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HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:23 pm Post subject: 2011 Squier Cyclone Makeover |
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I picked this up on the bay. I was able to knock $100 off of the price because I didn't want the stock Squier pickups or the ones that were put in as an upgrade. It arrived like this. (No idea why they left the strings on. LOL)
20161202_193327 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
I had a Texas Special neck pickup around and an Atomic Humbucker so I figured I would make it like the MIM stock guitar. It sounds excellent. The combo is really nice. The best part is when you put both pickups on, the sound is different and good. A lot of the times when you combine a single coil with a humbucker the sound can be meh, but this is a really good sound. Both pickups also sound excellent on their own and are not super expensive either.
20161203_123040 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20161203_123100 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20161203_123110 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Nice dark neck.
20161203_123114 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20161203_123123 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20161203_123135 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The neck has a thin finish. Not matte like some of the Squier necks, but not thick gloss like the classic vibe ones.
20161203_123146 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Stock tuners are fine and could be easily replaced if I wanted to. They work fine so I don't see why I would change them.
20161203_123141 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The color is pretty much like vanilla. Not yellow, not white, but kind of in between.
20161203_123227 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The tremolo set up well with two springs. (First for me, normally I need three with a strat tremolo using 10's.)
20161203_123208 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The pickup change was super easy (there is a swimming pool rout under the guard and it is fully shielded with paint) and cheap. Makes this guitar just as good as my Mexican one, but for much less money. |
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robroe Bon Jovi Fan Club!!1

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 48870
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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tort pickguard win. looks good.
the color is called Vintage White.
its meant to replicate Olympic White yellowed by the sun over 20 or 30 years |
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HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:59 am Post subject: |
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I dig it over the yellowed white you can get on Japanese Fenders. Theirs are too much yellow for me.  |
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dots BADmin

Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 1016059 Location: on the move
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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my av jag has begun yellowing, loev it. _________________ Check out Runway Runaway by Saturday's Child
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im wearing my heart on my sleeve and my lips on my asssssssss |
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