get the Squier Paranormal Series here: ►Sweetwater imp.i114863.net/9WA0Oj ►Thomann bit.ly/3zsvROS ------------------------------------------------------ Timestamps: 0:00 - the perfect blend? 0:24 - What this video is about - & Disclosure 1:23 - Quack Quick walkthrough? 2:27 - the deep dive 2:30 - silent closeups 2:47 - Strings off and neck thickness 3:15 - An appealing word from ASMR 3:40 - Opening up the pickguard and cavities 5:20 - Putting it back together 5:57 - Back plate removal and a look inside 6:42 - the guitar weight 7:00 - pickup resistance 7:50 - more Neck measurements 8:10 - the Gallery - Detailed features and specs 9:34 - Clean Guitar Tone Samples 11:35 - Dirty Guitar Tone Samples 14:35 - Summary - Pros & Cons 14:50 - I need a towel
"growing up I was so poor, I couldnt even pay attention" 🤣 that cracked me up good. Seems to be yet another great video, Landon. Thanks! I kinda really really want this one
@@Madchris8828 I have an affinity telecaster. I upgraded the pickups. It's a great player. And I found a contemporary telecaster used that I put a deposit on. Thank God for Squier
I just came from Robert Baker's channel... and man is there a pleasant difference here. We just get all the little details here and not just wild distorted noodling with "you can go the website and look that up" stats. Much appreciation.
You should check out the traditional HS cyclone! Pretty hard to find as they weren’t mass produced as much by fender. You can find a Squier VM Cyclone from the 2003-2011ish run they had over on reverb for a more reasonable price. I own one and its my absolute favorite guitar. Personally I think its one of Fender’s best instruments and their most underrated.
Good review. I have the white version of the Cyclone and the blue Super-Sonic. In my opinion, Squier Paranormals are the best value Guitar you can buy. The dollar/quality ratio is the best I’ve seen. Love this line of Squiers.
Nice Landon, thanks for the deep dive. As an aside Fender has raised prices again. If you have been lusting after anything that's still at the old price, better snag it now. I just got my dream Fender surf green strat maple fingerboard from CME priced below the new Fender increases. Only 2 left as of now. Rock on people! Slim Shady ;-)
Each time I see one of your videos on the new Squire stuff, I try to find one local to try. Really love your input and helping others check out things they may never think about.
Nice looking guitar. Seems to be well made. Really like the look of the neck - looks like it would feel good to play. Particularly like the sound from the middle pickup.
Thanks, you swayed me Cyclone way. Picked one up, almost new, guy had it for 3 months - got it dirt cheap. So far like it better than a MiM Fender Mustang I used to have. Solidly built too. The red colour makes me want to bite it. Not sure if that’s a downside.
I really appreciate your reviews. When I’m considering a Squier, I’m always thinking about modding possibilities, so it’s nice to be able to get a glimpse under the guard. I may have to get one of these.
I've been tempted to get one and put a mustang style pickguard with 2 quater pounders in there so I basically have a mustang with a trem. However the slightly longer scale length is making me causious as I don't know if it will all fit. I also can't seem to find custom pickguards on ebay for this
Impressive hardware for a basic Squire. I do think that you should of made a point about the angled pickups! Only thing I would add to that guitar 🎸 would be a Sprague Orange Drop or a Bare Knuckles capacitor for a couple of bucks. The finish on those Squire necks are getting too dam sexy!
Off all the online searches I do checking guitar amps effects demo after demo I am impressed and inspired over this guitar its a freak guitar it was ausem sounding I'm just pleased that I found my next guitar and I don't give a crap where it's made that is what has stoped me from purchasing on other gear but like they say shut up and play. so this guitar did the talking and the selling no bs it sold itself I'm 100% satisfied and convinced and confident it will not disappoint now time to hustle the cash like any addiction when you need or want you will get the cash..Thank you great demo ...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico 🇺🇸 🌎...
I like this one loads better than the last paranormal Fender you reviewed. Now if only it was the color of the last one it would be IT! Although the way the pickups were set in the body last time triggered my mind in unkind ways lol, my biggest set back with them was that the sound they had just seemed to miss even through your Princeton. These pickups on the otherhand sound incredible in comparison. I really dig the Jag set up for the electronics. I get how they may be in the way to some but I'd be down for them. All in all I'm really impressed with this one. Now slap that sparkling blue on it and call it Baby!!!
