| Fender Cyclone | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 1997-2006 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Woods | |
| Body | alder |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo |
| Pickup(s) | One single-coil (neck), one 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 Cyclone II | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 2002-2006 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Woods | |
| Body | alder |
| 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 | |
The Fender Cyclone and Fender Cyclone II were a series of electric guitars made by Fender. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Alder is the common name of a Genus of Flowering plants ( Alnus) belonging to the Birch family (Family Betulaceae) Acer ( maple) is a Genus of Trees or Shrubs They are variously classified in a family of their own the Aceraceae, or A tremolo arm or tremolo bar (also called a "whammy bar" or "wang bar" is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the Tailpiece of A pickup device acts as a Transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped Stringed instruments such as the Electric guitar A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic Transducer for the Electric guitar and the electric bass. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Alder is the common name of a Genus of Flowering plants ( Alnus) belonging to the Birch family (Family Betulaceae) Acer ( maple) is a Genus of Trees or Shrubs They are variously classified in a family of their own the Aceraceae, or A tremolo arm or tremolo bar (also called a "whammy bar" or "wang bar" is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the Tailpiece of A pickup device acts as a Transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped Stringed instruments such as the Electric guitar A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic Transducer for the Electric guitar and the electric bass. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Introduced in late 1997, the Cyclone body is similarly styled to the Mustang but with a significantly different specification. The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's The body of the Cyclone is a quarter of an inch thicker than the body of a Mustang and is made of alder, whereas contemporary Mustang reissues were made of basswood (though vintage and current reissues of the Mustang are poplar). The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's Alder is the common name of a Genus of Flowering plants ( Alnus) belonging to the Birch family (Family Betulaceae) The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's Tilia is a Genus of about 30 species of Trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest Populus is a genus of between 25–35 species of Flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.
The Cyclone has a scale of 24. For the musical (rather than instrumental scale, see Pythagorean tuning. 75 inches, the same as a Gibson Les Paul but an unusual intermediate size for Fender, and a Stratocaster style synchronized tremolo. The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares A tremolo arm or tremolo bar (also called a "whammy bar" or "wang bar" is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the Tailpiece of 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. The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's The Fender Jaguar is an Electric guitar which was introduced in 1962
The original Cyclone used a Fender Atomic Humbucker in the bridge, a Tex-Mex pickup in the neck position and a conventional 3-way toggle switch. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles
The Cyclone was also promoted as a USA-made guitar for a brief time in 2000. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The US Cyclone featured two dual-coil ceramic Vintage Noiseless single-coils and a modern 2-point synchronized vibrato with stainless steel saddles. The Vintage Noiseless series is a line of electric guitar pickups made by Fender. 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. The Lace Sensor is a Guitar pickup designed by Don Lace and manufactured by AGI (Actodyne General International since 1985. Both guitars were made at the Fender Custom Shop. The Fender Custom Shop is a division of Fender Musical Instruments, housed within their headquarters complex in Corona, Riverside County, California These American-made Cyclones were gone at the end of 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
As of 2006 the range included the original Cyclone, the Cyclone HH with two humbuckers, and the Fender Cyclone II with three MIA Jaguar pickups controlled by on-off switches in place of the selector switch. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Cyclone HH is a solid body electric guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments. The Fender Jaguar is an Electric guitar which was introduced in 1962
As of January 2007, all Cyclone variants had been discontinued by Fender.