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Fender is celebrating their 60th aniversary, and seems like they have gone senile. Introducing the Fender Closet Classic Tele/Strat Hybrid LTD, built by Custom Shop master builder Chris Flemming. Just for those who are wondering, "What the heck is a closet classic?". Well, Fender Custom Shop's vintage guitar reissues are built in three different categories. First, the New Old Stock (NOS), built as if the guitar was discovered in a controled warehouse after many years, never played and showing no signs of age or wear. Second, the Closet Classic, like finding a vintage guitar in a yard sale that's been stashed in a closet, worn a bit, yellowed with age, finish cracks that are typical of an instrument exposed to years of humidity and temperature variations. And Third, the Relic, shows wear and tear from years of heavy use, nicks, scratches, worn finish, rusty hardware, aged plastic parts, looks, feels and plays like it's taken the punishment of many long nightclub hours through many years.

This Fender Closet Classic Tele/Strat Hybrid LTD comes with a Telecaster body but with a Stratocaster's top mounted jack, pickguard, electronics and pickup configurations and what makes it look so rad, a Stratocaster's neck and matching color headstock with vintage tunning machines. Only 100 of these were made, and probably they are already sold. How much are we willing to pay for one? Will we have to wait 60 years to save enough money? I hope not.