I like that guitar! I've been contemplating putting a switching ensemble like that on my project guitar... I mean who doesn't want to hear the bridge and neck pickup together, right? And that combo does sound good on the Cyclone. My project guitar is an HSS, so adding a coil split would give 15 tones instead of 7... and I was thinking of adding phasing switches, too, which (if my math is right) would be 127 combinations... boggles my mind. So maybe I'll just listen to you play instead.
The Cyclone has disappeared from the Fender website. Only 4 different Paranormal guitars are listed. That's weird, I thought the series were no longer limited editions? Best, Pete.
@@landonbailey I just went back to the USA site there's still only four listed under complete Squier Range and if you look at search by series under Paranormal (4) just like that. The four are: Offset Tele, the Baritone, the Supersonic and the Toronado. I cannot imagine what is going on! Pete.
Not to happy about the "Crafted in China" part, but this is a really nice looking guitar, love the paint job. And man, the sound of peeling off the plastic is one of the most satisfying sounds to modern man, or perhaps just me. LOL>
Yeah i know you are a Fender guy, but the "Kramer Baretta special" by Gibson, which is always sold out is one of the coolest (and one of the best) budget guitars out there.. if not even best and coolest of all :D
So…first of all…I watch all of these. Every one of your videos. I’m a fan. And when you watch all of them, you notice some things. With that in mind, would you estimate that the Princeton amp pretty handily dictates the tone of whatever single coil situation you are running through it? Or can you hear distinct differences in the tone? Most of the single coils you run sound pretty…Princeton-y to me. Just an honest question. Thanks Lando!
It definitely doesn't colour any of the tones like the Ac10 does. Also I always hear a different sound in the room vs the recording from the ribbon mic. it's a weird thing to explain for sure 👍😄
@@landonbailey I suspected there would be some ‘in-room’ differences. I think you’re recordings do a good job and if I heard them back to back I could probably key in on some subtlety. The good new is, the ‘Princeton-y’ sound is basically like eating bacon for my ears so…no harm, no foul 😂🤘🏻
Good informative video! I have one nitpicky comment though. All the guitar channels that do this sort of review/deep dive show the resistance value of more than one pickup at a time. The only really relevant values are those of each individual pickup. Ohm's Law says that resistance values of resistors/pickups in parallel will always be slightly less than that of the smallest resistance in the circuit. Just one of my pet peeves, showing the resistance of pickups in parallel means nothing in terms of how the guitar may or may not perform.
Thanks for the video, it answered a lot of my questions. The only question I have is...did you have the tone all the way open to bright, and the volume open all the way up? If you tried different combinations, did the 'gain', 'sound', etc. change in any way? Thanks again! -Steve
Had one but returned it. I was very happy with the build quality & setup and comfort. I could live with the problems created by the placement of the pickup switches. Sonically, the guitar disappointed. The pickups are way too hot and the non-Strat pickup positions weren't useful to me. Also the shorter (24.75 in.) scale saps the guitar of the bite you get on a Strat or Tele. BUT the biggest problem is that there are no lower frequencies (low end) in the sound. It's all mid-range and treble. If a Tele is a heavyweight boxer, then the Cyclone is a Welterweight by comparison.
Interesting point about the pickups being too hot This seems to be what epiphone and Squier etc seem to be doing with their affordable guitars- offering higher output pickups
I wondered about the overall quality of the Deep Dive when the video went down the drain at the start..... and I'm odd 'cause I don't hate nor like the look of the Mustratoguar. ;-)
From Leo: It is interesting that this guitar has the 24.75 gibson scale, and not the traditional Jaguar 24,0" scale or the Fender 25.5 inch scale. I wonder if the neck would fit a Jaguar and work out ok? The smoother sounding Alnico pickups are a nice touch. Squier has been doing a good job on their better guitars.
I have one! In shell pink… the tones are NOT like the Strat or Jag… They are unique! I have a old made in Japan Strat, and for whatever reason the three and five out of phase positions on my Strat do not sound EXACTLY like the three and five out of phase positions on the Cyclone, they have a slightly different sound, though maybe a bit similar. The switching on each guitar (Jag or Cyclone) gives you extra separate tones over the 5 position Strat… but since a Jag has only TWO PUPs, the strangle switch is the “3rd switch…” On the Jaguar you get the following positions: 1 bridge only ; 2 bridge strangled ; 3 neck only; 4 neck strangled ; 5 bridge and neck, 6 bridge and neck strangled … On the Cyclone you get the following SEVEN positions 1 bridge only ; 2 bridge and middle ; 3 middle only ; 4 middle and neck ; 5 neck only ; and 6 bridge and neck, and 7 ALL THREE PUPs ON… Also check out the review on “60 cycle hum”… I DO like the trem… I broke off the tremolo arm in the trem block by mistake, so I ordered an FU Tone block… The original block was very robust. However, my new one is even better…. the guys at FU TONE were great, very helpful… and the new block is even better (brass, heavier, more sustain)
@@landonbailey My second-hand "Stratojagstang" arrived today in perfect condition, and it even has a bit of flame in the headstock! Super pleased that the original buyer decided to trade it in at Guitar Center!
