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robroe wrote:LOL at how the pickguard hole for the humbucker looks cleaner on the squier than the fender.

Actually, that was me. I had an EMG81 in there for some recording I did. I had to open up the hole a little.

Fran wrote:

robroe wrote:WAIT


when did someone make a squier forum? why didn't I do this 10 fucking years ago?

Its been there a while, i think its the same people that started the Strat-Talk forum. Im sure there is another as well.

The official Fender site also has a Squire forum. Not alot of traffic, but it's there.

Does someone know if these squiers will be offered in europe?

jagsonic wrote:Does someone know if these squiers will be offered in europe?

guess not..I tried to order directly over MF last week and it didnt proceed.

for shielding issues, I really can recommend getting some copperfoil from allparts, really cheap about 7 Euros and 1,5 m long, easy to apply, as it has glue already attatched.

the neck singlecoil in the Cyclone, for humming problems there easily a dummy coil could be installed in the swimming pool cavity. As its the neck coil, it wont be a sound huge difference.
If I wouldnt build my own shortscale I definitley would try to get one of theeeese..

jamba72 wrote:

jagsonic wrote:Does someone know if these squiers will be offered in europe?

guess not..I tried to order directly over MF last week and it didnt proceed.

Stuart wrote:actually they have started showing up on the inter nets here.

http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Ba ... lackNL/1AY http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Squier-Cyclone-Electric-Guitar-BlackNL/1AY


If they are really going to sell them at £155, I'd be all over it, with out the need to trouble my relatives.

Stuart wrote:

jamba72 wrote:

jagsonic wrote:Does someone know if these squiers will be offered in europe?

guess not..I tried to order directly over MF last week and it didnt proceed.

Stuart wrote:actually they have started showing up on the inter nets here.

http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Ba ... lackNL/1AY http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Squier-Cyclone-Electric-Guitar-BlackNL/1AY


If they are really going to sell them at £155, I'd be all over it, with out the need to trouble my relatives.

link is dead. you cant buy anymore..

Hmm the link isn't dead to me. They have pages for them at stagebeat and dolphin too.


It isn't that you can't buy anymore it's that you can't buy yet. But it indicates that they will come to the UK and no doubt the rest of the EU at some point soon.

Stuart wrote:Hmm the link isn't dead to me. They have pages for them at stagebeat and dolphin too.


It isn't that you can't buy anymore it's that you can't buy yet. But it indicates that they will come to the UK and no doubt the rest of the EU at some point soon.

neither stage beat nor dolphin music offer them..

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/10471-squier-by-fender-cyclone-black.html




http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/product.php?product_id=2553&printer_friendly


Again I'm not saying they are currently for sale. I'm just saying in answer to the question are the COMING to you europe, the fact the shops have started to put them up on their websites is a pretty good indicator that they will in fact be coming.

Wow, Squier is making everything these days. It's about time. The demand is certainly there.

When can we expect a 24" Squier Duo-Sonic?? I came across a Mexican one recently, but believe it was only 22.5"

Oh nevermind. I didn't realize this guitar was 24" :

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-Clas ... =duo+sonic

I suppose it's the use of the '50s tag that threw me off. Of course, in the '50s there weren't Fenders with 9.5" necks and jumbo frets, either.

Has Fender finally killed the 22.5" then? God I hope so. Those '90s Duo-Sonics were just too small to play.

jamba72 wrote:

Stuart wrote:actually they have started showing up on the inter nets here.

http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Ba ... lackNL/1AY http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Squier-Cyclone-Electric-Guitar-BlackNL/1AY


If they are really going to sell them at £155, I'd be all over it, with out the need to trouble my relatives.

link is dead. you cant buy anymore..

Link is Alive!! again. but This product is currently not available for purchase. I've bought from Gear4music in the past and they ship really quick.
Hope I get some cash for chrimbo instead of socks etc..
£155.48 (Including VAT @20%) is a bargain, I would love a 24.75 scale guitar again, just not in black.

singlepickup24 wrote:Oh nevermind. I didn't realize this guitar was 24" :

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-Clas ... =duo+sonic

I suppose it's the use of the '50s tag that threw me off. Of course, in the '50s there weren't Fenders with 9.5" necks and jumbo frets, either.

Has Fender finally killed the 22.5" then? God I hope so. Those '90s Duo-Sonics were just too small to play.

22.5" is not dead, they just put it on the Kiddy guitars. Though the new ones are actually 22.7-22.75" not 22.5"

You may be right then.

Here are some pics of my Cyclone disassembled. Not a bad guitar for the money. Strange that they painted the cavities with shielding paint, but only shielded under the switch of the pickguard. I believe the first pic shows the shielding that I added to the pickguard. If you scroll down you will see how it originally came. I plan to add another coat of shielding paint the first time that I change the strings. My only complaints, so far, are that the holes in the tremolo block do not align with the holes in the back/tremolo plate when the tremolo is floated an 1/8" off the deck. The guitar arrived with the rear of the tremolo flush to the deck and the block holes did align with the back plate holes then. Not to big of a deal, just means I will have to remove the tremolo plate for string changes. My only other complaint is that the tremolo knob has a rather high seam ridge from the molding process that will need to be sanded down and polished(I don't know if this shows up well in the pics,but it is there). You can see from the pics what's good and what's not and decide for yourself.

Hope you found this helpful.

Fixed the first IMG tag and added spoil tags for the images to improve thread readability - Pens

Huh. So they did use shielding paint on these. Still sounds noisy to me, though.

Pens wrote:Huh. So they did use shielding paint on these. Still sounds noisy to me, though.

Well, you can see from the pics that it looks pretty thin and will require another coat, but mine was surprisingly quiet right out of the box, even before adding the shielding to the pickguard. Not American strat quiet, but not as noisy as my MIM strats either. I'll post later if the additional paint makes any improvement.

taylornutt wrote:

singlepickup24 wrote:Oh nevermind. I didn't realize this guitar was 24" :

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-Clas ... =duo+sonic

I suppose it's the use of the '50s tag that threw me off. Of course, in the '50s there weren't Fenders with 9.5" necks and jumbo frets, either.

Has Fender finally killed the 22.5" then? God I hope so. Those '90s Duo-Sonics were just too small to play.

22.5" is not dead, they just put it on the Kiddy guitars. Though the new ones are actually 22.7-22.75" not 22.5"

You may be right then.

Just out of curiosity, is the Squier Hello Kitty series 22.7?

25.5" -



22.7" -



* this may be wrong; please consult honeyiscool for more accurate information *

singlepickup24 wrote:

taylornutt wrote:

singlepickup24 wrote:Oh nevermind. I didn't realize this guitar was 24" :

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-Clas ... =duo+sonic

I suppose it's the use of the '50s tag that threw me off. Of course, in the '50s there weren't Fenders with 9.5" necks and jumbo frets, either.

Has Fender finally killed the 22.5" then? God I hope so. Those '90s Duo-Sonics were just too small to play.

22.5" is not dead, they just put it on the Kiddy guitars. Though the new ones are actually 22.7-22.75" not 22.5"

You may be right then.

Just out of curiosity, is the Squier Hello Kitty series 22.7?

I have one for my daughter. The internet specs I dug up said 22.75". I can measure tonight when I get home, but the difference between 22.70 and 22.75 is not much.