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Johno · . Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 1915 Location: East London

Fender Cyclone 90s?

Its had a Wilkinson VSVG Bridge fitted which sorts out the intonation issues of the original....apparently these guitars are Gibson scale. Trem works great, totally different feel to my Jag & Mustang but good to have some variety.
Guitar also has dual tone/vol pots which I've never used before but actually work great.
The tuners have been replaced with Fender Vintage locking tuners... which I'd never come across before....I'd always used split post tuners on my Fenders.
Pickups are a Tex Mex neck & an Atomic Humbucker.... sound fine to me so no rush to swap out...
The neck is 9.5 radius but quite chunky which feels quite a bit like my Musicmaster.

Arrgghh not sure why but some of the links appaers as pics and other as links
http://imgur.com/a/3CFRVEq

aen · Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 3:22 pm Post subject:

Early oughts, I think?
I remember being reeeeal interested in the cyclone line when I dove into Fenders around that time. I only got to play one once, it was... fine. IIRC the neck was nearly unfinished, which back in those days was the mark of a cheapo.
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Johno · . Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 1915 Location: East London

Fakir Mustache · . Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 4115

I don't think the Jazz Bass pots are original, nor do they make much sense in that pickup configuration.
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Bacchus · Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 7:50 pm Post subject:

I like it. Is it a swimming pool route?
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Johno · . Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 1915 Location: East London

Bacchus · Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 8:04 pm Post subject:

Nice.

I think the Cyclone II has a swimming pool route and it's always bothered me. Other than that, it's always been a dream guitar for me. And I know the swimming pool route doesn't actually make a difference, and one of my favourite guitars (Jagmaster) has one, but it has still always annoyed me. Even though I don't own one.
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Thom · lamp Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 5679 Location: Exeter, UK

Nice one, congrats. The cyclone is something I would definitely have picked up at some point if they had made them in lefty ever.

NickS · Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 9:48 am Post subject: Re: NGD Fender 'Shorterscale'

Noirie. · YOUTH Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 5186

Looks sick. There was a blue Cyclone sat at my local for years. Jaguar pickups were a nice touch but could never get on with the neck.
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Johno · . Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 1915 Location: East London