The classic vibe line has the faux-vintage theme, and they cover the neck with a thick gloss coating that sticks to your fingers as soon as they start to sweat. The player series doesn't do that, and at a certain level of 'money doesn't matter', that would be enough reason for me to buy the player series. At my current level of 'money does matter', the Affinity series works pretty good.
@@peterwilson8039 I gotta disagree. My CV 60s Tele has the roasted maple neck with the laquer. I've had no issues with it, no sticking, incredibly smooth. It plays much better that my MIM strat.
Im a lefty and one of these just on sale for 220, I can do a Jimi on it, I dont like the flipped strat I tried once but this is a different thing, I like the gibson scale length even though I have long fingers😂 This sounds like it handles gain well!
Good review. Now if Fender would "Hard Tail" it, it would be worth buying. (I am absolutely done with Tremolo bridges - even decked - get knocked out of tune far too easy). P.S. I really like that metallic red.
you can either lock the tremolo or mod it adding a wood block glued and a hard tail bridge. probably they weighted the audience for this and people into offsets prefer whammy bars
Liked the pastel pink and blue of last year's cyclone run. This run's colours suck. I love the short-scale strat concept of this guitar though - my favourite of the Paranormal series.
@@landonbailey that's the more logic to think. I want to buy this guitar, modify the pickguard and add a humbucker in the bridge, but I think I would need to buy 500k potentiometers
Hey Landon, I have a Fender pawn shop mustang special bought in 2012. The LOWER master pick up knob switch is SCRATCHY & it’s driving me nuts. I don’t usually unscrew everything like you do, lest I screw things up more (21 screws) and I’m not a DEEP diver. I am adventurous enough though to try it. WHAT is your best guess, could it just be lose ...or need SOLDERING, if the latter I may need to take it to a professional luthier. OR buy a soldering kit ...HELP. ....LOVE MY GUITAR
I’ve been looking into grabbing one of these, they’re intriguing .....Be nice if it had a matching headstock. I know this is an old video but I think going forward you should do your deep dives in full scooba gear 😂🤦🏻♂️
Those stock squire pickups gotta go,they sound terrible thru all that great playing you did,and it is one beautiful guitar, with some great features, not sure if the recording did any justice to these pickups,that we are not hearing on this end,not the spank or quack,I was expecting from a strat looking guitar,totally harsh sounding,can't blame that on you bro, maybe you should watch the video and tell us again,how much you like them pickups 🤣👍🎸
No, you shut up! You crack me up, man. Like the Cyclone, and yeah, I'd replace those 3 too tiny switches with small toggles so my poor baby fingers don't get scwaped, um, scraped.
I straight up hate mustangs. They are too twangy and fragile. This is not the issue with these guitars. They are solid and sound great. If you are considering a Mustang, trying one of these is a MUST.
Love the switching options with the 3 pups, Strats need that switching, but just not in that location. Heavy guitars are painful, my Norlin era 1975 Gibson Les Paul Custom killed my neck/shoulder even with a huge furry strap. Heaviest guitar I ever played. My buddies 1970s Ash Strat comes close though.
@@landonbailey I ended up finding your review video after I commented. I like it because the body shape is comfortable to play while lounging about. Looking into modding it though, to be honest, since the control layout isn't as versatile as I'd hoped, even though it's unorthodox set up does lead to a bit of creativity here and there.
Thanks for the great reviews! And for being the only review that I saw that mentioned the switch position issue. Despite your warning, I tried one of these and I love everything except that. I really like to work on my precision with strumming, and hitting the right strings, but really don't want to be concerned about the area below the strings! When I tried playing RHCP "Can't Stop" I actually killed the bridge pickup--not totally switched down, but nudged it enough to kill it. Wouldn't this be the same as on the Jaguars? I've not heard anything about it other than your review, and I think you did say "you WILL hit them"....I did.
