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Prince Didn’t Need a Fender: The Madcat Proved It

Everyone knows the purple suits, the attitude, and the stage presence — but the real story sits in Prince’s hands: a yellow tele-style guitar with a leopard stripe down the middle. The Hohner Madcat wasn’t a Fender. It wasn’t a high-end custom build. It started as a Japanese knockoff in the 1970s, built cheap and sold under whatever brand name the distributor needed that month. But Prince picked it up, it felt right, and he used it for decades. Studio. Stage. Iconic performances. Including the Hall of Fame “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” solo that stole the show. This documentary dives into the real history of the Madcat, the knockoffs, the boutique clones, and the ultra-budget Firefly variant that only looks the part. No hype. No fanboy haze. Just the truth about why this guitar worked — and why Prince didn’t need brand prestige to make history. It’s never the guitar. It’s the hands. The Madcat just happened to be built strong enough to keep up.