How does a big brand design something and release a production model when it's this ugly?!!!
Surely someone in the company would go "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! THAT'S FREAKING HORRIBLE!!!"

i bet those are.. bets :P
and the meeting usually goes like this:
So, what is the next thing on the list?
AAH yes, new 'guitars'
... geez that looks horrible
yes, but i bet we can find more than one idiot who will buy it just cos it's pointy and there's ESP on the headstock