Fender Cyclone

1998, 22frets, solidtop, s/h, vintage tuners, medium scale.

it sounds ok.. that atomic humbucker is not so atomic.. donestn come even close to a Dimarzio Super distortion pickup.. Forget the mexican pickup up.. what a cheap sound. If you buy one of these guitars, install a dimarzio or semour duncan

the body is great but its the scale that i didnt like.. I am used to playing mustangs and jaguars and they have short scale neck.. i think an inch shorter than the cyclone.. bridge and everything is great.

nice paint job for the candy apple red.. sparkles if you look real close.

dunno

overall, this guitar is perfect if you replace the humbucker with a dimarzio super distortion and change the nect to a mustang neck.. Then your set.. When i can afford a custom guitar, thats what it will be :)

It was made in 1998. Mexico. It's Candy apple red.22 frets. It has one volume, one tone, and a three way pickup selector. A single coil in the neck position, and a slanted humbucker in the bridge position. The single coil is a tex-mex. The humbucker is the new atomic humbucker. Passive electronics. I think the body is poplar. The neck is maple and it has a rosewood fretboard. Candy apple red. The body is almost exactly like a mustang. The bridge seems to be similiar to a strat type bridge. It has fender vintage tuners. The neck is rosewood and the frets are medium-jumbo. It came with a fender deluxe gig-bag and tools.

It's perfect for what I play. I play alternative, grunge, and folk-rock. I am putting it through a fender deluxe 112. The only distortion I use is the one on the amp because it sounds so good. It is extremely quiet. A billion times quieter than a strat. It only hums when you're using the humbucker alone, and even then you can barely hear it. The only flaw in this guitar's sound is the tex-mex in the neck position. It's too quiet. If you switch from the tex-mex to the humbucker the humbucker blows you away and you can't hear the tex-mex without a hearing aid. It's sound isn't rich, and it's not very bright either. The guitar is very versatile because it sound good when playing almost any type of music. But the variety of sounds aren't that great. This guitar is perfect for grunge, and anything with distortion. Even blues wouldn't sound bad on this guitar. The exact sound of the humbucker is nirvana in utero. I love the humbucker so much that if I had a custom guitar made, this would be on it. I dislike the single coil. This would be the perfect guitat if it had more selection of sounds like the jaguar and a beter single coil.

The action is about medium. The pickups were adjusted perfectly. The intonation was way off when I got it. The pickup selector is not real tight, but it's not a problem at all.

This guitar is really solid all around. I would use it at a gig without a backup.

I haven't dealt with fender because the guitar hasn't had any problems yet. It has a lifetime warranty.

I also have a Martin DM. I wish I would have asked if I could have the single coil switched with a better sounding one. If this guitar were stolen or lost I would get another one. (With a different sigle coil if possible) I compared it to all the strats and a few gibsons. This sounds infinitely better than any strat I've ever tried except for the American deluxe strat(I don't have that type of money $1000) and I liked it the same as an american lonestar strat, even though they have different sounds geared toward different styles. The $600 dollar Gibsons couldn't even compare to this guitar. This guitar isn't amazing for lead, but it still sounded way better than the gibsons. The only type of music this guitar can't conquer is country. If country's your thing, get a strat. If this is your price range,GET THIS GUITAR!

i think it is a 98 mexican mead with frets with a solid top i think it was maple with one wolume and tone with a three way selector. on a tex mex singel and a atomic humbucker. with passive electrinics. well i am looking at the black finsh with the brown peral pick gard. the tail peace is just a standerd strat with string thru body. just a gig bag tht is it.

great i was thinking about the jag-stang and this sounds so much better. i play in a punk rock band and this thing thrught a fender twin reverb with the reverb at three and a danelctro daddy-o overdrive in front of the guitar just kick the shit out of the jag-stang. it is the quitest guitar that i have played. the stats that i have played in the past humed more then the shit thing i play on now. name it you can get it. that says it all. not a one even siting and playing it was one of the most relaxed guitars ever.

grate but i would put a set of d'addrio XL's nickel wound blues jazz strings on it instead of the stock .9's.

cant say don't own one.

big fuckin 10

This guitar was made in 1998 in the Baja California, Mexico Fender factory. 22 medium-jumbo frets on a 24.75" scale neck. It has one volume and one tone knob and a 3 way switch. It has a Tex-Mex single coil in the neck position and a Fender Atomic Humbucker in the bridge. Passive electronics. The body is poplar and it has a one-piece maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. The body style is very similar to a Mustang or a Duo-Sonic, but with a different shape pickguard. The bridge and tremolo are Strat style. The tuners are the Fender vintage tuners which I haven't been able to get used to yet, but soon enough I will.

