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As regular readers of guitar blogs and forums know, the internet is overflowing with lists compiling the coolest, ugliest, most badass, silliest and sickest designs in the history of the instrument.

Of course, it's all subjective. Beauty resides in the eye of the beholder. One man's jetglo Rickenbacker 330 is another man's desert yellow Ibanez doubleneck. Quite simply, what follows is a collection of outrageous guitars that either made us either laugh, cry, or feel very afraid indeed.

In some cases the picture quality is poor. In some cases, the identity of the luthier is anonymous. Thank god. And in some cases, we'd suggest proceeding with extreme caution should there be children or those of a delicate persuasion present. Click onwards and enjoy…