Prodigy by Fender
The Prodigy was an 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, 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 because of the low number produced but not as a special thing. There was also a Prodigy bass based on the Precision Bass Plus Deluxe featuring a P/J pickup layout, 2-band active circuitry and a fine-tuner Schaller Elite bridge assembly.
The Prodigy series featured two single coil pickups and one humbucker at bridge position. The body shape was similar to that of the Stratocaster, 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 the Stratocaster's floating tremolo system. The Prodigy II was introduced in 1992 with Kahler locking tremolo & nut system instead; Fender/Schaller tuners, black hardware. It lacks at the jack design which makes the bridge arm getting stuck with the cable plug.
The Prodigy necks and bodies were cut and sanded at the Fender factory in Ensenada, Mexico, then shipped to the Fender factory in Corona, California, to have the finish applied, and then subsequently assembled into finished guitars with American made components and stamps.
