fender cyclone 2

what u guys reckon about this model? im getting it from a family friend for about 106USD... second hand... with gig bag, strings and an amp cable...but it's quite rusted at the strings... and a tadbit on the pickups...i tested it out just now and itstill sounded fine...a couple of touch ups wud make it brand new again right?

sounds like all you need is some new strings. That's a good deal dude. I found one on music 123 for 549.00 new. That's a pretty sweet axe. If the pickups have a little rust on them it may not be a big deal. However, I have heard of the pole pieces being rusted all the way through. I think it would take a long time for this to happen though. I say buy it. Go NOW!!!!!

hang on..i just realised a really weird thing...the headstock says cyclone...but the hardware looks exactly like a normal strat...1 volume knob and 2 tone knobs... a whammy bar, and a 5 way switch... geez...

Seems to have gotten some pretty positive reviews on harmony-central.com: Click here

apparently the bloke told me that it's a chet atkins model...as far as i'm concerned, the cyclones out there have only one volume and tone knob...either cyclone 1 or 2...butthe one itested on looked exactly like a strat... 3 pickups... and as ive mentioned before, it, instead has 1 volume knob and 2 tone knobs...it's black with a white pickguard...i shud've paid more atttention on the other smaller detailsbut i was too fixated on the nice sound it produced...note 'nice', not great...this cud be because of the amp they plugged into...it wasn'ta guitar amp...some stereo amp i reckon...and the cable they had was old and rusted...connection was bad and so at times, the sound cuts off if u put the volume too low...hmm... regardless.... u guys think it's still a good deal?

I'd give up a hundred smackers to see what i could do with it.

aww those are sweet responses guys...thanks heaps... well im getting it anyway... we'll see what we can do with it...