LANDON!!!! STOP IT!!!!! You are an enabler!!!! My G. A. S. is getting out-of-hand and you are NOT helping!!!! Because of YOU, I have purchased a Cyclone, . . . so STOP IT!!!!!! Your fault, NOT MINE!!!!! 🎸 😠 😉
I never liked other Squier or Fender besides the Stratocaster but I like this guitar specially for the 3 singlecoil pickups and the tremolo bar for me this like the sister of the Stratocaster. I have a Squier Stratocaster Affinity SSS pickups later replaced for a Wilkinson parts a full loaded pickguard Wilkinson and a bridge with the big block the nut ( all parts ) and gotoh locking tuners sounds like everything but is for make a one guitar
get the Squier Paranormal Series here:
►Sweetwater imp.i114863.net/9WA0Oj
►Thomann bit.ly/3zsvROS
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Timestamps:
0:00 - the perfect blend?
0:24 - What this video is about - & Disclosure
1:23 - Quack Quick walkthrough?
2:27 - the deep dive
2:30 - silent closeups
2:47 - Strings off and neck thickness
3:15 - An appealing word from ASMR
3:40 - Opening up the pickguard and cavities
5:20 - Putting it back together
5:57 - Back plate removal and a look inside
6:42 - the guitar weight
7:00 - pickup resistance
7:50 - more Neck measurements
8:10 - the Gallery - Detailed features and specs
9:34 - Clean Guitar Tone Samples
11:35 - Dirty Guitar Tone Samples
14:35 - Summary - Pros & Cons
14:50 - I need a towel
"growing up I was so poor, I couldnt even pay attention" 🤣 that cracked me up good. Seems to be yet another great video, Landon. Thanks! I kinda really really want this one
😁 I stoled it from somewhere
Sounds like Rodney
The paint on these Squiers has been really good for the last couple dives.
Another really good review. Many of us can't afford new Fenders. You're helping us chose The guitars we Can afford.
Thank you,
cheers!
I own a fender and I think the squiers look incredible. I own a Squier too and it's a cool guitar too. Squiers get better and better every year
@@Madchris8828
I have an affinity telecaster. I upgraded the pickups. It's a great player. And I found a contemporary telecaster used that I put a deposit on. Thank God for Squier
I just came from Robert Baker's channel... and man is there a pleasant difference here. We just get all the little details here and not just wild distorted noodling with "you can go the website and look that up" stats. Much appreciation.
To add, that Sweet Baby is a gem of an inexpensive pedal. The clarity is there and it is simple to get warm or sharp "clean" overdriven tones.
hey Robert is awesome. I can't play anywhere as good as him, so I need to focus on alternatives :)
agreed!
You should check out the traditional HS cyclone! Pretty hard to find as they weren’t mass produced as much by fender. You can find a Squier VM Cyclone from the 2003-2011ish run they had over on reverb for a more reasonable price. I own one and its my absolute favorite guitar. Personally I think its one of Fender’s best instruments and their most underrated.
That bridge pickup overdriven sounds SO good.
I got the Daphne Blue one last year and it's become my go-to ever since.
nice!
how's it 3 years later? im looking to get one
Good review. I have the white version of the Cyclone and the blue Super-Sonic. In my opinion, Squier Paranormals are the best value Guitar you can buy. The dollar/quality ratio is the best I’ve seen. Love this line of Squiers.
i always thought Cyclone was an unofficial homage to Brian May's Red Special guitar from Fender.
Great vid, as always Landon!
Nice Landon, thanks for the deep dive. As an aside Fender has raised prices again. If you have been lusting after anything that's still at the old price, better snag it now. I just got my dream Fender surf green strat maple fingerboard from CME priced below the new Fender increases. Only 2 left as of now. Rock on people! Slim Shady ;-)
😆
Capt. Anderson said this run of paranormal isn’t going to be limited so hopefully squire will keep making them
oh that's smart! they should sell well
I'm letting you know: I like your reviews and this one is spot on.
cheers!
It's gorgeous 🎸 also is my favorite guitar in this series. Good Deep Dive. I enjoyed it ✌
Rock on!
Each time I see one of your videos on the new Squire stuff, I try to find one local to try. Really love your input and helping others check out things they may never think about.
Glad to help!
Nice looking guitar. Seems to be well made. Really like the look of the neck - looks like it would feel good to play. Particularly like the sound from the middle pickup.
Rock on!
Thanks, you swayed me Cyclone way.
Picked one up, almost new, guy had it for 3 months - got it dirt cheap.