I play in a rock band and it fits this style very well. Don't underestimate this guitar because it is small and it was made in Mexico; it doesn't do the annoying quack that Strats do, which is good, but it is still a bright sounding guitar. It is not noisy at all, I am still shocked at how quiet the guitar is. Its the quietest Fender I have ever played. It can sound really rich and full, but mostly it has a very bright sound; but not in a bad way at all. There is a nice variety of sounds, I think it suits rock music the best; the S/H pickup configuration is perfect for someone like me who wants a nice, thick distortion sound as well as a clean, bright sound, for quieter parts. The Atomic humbucker alone doesn't sound that great clean; too middy. The Tex-mex has a great clean sound, the middle position is best for both clean and distortion, the two pickups together are not very out of phase, at least not on my Cyclone.

The guitar was set-up very nice. Fender usually puts .09s on their guitars, but this had .11s which was great. The pickups were fine. I raised the Tex-Mex a little, but that was it. The bridge was fine, but I am going to take the bridge and tremolo, and replace it with the bridge and stop-tail piece of a Gibson; I never use the tremolo and this will help keep the guitar in tune. There was nothing wrong with the guitar when I bought it, it was set-up very nicely.

The guitar is very light and may feel like it is not sturdy, but it is a solid guitar, most Fenders are. The hardware will last long time, there's no need to worry about that. The finish also seems very long-lasting. The strap buttons are very solid unlike the ones on my old Strat. Very depenable definitely. I think that 99% of the time, it would be safe to gig this guitar without a backup, but I use one anyway.

I've never dealt with Fender; but the store I bought this from is very helpful and if I have problems they will take care of everything.

I've been playing for 4 years. I own an Ampeg V-4 amp and cabinet, and I also use an Ibanez Powerlead soundtank live. I own some other guitars, amps, and effects but I rarely use them; I like having a simpler set-up. If it were stolen, I would by another one; I am very pleased with the guitar. I like everything about the guitar. I like the pickguard mounted input because I never step on my cable this way when playing. I've played a lot of guitars but have never been as impressed as I was with this guitar. I wish it had separate tone controls for each pickup, but oh well. The guitar is very light so I can stand and play it for hours and not be tired like when using a Les Paul, and the Rosewood fretboard is easy to play on, so it is a very fun guitar to play.

this is one of thenew delux modles from fender. very nice. made in mexico, 22 medium jumbo frets, very nice combonation of a tex-mex single-coil and the new fender atomic humbucker. i got the the brown sunburst with a white shell pick gaurd. a very nice looking guitar. i didnt get a gig bag with mine. but at least i got the guitar

The cyclone fits my style of music very well, grunge and alternative, sure some people say its dead but i like to play it i even play a little blues and the cyclone makes a very nice blues guitar as well. Right now all im uisg is a fender front man amp and a distorion pedal i bought from a pawn shop. but it sounds very good on them. you can get a variety of sounds with this guitar, its not noisy it has a very good clean sound and a real good distortion sound

very good action, set up very well the pickups are almost perfect but id like to get a fender lace sensor pickup to put on the neck instead of the tex-mex, the finish is good and all of the knobs and switches are put on good, good wood. its a good guitar you should buy one

the cyclone stays in tune good, the hardware is very good, the finish is good the strap buttons arent loose everything is solid. i can definately depend on it. in a gig i would still have a second guitar, my fender strat, of course, for certian songs so if i broke a string or something i would still have another guitar

never had to deal with fender they make good stuff

this is an all around great guitar everything is great on it. stays in tune well, looks great, sounds great, plays great. If it was stolen and if i had the money i would definately buy another one. Its a excellent guitar

This is the newest additon to the fender family,and they didn't spimp on features. Made in 1998, and made in mexico 22 frets, with knobs for tone and volume, and a single coil/humbucker configuration. The pickups were made by none other than the fender company, and its new atomic humbuckers.its a passive electronic system with a maple neck, its body is very unique its kinda like the tele and strat had a kid. its got locking tuners , and a gig bag that came with mine

this guitar is great its is very crisp sounding, and it helps that I have a digitch RP-20 to shape its sound even more. Not a noisy guitar, just delivers a bright skippy sound. With the proper effects unit it can make any sound under the sun, but i do dislike the vintage tremelo because it takes me outs tune after about 5 hours of play

this guitar is light and built nice, the pickups where adjusted perfect, didn't have a any flaws (yet)

this guitar with withstand live playing , and the hardware wont need to be upgraded for a while. the strap buttons could be bigger because my strap is always falling out and that can get on my nervs, althought the strap has never fallen out at a gig, I think i might concider a backup.

havn't had a problem

I've been playing for while now and own a RP-20, laney 80 watt amplifier and a few other guitars. if it where stolen I'de play with my other guitars for a while then buy another cyclone, I love thins guitar, I could live with out the tremelo though. My favorite feature prolly is how light the guitar is, it just feels confertable, I do with it had a locking tremelo system though, that would make it cherry.