchronized tremolo) |
Pickup(s) | Vintage Noiseless single-coils (neck & bridge) (Custom: 2 gold Lace Sensors |
Colors available | |
Black, Candy Apple Red, White Blonde, Cobalt Blue Transparent, 3-Color Sunburst, Daphne Blue, Olympic White and Dakota Red |
Fender Cyclone HH | |
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Manufacturer | Fender |
Period | 2003–2006 |
Construction | |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Woods | |
Body | poplar |
Neck | Maple |
Fretboard | Rosewood |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo |
Pickup(s) | 1 Fender Santa Ana Humbucker, 1 Fender Atomic Humbucker Humbucker |
Colors available | |
Black, Daphne Blue, Pewter and Orange |
Fender Cyclone II | |
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Manufacturer | Fender |
Period | 2002–2006 |
Construction | |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Woods | |
Body | poplar |
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 |
Fender Japan Cyclone | |
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Manufacturer | Fender Japan |
Period | 2024-present |
Construction | |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Woods | |
Body | Poplar |
Neck | Maple |
Fretboard | Maple or rosewood |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Vintage Style Synchronised Tremolo |
Pickup(s) | Special design bridge humbucker and neck single coil |
The Fender Cyclone denotes a series of electric guitars made by Fender. Introduced in late 1997, the Cyclone body is similarly styled to the Mustang, but it is a quarter of an inch thicker than the body of a Mustang and is made of poplar, whereas contemporary Mustang reissues were made of basswood.
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. As of 2006 [update] the range included the original Cyclone, the Cyclone HH with two humbuckers, and the Cyclone II with three MIA Jaguar pickups controlled by on-off switches in place of the selector switch. As of January 2007, all original Cyclone variants had been discontinued by Fender. In 2020, Fender's budget brand Squier reissued the Cyclone II as part of its Paranormal Series. The 2020 model was available in Shell Pink or Daphne Blue, with an Indian Laurel fingerboard. The 2021 model was available in Candy Apple Red and Pearl. [1] In 2024, Fender Japan re-issued the Cyclone as a domestic only limited edition model. [2]
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 Fender Stratocaster-style synchronized tremolo. The original Cyclone used an Atomic humbucking pickup 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.
Introduced as the successor to the Cyclone in July 2002, the Cyclone II features changes such as the Mustang racing stripe as well as pickups and switching borrowed from the Jaguar. The guitar employs three pickups angled in a similar fashion to the Telecaster bridge pickup, rather than the standard two straight pickups of a Jaguar. It also features a Jazzmaster headstock similar to a 1970s Strat. It has vintage tuning heads as well as vintage nickel string saddles, which were found on 1950s model Strats. It was available in a choice of two colours, Candy Apple Red and Daphne Blue, both with the white racing stripe found on the Mustang.
The Cyclone II has a scale of 24.75 inches, a Stratocaster-style synchronized tremolo, and an on/off switch for each pickup. While it is different in design to the Stratocaster, it has seven pickup selections, including bridge pickup with neck pickup or even all three pickups. [3]
The Cyclone HH had the same features and specifications as the original Cyclone, except for the addition of a 3-ply black pickguard and a pair of humbucking pickups, a Fender Santa Ana and a Fender Atomic II in the bridge and neck positions. Introduced in 2003, it was discontinued, like the other Cyclone models, in 2007.
The Cyclone HH also included a vintage-style synchronized tremolo, a three-position toggle switch, master volume and tone controls, as well as chrome-plated hardware. It was available in Black, Pewter, Daphne Blue and Orange.
In 2020, Squier released the Paranormal Series, a series that released guitars that feature mash-ups of classic Fender models and rereleases of obscure Fender models. Alongside the Toronado, Cabronita Telecaster, Offset Telecaster, 54' Jazz Bass, and Super Sonic, Squier released a new take on the Cyclone II. It features the same thicker Mustang body and Jaguar-Style pickup switch and electronics, but has 3 Alnico Stratocaster Pickups and a bent steel Vintage Style Tremolo Bridge. It comes in Daphne Blue and Shell Pink from the 2020 release, and Pearl and Candy Apple Red from the 2021 release. [1]
In May 2024, in a first for Fender Japan, a limited edition Cyclone was introduced based on the original 1997 model. Equipped with specially designed pickups, this model is available with either a maple or rosewood fretboard, and comes in multiple new finishes. A butterscotch blonde model, exclusive to Fender's Tokyo Flagship store and MikiGakki, comes with a specially engraved neckplate. [2]
A humbucker, humbucking pickup, or double coil, is a guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out noisy interference from coil pickups. Humbucking coils are also used in dynamic microphones to cancel electromagnetic hum. Humbuckers are one of two main types of guitar pickups. The other is single coil.
The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar designed as a more expensive sibling of the Fender Stratocaster. First introduced at the 1958 NAMM Convention, it was initially marketed to jazz guitarists, but found favor among surf rock guitarists in the early 1960s. Its appearance is similar to the Fender Jaguar, though it is tonally and physically different in many technical ways, including pickup design, scale length and controls.
The Fender Showmaster is a discontinued model of electric guitar made by Fender, and is characteristic of a superstrat.
The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar by Fender Musical Instruments characterized by an offset-waist body, a relatively unusual switching system with two separate circuits for lead and rhythm, and a short-scale 24" neck. Owing some roots to the Jazzmaster, it was introduced in 1962 as Fender's feature-laden top-of-the-line model, designed to lure players from Gibson. During its initial 13-year production run, the Jaguar did not sell as well as the less expensive Stratocaster and Telecaster, and achieved its most noticeable popularity in the surf music scene. After the Jaguar was taken out of production in 1975, vintage Jaguars became popular first with American punk rock players, and then more so during the alternative rock, shoegazing and indie rock movements of the 1980s and 1990s. Fender began making a version in Japan in the mid-1980s, and then introduced a USA-made reissue in 1999. Since then, Fender has made a variety of Jaguars in America, Mexico, Indonesia and China under both the Fender and Squier labels. Original vintage Jaguars sell for many times their original price.
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