Fender Custom Shop Creates Distinctive Hybrid Electric Guitar

From its candy apple red finish to its 1950s hand-wound pickups, the Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele Hybrid Closet Classic electric guitar is both visually and musically stunning. Each one meticulously hand-crafted by Fender Custom Shop master builder Chris Fleming, just 100 of these truly unique, collectible guitars have been built. Fleming is the much sought-after master luthier who has crafted the prized guitars of music legends Pete Townsend, David Gilmour, Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Ron Wood, John Mayer and John 5. 

Combining the lightweight alder body of Fender's famed Telecaster electric guitar with the sleek contours of the legendary Stratocaster, including the popular 1965 C-shaped neck, the Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele Hybrid Closet Classic electric guitar gives you the best of Fender's two most popular guitar models. Unique "Closet Classic" aging means that the guitar has been built as if it were bought new, then played a few times per year before being lovingly put away. The finish appears mildly checked with a few tiny dings, the hardware lightly oxidized and plastic parts gently aged to give the guitar the authentic look of a true vintage instrument.

Musician Jake Discoll, who says the Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele Hybrid Closet Classic compares favorably to guitars he owns that cost $12,000 to $25,000, raves, "Best of my 26 guitars ... I am simply amazed at both looks, sound, everything that you would look for in a high priced guitar."

To add the distinctive, limited edition Fender Custom Shop Strat/Tele Hybrid Closet Classic electric guitar to your collection, visit our online store.