So far like it better than a MiM Fender Mustang I used to have. Solidly built too.
The red colour makes me want to bite it. Not sure if that’s a downside.
Also keep up the good work its awesome that someone finally is a normal dude breaking down normal dude guitars hope everything works out for ya...
cheers
Yes! I’ve been waiting for you to review this one!
I really appreciate your reviews. When I’m considering a Squier, I’m always thinking about modding possibilities, so it’s nice to be able to get a glimpse under the guard. I may have to get one of these.
Glad to help!
I've been tempted to get one and put a mustang style pickguard with 2 quater pounders in there so I basically have a mustang with a trem. However the slightly longer scale length is making me causious as I don't know if it will all fit. I also can't seem to find custom pickguards on ebay for this
lmao - nice sponsor gag, plus the a-peeling pun was so bad it was good :D
it was on the spot
That High E string is scaring me 8:39
ya after the restring it got hung up
"Should we route it to fit the electronics?"
Fender: "No, we are going to route it to fit a swimming pool!"
Good I want one and I want to mod the crap out of it
I like that specimen of Squire weirdness! Looks like fun toy for the collection.
Impressive hardware for a basic Squire. I do think that you should of made a point about the angled pickups! Only thing I would add to that guitar 🎸 would be a Sprague Orange Drop or a Bare Knuckles capacitor for a couple of bucks. The finish on those Squire necks are getting too dam sexy!
Off all the online searches I do checking guitar amps effects demo after demo I am impressed and inspired over this guitar its a freak guitar it was ausem sounding I'm just pleased that I found my next guitar and I don't give a crap where it's made that is what has stoped me from purchasing on other gear but like they say shut up and play. so this guitar did the talking and the selling no bs it sold itself I'm 100% satisfied and convinced and confident it will not disappoint now time to hustle the cash like any addiction when you need or want you will get the cash..Thank you great demo ...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico 🇺🇸 🌎...
cheers!
Really liking these upgrades they are doing! Thanks Landon!
No problem!
I hope you centered that high E string at the bridge. It looked a like it was way off center on the saddle amigo.
I like this one loads better than the last paranormal Fender you reviewed. Now if only it was the color of the last one it would be IT! Although the way the pickups were set in the body last time triggered my mind in unkind ways lol, my biggest set back with them was that the sound they had just seemed to miss even through your Princeton. These pickups on the otherhand sound incredible in comparison. I really dig the Jag set up for the electronics. I get how they may be in the way to some but I'd be down for them. All in all I'm really impressed with this one. Now slap that sparkling blue on it and call it Baby!!!
Great sound. Great colour. Great review !
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome rundown
Thanks for the video Landon.
Any time! Except 3am. I'm asleep
I stretch out my strings really pull on them near the tuning pegs.. and I have no problems with my tremolo staying in tune
thanks for the tips! cheers
X
Thanks for the review. I have a brand new Cyclone coming in a few days. Thanks for the incite.
Hope you enjoy it! Cool guitar, well made too
Looks cool. I once had a Mustang in Candy Apple Red.
I love it. Red is my color. I'd have to upgrade everything.
except the red
Nice deep dive. I have a cyclone from the first run. The pickups seem to differ in this run. Mine have 5.5/5.9/6.2 resistance
I've had my eye on one of these for a while and it looks great in the demo in that candy apple red
I thought you were going to go into The Bends when you hit that D at 13:41
Do any Fender guitars come shielded from production? I don't think so. At least I know all teles come without shielding.
yes many do
I like that guitar! I've been contemplating putting a switching ensemble like that on my project guitar... I mean who doesn't want to hear the bridge and neck pickup together, right? And that combo does sound good on the Cyclone.
My project guitar is an HSS, so adding a coil split would give 15 tones instead of 7... and I was thinking of adding phasing switches, too, which (if my math is right) would be 127 combinations... boggles my mind.
So maybe I'll just listen to you play instead.
The Cyclone has disappeared from the Fender website. Only 4 different Paranormal guitars are listed. That's weird, I thought the series were no longer limited editions? Best, Pete.
what country's site are you looking at? set the location to USA and it's there
They.are on the uk site just looked
@@landonbailey I just went back to the USA site there's still only four listed under complete Squier Range and if you look at search by series under Paranormal (4) just like that. The four are: Offset Tele, the Baritone, the Supersonic and the Toronado. I cannot imagine what is going on! Pete.
I want them to make an upgeded version of this. I see a great platform for a project. Make one that’s not a project.
