Mustang/Cyclone I

peterocker

hi, i thought of buying a mustang, but in my country there arent any and i dont shop online, so i tought of buying a cycolne 1 w/humbukcer and replace a mustang pickuguard, a single coil pickup cover and a dynamic vibrato bridge!

now my question is, is the Cyclone 1 built 100% like the mustang and so can i fit this hardware perfecly?

10x, peter

mezzio13

They are substantially different models. Different scale lenghts, and cavity routes. To make a Cyclone look like a Mustang would take some real custom work, and probably double the cost of the guitar.

peterocker

so its better to leave this idea right?

so are the mustangs really discontinued?

mezzio13

Yes.

peterocker

😢

Rick

you can still buy them in japan. and from companies who import them from japan

nietz

Rick said: you can still buy them in japan. and from companies who import them from japan

I was going to say that. The Mustangs were made in USA inside the "American Vintage" series (the same one that produces Jaguars)???

peterocker

yes, i know but i dont own a credit card i'm 15 and my father doesn't own a credit card. but my dealer told me that they import guitars directly from fender only so thats a problem!

Rick

Rick said: you can still buy them in japan. and from companies who import them from japan

nah, there's never been any american mustangs since they stopped making them in the mid 80's

ekwatts

Rick, your avatar is tempting me into a relapse.

Rick

frieslol

holikujak

just get the cyclone II, if your looking for a single coil mustang styled guitar, its the way to go

peterocker

well actually i wanted the humbucker becasue cobain rooted his fiesta red stang to a humbucker, and i dont like the 3 single coils in a small guitar and even the jaguar controls, its just my opinion.

and if i buy the cyclone i for sure make a single coil black pickup cover and try to get a dynamic bridge if possible. the impossible thing i think its the pickguard right? but is the cyclone like a musatng or its smaller?

Rick

to put a mustang bridge/trem system on that cyclone would be alot of rigmarole. you'd have to take the strat trem out, fill it in with dowels/filler, then route for the new mustang trem. and have to do some painting. a standard mustang pickguard will not line up properly on that either. it can be done, with a lot of tinkering. or by making your own custom mustang pickguard. is it just the top of the mustang pickguard that you like? because apart from that, they are basically the same shape

peterocker

nah i better forget this idea, now i'll search for a mustang myself!

10x 😛

Rick

yeah, it might be difficult to find a mustang in malta, though 😀