Fender Cyclone

Fender Cyclone
Manufacturer	Fender
Period	1997-2006
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Woods
Body	poplar
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge	Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Pickup(s)	Tex Mex single-coil (neck), Atomic 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 US Cyclone
Manufacturer	Fender
Period	2000-2002
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Woods
Body	poplar
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge	2-Point Synchronized Tremolo (Custom): 2-Point Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Pickup(s)	Vintage Noiseless single-coils (neck & bridge) (Custom): 2 Gold Lace Sensors
Colors available
Black, Candy Apple Red, White Blonde, Cobalt Blue Transparent, 3-Color Sunburst, Daphne Blue, Olympic White and Dakota Red

Fender Cyclone II
Manufacturer	Fender
Period	2002-2006
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Woods
Body	poplar
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. Introduced in late 1997, the Cyclone body is similarly styled to the Mustang but with a significantly different specification. The body of the Cyclone is a quarter of an inch thicker than the body of a Mustang and is made of poplar, whereas contemporary Mustang reissues were made of basswood. 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. As of 2006^[update] 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.

As of January 2007, all Cyclone variants had been discontinued by Fender.

Cyclone

The Cyclone has a scale of 24.75 inches, the same as a Gibson Les Paul but an unusual intermediate size for Fender, and a Stratocaster style synchronized tremolo.

The original Cyclone used an Atomic humbucking pickup in the bridge, a Tex-Mex pickup in the neck position and a conventional 3-way toggle switch.

US Cyclone

The Cyclone was also promoted as a USA-made guitar for a brief time in 2000. The US Cyclone featured two dual-coil ceramic Vintage Noiseless single-coils and a modern 2-point synchronized vibrato with stainless steel saddles. 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. Both guitars were made at the Fender Custom Shop. These American-made Cyclones were gone at the end of 2001.

Cyclone II

Introduced as the successor to the Cyclone in July 2002, the Cyclone II features changes such as the Mustang racing stripe as well as pickups and switching borrowed from the Fender Jaguar. Notably, the guitar employs three pickups angled in a similar fashion to the Fender Telecaster bridge pickup rather than the standard two straight pickups of a Jaguar. It also features a Fender Jazzmaster headstock, similar to a 1970s Strat headstock. It also features vintage tuning heads, as well as vintage, nickel string saddles, which were found on 1950s model Strats. It was available in a choice of two colours, candy-apple red, and Fender's Daphne Blue, both with the white racing stripe found on the Mustang.

The Cyclone II has a scale of 24.75 inches, a Stratocaster style synchronized tremolo and an on/off switch for each pickup. While it is different in design to the Stratocaster, it has seven pickup selections, including bridge pickup with neck pickup or even all three pickups, not available on a standard Stratocaster. This enables the guitarist to have the mixed sound of the more 'twangy' bridge pickup, mixed with the smootheness of the neck pickup. It received good reviews, mostly because of its unusually versatile sound and good looks.

Cyclone HH

The Cyclone HH had the same features and specifications as the original Cyclone, except for the addition of a 3-ply black pickguard and a pair of humbucking pickups, a Fender Santa Ana and a Fender Atomic II in the bridge and neck positions. Introduced in 2003, it was discontinued, like the other Cyclone models, in 2007.

Featuring an offset waist alder body and a 24.75"-scale maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, the Cyclone HH also included a vintage-style synchronized tremolo, a three-position toggle switch, master volume and tone controls, as well as chrome-plated hardware.

The Cyclone HH was available in Black, Pewter, Daphne Blue and Orange.