NGD - The Squier Cyclone has arrived!

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:21 am

mkt3000 wrote:
SGJarrod wrote:
mkt3000 wrote:I had the vinyl sticker lying around... bumblebee cyclone?

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looks great...but hate to piss on ur parade but that GFS bigmouth will not fit without pick guard mods.... its cut for a normal hb without a cover...basically the hole is not cut square
So... I guess I gotta square off the corners of the pickguard HB route? Or more than that?.

Just square off the corners a bit

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:49 am

Hold up; are you going with the lower gain Bigmouth? Because I have the high gain set in my Nu-Sonic, and they're stupendously powerful. You really need the lower-gain ones.

Excellent pickups, though. And they look great with their enormous polepieces.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:57 pm

ekwatts wrote:Hold up; are you going with the lower gain Bigmouth? Because I have the high gain set in my Nu-Sonic, and they're stupendously powerful. You really need the lower-gain ones.

Excellent pickups, though. And they look great with their enormous polepieces.

Lower gain definitely.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:27 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:needs green pearl.

So... serious question. That's actually been intriguing me since you posted it.

But green pearl material is... well, not cheap enough ($65 - http://www.allparts.com/Green-Pearloid- ... lick=19167)

Could I get away covering the white pearl pickguard in green contact paper or a green film? Like the type people put on car headlights.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:55 pm

May be worth a try. Green pearl on black is TITS.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:34 pm

Just a small update on my cyclone

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:16 pm

does the pickup ring clear the strings?..... or is this just a mock up until u cut the guard?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:20 pm

SGJarrod wrote:does the pickup ring clear the strings?..... or is this just a mock up until u cut the guard?

It's a mockup for now. I'm going to put a thinner mounting ring on there.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:31 pm

did squaring off the corners on the existing hole not go well?...or do u prefer the ring for the kurdtz?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:12 am

SGJarrod wrote:did squaring off the corners on the existing hole not go well?...or do u prefer the ring for the kurdtz?

I kinda fucked up the squaring off...

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:16 am

no worries yo...it happens, it still looks good

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:57 pm

I think I have a new favorite bridge pickup. And the neck pickup sounds fucking good too

And here she is with her Squier Sisters

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:00 pm

I planned on those pickups in a burst one and mounting a tort pickguard ..Or the lipsticks ... I'm picking one up soon... At the price they're hard to pass up.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:26 pm

Rox wrote:I planned on those pickups in a burst one and mounting a tort pickguard ..Or the lipsticks ... I'm picking one up soon... At the price they're hard to pass up.

I'd get a second one in a heartbeat and drop the GFS lipsticks in it, if there were any LPB ones on ebay.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:14 pm

You should put screws in the HB mounting ring, just straight into the pickguard. That's what the Jaguar HH does and it looks dumb from up close but from far away it looks fine.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:10 pm

honeyiscool wrote:You should put screws in the HB mounting ring, just straight into the pickguard. That's what the Jaguar HH does and it looks dumb from up close but from far away it looks fine.

Not a bad idea

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:21 pm

Now it's perfect!