That guitar looks great!
I gather there was no fret sprout, you would have mentioned it . I think I will buy the used one i seen posted on a populat music store's site
No sprout
Not to happy about the "Crafted in China" part, but this is a really nice looking guitar, love the paint job.
And man, the sound of peeling off the plastic is one of the most satisfying sounds to modern man, or perhaps just me. LOL>
Glad you like it!
@@landonbailey Don't tell anybody, but I'm not going to unsub. LOL
Looks like a fun guitar to play around on.
I just bought one in daphne blue for $200 in absolute perfect shape. Haven't even played it yet-----here I go!!!!
Yeah i know you are a Fender guy, but the "Kramer Baretta special" by Gibson, which is always sold out is one of the coolest (and one of the best) budget guitars out there.. if not even best and coolest of all :D
@@wanderer4125 And what does Kanye mean?
Great review - nothing to dislike..!
So…first of all…I watch all of these. Every one of your videos. I’m a fan. And when you watch all of them, you notice some things. With that in mind, would you estimate that the Princeton amp pretty handily dictates the tone of whatever single coil situation you are running through it? Or can you hear distinct differences in the tone? Most of the single coils you run sound pretty…Princeton-y to me. Just an honest question. Thanks Lando!
It definitely doesn't colour any of the tones like the Ac10 does. Also I always hear a different sound in the room vs the recording from the ribbon mic. it's a weird thing to explain for sure 👍😄
@@landonbailey I suspected there would be some ‘in-room’ differences. I think you’re recordings do a good job and if I heard them back to back I could probably key in on some subtlety. The good new is, the ‘Princeton-y’ sound is basically like eating bacon for my ears so…no harm, no foul 😂🤘🏻
This is my first guitar I have had it for 1.5 years and I have a lot of fun with it
Thanks for sharing! 👍🎸
Beautiful color 👍🤘
I think so too!
I am absolutely enamored by these
This seems like a guitar Kurt Cobain would have loved. RIP. Me too actually. Very cool guitar I think
Man that is sweet.
Good informative video! I have one nitpicky comment though. All the guitar channels that do this sort of review/deep dive show the resistance value of more than one pickup at a time. The only really relevant values are those of each individual pickup. Ohm's Law says that resistance values of resistors/pickups in parallel will always be slightly less than that of the smallest resistance in the circuit. Just one of my pet peeves, showing the resistance of pickups in parallel means nothing in terms of how the guitar may or may not perform.
if I don't show it, someone will ask for it. it's the law of TH-cam videos 👍😄
The bridge pickup sounds awesome dirty. Like a hot pickup. Hmmmmm
cool guitar for sure
i came back to compare with the epi less paul modern which was 3.8 kilos, 7.8 pounds
I never left 😪
Thanks for the video, it answered a lot of my questions. The only question I have is...did you have the tone all the way open to bright, and the volume open all the way up? If you tried different combinations, did the 'gain', 'sound', etc. change in any way? Thanks again! -Steve
Im pretty sure I had both knobs maxed out, and didn't play with the levels
Had one but returned it. I was very happy with the build quality & setup and comfort. I could live with the problems created by the placement of the pickup switches. Sonically, the guitar disappointed. The pickups are way too hot and the non-Strat pickup positions weren't useful to me. Also the shorter (24.75 in.) scale saps the guitar of the bite you get on a Strat or Tele. BUT the biggest problem is that there are no lower frequencies (low end) in the sound. It's all mid-range and treble. If a Tele is a heavyweight boxer, then the Cyclone is a Welterweight by comparison.
Interesting point about the pickups being too hot
This seems to be what epiphone and Squier etc seem to be doing with their affordable guitars- offering higher output pickups
I Just bought one....sweetwaters,, white. had 2 do it...lol
It sounds great!!
I wondered about the overall quality of the Deep Dive when the video went down the drain at the start..... and I'm odd 'cause I don't hate nor like the look of the Mustratoguar. ;-)
that was my best effort vfx for a cyclone!! 🤪👍🎸
From Leo: It is interesting that this guitar has the 24.75 gibson scale, and not the traditional Jaguar 24,0" scale or the Fender 25.5 inch scale. I wonder if the neck would fit a Jaguar and work out ok? The smoother sounding Alnico pickups are a nice touch. Squier has been doing a good job on their better guitars.
