NAMM 2015: Fender Custom Shop's wildest guitars in pictures

NAMM 2015: MusicRadar was on hand to capture this year's selection of Fender's finest Custom Shop guitars, including jaw-dropping zombie paintjobs, rare tone woods and diamond-studded stunners.

A regular highpoint at every NAMM Show, the Fender Custom Shop reception, offers selected guests a sneak peek at some of the finest builds from the Fender, Gretsch and Jackson Custom Shops before the show gets fully underway. These are very, very limited models - some of them won't even make it to the show floor.

We headed along to bring you an early report from the show floor, so browse the gallery to see what happens when the Custom Shop's Master Builders are let off the leash...

Lightweight ash body, quilted redwood top, thin urethane finish.

Ash body, polyurethane finish, maple neck

Ash body, quilt maple top, Zombie artwork by Joaquin Lopez, inlays by Ron Thorn.

Alder body, Solar Eclipse Burst, WLS satin finish, hand stained maple neck.

One piece Tomo ash body, custom Tree Siren artwork, birds eye maple neck.

Alder body, Flicker Flame graphic on body and pickguard by Troy Lee Designs.

Alder body, 4A quilt maple top, thin lacquer on body and neck, hand polished, gold hardware, silver wire, rubies, green diopsides and diamonds set in body and neck.

Chambered mahogany body, carved 100 year old weathered pine top, engraved gold hardware.

550 diamonds, blue hand-stained finish recreates appearance of the Fabergé Pine Cone Easter Egg.

Aluminium body and pickguard, handwound Fat 50s pickups, one piece Rift maple neck.

Lightweight alder body, lacquer finish, RSD bridge, TV Jones Classic Neck humbucker, Handwound Texas Special bridge pickup.

Laminated maple hollow archtop body, maple neck, ebony board, pearl humptop engraved inlay.

Laminated maple hollow archtop body, maple neck, ebony board, pearl humptop engraved inlay.

Laminated maple/gator hide top, mahogany/gator hide back and sides, mahogany neck, rosewood board, bayou themed engraved block inlay.

Laminated maple hollow archtop body, maple neck, ebony board, pearl humptop engraved inlay.

The Gretsch guitar maestro, pictured with one of his White Falcon Red Sparkle creations.

Contains an actual piece of a meteor in the central chamber, distinguishing it from all of the guitars that don't contain a piece of meteor in a central chamber.

Hand-carved and painted by Mike Learn. Custom paint by Brian Bock. Custom hand-carved alder body.

Skin by FX artist Tim Gore. Painted by Craig Fraser.