The Talon II has a basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard with dot inlays, a DiMarzio Super 3 humbucker in the bridge position, DiMarzio Super Distortion in the neck position, one Fender single coil pickup (mid position) and a Floyd Rose Original tremolo system. Ultra slim "U" shape neck radius is 17" (431.8 mm), scale length is actually 25.5" (648 mm) despite all documentation stating 25.1". The difference with the Talon I is that it has 24 frets.
Talons with a Kahler-labelled tremolo had no screws all through the neck at the nut, and no string retention bar. Other tremolos did.
It used to sell for $929.99.
Heartfield part numbers: 131-3200 (summer, fall and winter 1992) and 125-3200 (summer 1993).
Heartfield colour codes available for this guitar: Black (506 - available from late 1991), Montego Black (564), Midnight Blue (573), Chrome Red (574), Frost Red (577) and Mystic White (589).
First documented month of manufacture: December 1990 (serial number L90373, not pictured on this site). Last documented month of manufacture: December 1991 (serial number L10462, not pictured on this site). The guitar appeared in Fender Frontline first in winter 1991 and last in autumn 1993.
Click on a serial number to view an instrument's known history.
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Type: 1991 Talon II | |
| Serial #: A10015 | ||
| Remarks: The colour is Montego Black. | ||
| Above photo credits: The owner, Gary Winders. | ||
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Type: 1991 Talon II | |
| Serial #: C91129 | ||
| Remarks: The colour is Frost Red. | ||
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. | ||
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Type: 1991 Talon II | |
| Serial #: H10663 | ||
| Remarks: The colour, which the owner said is factory, is Purple Spark. | ||
| Above photo credits: The then owner, Roy Moore. | ||
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Type: 1991 Talon II | |
| Serial #: H10668 | ||
| Remarks: None. | ||
| Above photo credits: An Ebay auction | ||
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Type: 1991 Talon II | |
| Serial #: H10944 | ||
| Remarks: This has been extensively modified, so far as to be rear-routed with no pickguard now. Original Dimarzio moved to neck, active Seymour Duncan blackout AHB-1 in bridge. Click here for a diagram of the wiring. | ||
| Above photo credits: The owner, Bernardo Aguirre. | ||
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Type: 1991 Talon II |
| Serial #: J10146 | ||
| Remarks: Heavily modified, this one: Refinished (the pearly white is probably not factory), with white plastic parts and chrome hardware. Click here for a very nice example of the "solid O" Talon logo. | ||
| Above photo credits: An Ebay auction | ||