This is why Landon likes it. It feels like a Gibson in a way :)
Like Frank Marino who likes the SG so much that he's put strat config pickups on it
I have one! In shell pink… the tones are NOT like the Strat or Jag… They are unique! I have a old made in Japan Strat, and for whatever reason the three and five out of phase positions on my Strat do not sound EXACTLY like the three and five out of phase positions on the Cyclone, they have a slightly different sound, though maybe a bit similar. The switching on each guitar (Jag or Cyclone) gives you extra separate tones over the 5 position Strat… but since a Jag has only TWO PUPs, the strangle switch is the “3rd switch…” On the Jaguar you get the following positions: 1 bridge only ; 2 bridge strangled ; 3 neck only; 4 neck strangled ; 5 bridge and neck, 6 bridge and neck strangled … On the Cyclone you get the following SEVEN positions 1 bridge only ; 2 bridge and middle ; 3 middle only ; 4 middle and neck ; 5 neck only ; and 6 bridge and neck, and 7 ALL THREE PUPs ON… Also check out the review on “60 cycle hum”… I DO like the trem… I broke off the tremolo arm in the trem block by mistake, so I ordered an FU Tone block… The original block was very robust. However, my new one is even better…. the guys at FU TONE were great, very helpful… and the new block is even better (brass, heavier, more sustain)
This guitar would look even better with a jazz master trem system and a full scale neck omg
it would pretty much be a Jaguar at that point 😆
@@landonbailey lol tru
I've been looking for one of these in Daphne Blue for a while now, and finally found one online for US $299. Fingers crossed that it's a good one! 🤞🤞🤞
good luck!
@@landonbailey Thanks! If it shows up at my house looking as nice as in the photos then it's rather a bargain.
@@landonbailey My second-hand "Stratojagstang" arrived today in perfect condition, and it even has a bit of flame in the headstock! Super pleased that the original buyer decided to trade it in at Guitar Center!
Is Squier really that far off from a Fender especially the classic vibe line? It seems like the gap between the 2 gets smaller all of the time.
The classic vibe line has the faux-vintage theme, and they cover the neck with a thick gloss coating that sticks to your fingers as soon as they start to sweat. The player series doesn't do that, and at a certain level of 'money doesn't matter', that would be enough reason for me to buy the player series. At my current level of 'money does matter', the Affinity series works pretty good.
@@peterwilson8039 I gotta disagree. My CV 60s Tele has the roasted maple neck with the laquer. I've had no issues with it, no sticking, incredibly smooth. It plays much better that my MIM strat.
Im a lefty and one of these just on sale for 220, I can do a Jimi on it, I dont like the flipped strat I tried once but this is a different thing, I like the gibson scale length even though I have long fingers😂 This sounds like it handles gain well!
Good review. Now if Fender would "Hard Tail" it, it would be worth buying. (I am absolutely done with Tremolo bridges - even decked - get knocked out of tune far too easy).
P.S. I really like that metallic red.
you can either lock the tremolo or mod it adding a wood block glued and a hard tail bridge.
probably they weighted the audience for this and
people into offsets prefer whammy bars
Love the color. Bet that gitfiddle taste great but less filling.
I absolutely love everything about this guitar… aside from the vintage tuners. Not a fan of those.
those are the best tuners!
@@landonbailey I love the split shaft... not so much the clunky boxes on the back
Nice, thx. Mr. Lan Don, what kind of chair are you using, looks comfy?
something I got on Amazon, similar to this amzn.to/3m2oZ7D (affiliate link)
Liked the pastel pink and blue of last year's cyclone run. This run's colours suck. I love the short-scale strat concept of this guitar though - my favourite of the Paranormal series.
I prefer the colours this year. but it's all personal taste
Very good and complete video! Do you know what size are the potentiometers? 250k or 500k?
I couldn't see it but I assume 250k
@@landonbailey that's the more logic to think. I want to buy this guitar, modify the pickguard and add a humbucker in the bridge, but I think I would need to buy 500k potentiometers
Hey Landon, I have a Fender pawn shop mustang special bought in 2012. The LOWER master pick up knob switch is SCRATCHY & it’s driving me nuts. I don’t usually unscrew everything like you do, lest I screw things up more (21 screws) and I’m not a DEEP diver. I am adventurous enough though to try it. WHAT is your best guess, could it just be lose ...or need SOLDERING, if the latter I may need to take it to a professional luthier. OR buy a soldering kit ...HELP. ....LOVE MY GUITAR
try some Deoxit D5. that's the only thing I can recommend remotely.
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THANKS.... Yes I like the Cyclone & the video.
