Fender Cyclone, should i buy?

daverichards · Post by **daverichards** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:38 pm

hi everyone!

i've been offered this..
fender cyclone late 90s.. it's in great condition, recently resoldered and set up etc, with a case..

the colour is a bit.. wow.. but i love cyclones.. :/

thoughts?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:40 pm

fuck yeah graffiti yellow

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:44 pm

Oh hell yes...that is THEE color for a Cyclone!

daverichards · Post by **daverichards** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:44 pm

i've never played one.. just always wanted one..

what are they like to play/genres ?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:46 pm

they only like to play post-emo (a la brand new, getups, a3, etc), but they can get really close to playing any sort of genre that you can use a neck single coil, and/or bridge humbucker for. so Kurdz mostly.

if you're planning to play cream or anything by ELP, i would suggest something with sunburst/FOOL paintjob. graffiti yellow would just not sound right playing anything from DISRAELI GEARS

daverichards · Post by **daverichards** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:51 pm

hahahaha

you see i'm after a guitar for a variety, was thinking of a tele... but got offered this!

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:52 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:they only like to play post-emo (a la brand new, getups, a3, etc), but they can get really close to playing any sort of genre that you can use a neck single coil, and/or bridge humbucker for. so Kurdz mostly.

if you're planning to play cream or anything by ELP, i would suggest something with sunburst/FOOL paintjob. graffiti yellow would just not sound right playing anything from DISRAELI GEARS

Uh.... late entry for post of the year, but clearly a contender.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:53 pm

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Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:14 pm

The Cyclone is a weird guitar. I love Mustangs/Duos/MMasters, but don't let the looks fool you, the cyclone feels completely different I liked the one I bought so much that I gave it away. No joke. The fatter body and construction just felt...wrong to me. Even set up well I thought it had a cheap guitar vibe to it.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:30 pm

Thomas wrote:the cyclone feels completely different I liked the one I bought so much that I gave it away.

???

What?

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:45 pm

I think a lot of people have the idea that since it's the same body shape as the mustang/duo-sonic/musicmaster that it should feel like one. If you don't go after a cyclone expecting that, then I think they're great guitars. They're more like strats but with a gibson-esque 24.75 scale. I almost bought one a few years ago, but I already had a strat with a bridge humbucker so I decided against it. It sounded exactly like my strat.

Now a Cyclone II with the jag pickups on the other hand, If I found a good deal on one of those I would love to own one.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:56 am

every single fucking one i have ever tried in a store has had shitty fret ends.

like fucking salad shooter bloody hand shit. toronado GT's also.

salad

shooter

KPI · Post by **KPI** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:58 am

The cyclone is just obscure, not obscure in a 20 years from now they will be desirable kind of thing, just obscure in a they landed with a kind of thud round the late 90's early 2000's. I wanted so badly to like them, played a couple but never but never felt compelled to buy one. didn't like the neck, the colors dated quickly when they first came out (i think at the time they were yellow, orange and sunburst)

its like they were trying to sell a mustang to the strat crowd, but appealing to neither.

all in all fender would have been better served putting out mustangs in more colors with more options, like they are now, except like 10 years ago.

The Toronado came out at the same time. that was just a piece of shit.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:36 am

Both the Cyclone and the Toronado were fine guitars ... They just weren't for the bullshit purists..... People that want fender to produce the same old shit over and over and over . Change something up and make something different and they get all fucking
.......:

I have a Toro. It isn't shit ... It actually kicks ass. And I'll get a Cyclone too. Haters can go suck a wank...

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:44 am

They are weird guitars, right. Looks like a mustang, feels like a strat. The neck pickup sounds just like a strat. The humbucker is very hot, a great rocker. I love the neck of mine. Nice chunky, not a baseball bat, only nice... a silky finish. Feels just great. The only thing is: It is heavy. But with the right strap it rocks!!!

I also love the colour. No photo can show you the real cool yellow finish

(i just try it...)

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:50 pm

KPI wrote:The cyclone is just obscure, not obscure in a 20 years from now they will be desirable kind of thing, just obscure in a they landed with a kind of thud round the late 90's early 2000's. I wanted so badly to like them, played a couple but never but never felt compelled to buy one. didn't like the neck, the colors dated quickly when they first came out (i think at the time they were yellow, orange and sunburst)

its like they were trying to sell a mustang to the strat crowd, but appealing to neither.

all in all fender would have been better served putting out mustangs in more colors with more options, like they are now, except like 10 years ago.

The Toronado came out at the same time. that was just a piece of shit.

You're thinking of the second run. The original run in the late 90's came in white, black, candy apple red and I'm pretty sure sunburst too. The crazy colored ones didn't come until the early 2000's.

They are great guitars, and they came out around the time I was starting out on guitar, and pretty much only knew about strats, teles, les pauls and sg's. The first time I saw the cyclone and toronado I was in love with them! They were cool, different and since everyone I knew played a strat or a tele, they didn't look common so they appealed to me instantly. Those were the first oddball fenders that I noticed when I started playing guitar, then I discovered the mustang/musicmaster/duo-sonic, the jaguar, jazzmaster, jag-stang, etc, and my love of oddball fenders grew. But the cyclone and toronado were what started that love, so I don't like it when people hate on those guitars.

Most of the early toronados and cyclones that I have played have been great too. I still want to own one of those first run models of each one day.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:46 pm

I like that color "Carmel Mettalic"

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:00 pm

that is a gorgeous colour

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:23 pm

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:13 pm

Who's that?