Fender Prodigy
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| Fender Prodigy | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 1991 — 1993 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Woods | |
| Body | Alder |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard | Maple or Rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Synchronized Tremolo or Khaler Locking Tremolo |
| Pickup(s) | 2 single-coils and 1 bridge position humbucker |
| Colors available | |
| Black, White, Metallic Blue, Metallic Red, Sunburst | |
The Fender Prodigy is a discontinued model of electric guitar produced by Fender from 1991 to 1993. It is one of a few Fender's modified Stratocaster series introduced to compete with other superstrats produced by Ibanez, Jackson/Charvel, Carvin Corporation and Yamaha. Since the Prodigy series was discontinued after about two and half years of production without a clear reason, it is considered as one of Fender's rare models in the market nowadays.
The Prodigy series featured two single coil pickups and one humbucker at bridge position. The body shape was similar to that of Stratcaster however still had distinctive features, such as offset body, sharper body edges, and smaller headstock. Prodigy was relatively different from Fender HM Strat since it still followed Leo Fender's classic design with stratocasters floating tremolo system. Prodigy II was introduced in 1992 with Kahler locking tremolo & nut system instead.
