Today 25 years ago, the most purplicious funkadelic sexstravaganza of all time was released : Purple Rain. In celebration of it’s continued fantasy effect on the earth, this post contains a modest collection of images of Prince’s one true love: his guitar.

Behold the leopard printed Hohner Telecaster aka “Te Prinz”, the white triangletudes of the futuristic Auerswald Model C, the ultra-iconic perfection Symbol, and of course, the Purple Rain Minneapolis original, the Cloud. Plus very once in a great while there’s a straggler; you’ll know em when you see em.

Thanks for contributions from jsmooth995, kirstography, jemi9OD, nikki319camille, toddrwaters319, infomofo, byrdmn2, derekBBB, buschap, ejk, mj2035, gazamr, TIME, toto69, joshlambert, P.H.G., Getty, Shirley’s, Styling Gel, vyssla, platipibri, Dara Baby D, Lynne Sladky, Naviance Visuals, and for the amazing illustration Nikki319Camille.