Fender Cyclone
The Fender Cyclone is an electric guitar in the lower to medium price range from Fender .
history
Fender first introduced these instruments in 1997. Made in Mexico, they looked like a typical sixties guitar. The body shape and the chrome-plated electronics compartment cover were borrowed from the Fender Mustang , although the body was made a little thicker. The tremolo, on the other hand, came from the Stratocaster . The guitars were made until 2006. At the beginning of 2008 there were still some remnants to be found in music stores.
construction
As is typical for Fender, the body is made of alder wood . The screwed neck of maple is provided with a fingerboard of rosewood provided and has 22 frets . The length of 24¾ inches is a little shorter than usual for Fender. The model is equipped with a synchronized tremolo as standard . In the neck position, the guitar features a Tex-Mex -Stratocaster- pickup in single coil design ( single coil ) , while in the bridge position , a double-coil Fender Atomic Humbucker is installed. The circuit consists of a master volume control, a master tone control and a three-way switch. The vastly different output power of the two pickups means that in the intermediate position of the three-way switch, the humbucker sound can be heard almost exclusively.
Further developments
In the period 2000/2001 the Fender Custom Shop in Corona / California produced some Cyclone special models that were offered as "made in USA". The Cyclone II was introduced in 2002 (see photo). With its three inclined Jaguar single coil pickups, the three also Jaguar-like slide switches built into a chrome plate and the rally stripes, as they were used for some time on the Fender Mustang, the retro character was even more pronounced than at the Cyclone. The slide switches were simple on / off switches for each pickup. With the Cyclone HH in 2006, which was equipped with two Fender Atomic humbuckers, the development of the Cyclone models came to an end. For some time (2003-2006) the Cyclone was also available under Fender's own low-budget brand Squier .