Here's an update on the CY-98 Squier that finally was delivered to my house last week! It needed some work for sure, but all-in-all, it wasn't in terribly bad shape. I have not seen exceptions to the above specs, but would not be surprised if their were. I have a number of NC's including a CY98 Affinity neck & later model CY in a bass. The seems to be exceptions to every 'rule'. Remember that although the above information is pretty accurate, the only thing truly consistent with Squier's (especially earlier ones) is inconsistency. As you probably guessed, I am definitely of this opinion. Some people think the Yako made guitars are superior builds in quality & craftsmanship. Beginning with CY98 the serial number moved to the back of the headstock. All NC / YN have the serial numbers & COO engraved/stamped on the neckplate, not on the headstock. The full size bodies begin disappearing in '98 and are seen here and there until at least 2000 as they were gradually replaced with the thinner Affinity/Bullet bodies. Yours would be a ' descendant' of the YN line with the maple fretboard. Even though you have a 22-fret neck, I suspect it is 42mm at the nut, a change from the 43.2mm nut on NC & YNs.
The NC, YN models all have 8 hole pickguards, 22 frets, full size solid wood bodies, and pretty nice ceramic pickups. These guitars came in 'Bullet Series('93,'94, '95, 96) Standard like the YN5 & NC6 Standards. Anyway by '94 production was in full swing with '94, '96 & '97 being made with the serial numbers NC***** and '93, '95 & '97 with the serial numbers YN*****. The early ones are scarce, I've only seen a '92 and forget if it was a NC***** or YN*****.
What you have is kind of a 'leftover', but in a very good way.
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