JUST Watched your VIDEO where you FIXED your scratchy Telecaster knob with Detoxit 5 ....👍👍👍
I’ve been looking into grabbing one of these, they’re intriguing .....Be nice if it had a matching headstock.
I know this is an old video but I think going forward you should do your deep dives in full scooba gear 😂🤦🏻♂️
Does it spin you right round, baby, right round, like a record?
Squire is the new fender
Those stock squire pickups gotta go,they sound terrible thru all that great playing you did,and it is one beautiful guitar, with some great features, not sure if the recording did any justice to these pickups,that we are not hearing on this end,not the spank or quack,I was expecting from a strat looking guitar,totally harsh sounding,can't blame that on you bro, maybe you should watch the video and tell us again,how much you like them pickups 🤣👍🎸
in the room vs mic recording are never the same
No, you shut up! You crack me up, man. Like the Cyclone, and yeah, I'd replace those 3 too tiny switches with small toggles so my poor baby fingers don't get scwaped, um, scraped.
I'm bummed they omitted the little Cyclone guy on the headstock
was it on the original Fender model?
Its nice, for $450 roughly that is a solid buy.
Its strange in a good way.
Really liking the Squier Cyclone you just demoed, now wondering how the Squier Classic Vibe Jaguar compares. Just saying...
I straight up hate mustangs. They are too twangy and fragile. This is not the issue with these guitars. They are solid and sound great. If you are considering a Mustang, trying one of these is a MUST.
Landon ... How do you think this model would do on surf rock on rhythm and lead? TIA. Love the review.
I think it would do pretty good
Love the switching options with the 3 pups, Strats need that switching, but just not in that location. Heavy guitars are painful, my Norlin era 1975 Gibson Les Paul Custom killed my neck/shoulder even with a huge furry strap. Heaviest guitar I ever played. My buddies 1970s Ash Strat comes close though.
Thanks, had a good laugh. I have a Super-Sonic, I like it, maybe check it out. I'm finna order this guitar cause of the tone range.
I didn't like the Super-sonic
@@landonbailey I ended up finding your review video after I commented. I like it because the body shape is comfortable to play while lounging about. Looking into modding it though, to be honest, since the control layout isn't as versatile as I'd hoped, even though it's unorthodox set up does lead to a bit of creativity here and there.
Thanks for the great reviews! And for being the only review that I saw that mentioned the switch position issue. Despite your warning, I tried one of these and I love everything except that. I really like to work on my precision with strumming, and hitting the right strings, but really don't want to be concerned about the area below the strings! When I tried playing RHCP "Can't Stop" I actually killed the bridge pickup--not totally switched down, but nudged it enough to kill it. Wouldn't this be the same as on the Jaguars? I've not heard anything about it other than your review, and I think you did say "you WILL hit them"....I did.
hey glad it helped! I'm not sure if it's exactly the same on a Jag
5:07 well, it is kind of hard to listen to written comments
Text-to-Speech (TTS) Engine 😁
@@landonbailey touche!
LANDON!!!! STOP IT!!!!! You are an enabler!!!! My G. A. S. is getting out-of-hand and you are NOT helping!!!! Because of YOU, I have purchased a Cyclone, . . . so STOP IT!!!!!! Your fault, NOT MINE!!!!! 🎸 😠 😉
good choice!
I never liked other Squier or Fender besides the Stratocaster but I like this guitar specially for the 3 singlecoil pickups and the tremolo bar for me this like the sister of the Stratocaster.
I have a Squier Stratocaster Affinity SSS pickups later replaced for a Wilkinson parts a full loaded pickguard Wilkinson and a bridge with the big block the nut ( all parts ) and gotoh locking tuners sounds like everything but is for make a one guitar
How do you think, wide range pickup can fit in this body in neck position?
ya probably. lots of room in there
mmmm.... those cyclone colors would look lit with maple necks 👄
Try moving amps thru sand at 3 am in Florida humidity after the heavy guitar thing. I hear you. Ignore the amiturish comments.🤐
I've done 2am load out. You're tired, heavy is taxing :)
The fret board looks kinda sharp? Is it?
You need to invent a trem system so that we can say:
- Lando system?
- No Lando is not a system, he's a man
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Landon is a deep diver...
shallow comment 🤯🤪👍🎸
@@landonbailey 🤪
Bless you!! 🤧😂 My To Buy/Wishlist is getting longer 😆 I enjoy watching your deep dives -- informative, entertaining and GAS-inducing n🎸+1 = 🥰
cheers!
It would be awesome with a humbucker