Musikmesse 2010: From The Basement

Without a doubt, the best band at Frankfurt — After a couple of days on the show floor, it was refreshing to find a stand that wasn't pumping out slap bass

Without a doubt, the best band at Frankfurt

T-Rex Engineering beer — While we're on the subject of 'refreshing'...

T-Rex Engineering beer

Plastic Fabtastic Four — One of the weirder items of Beatles memorabilia on display at the International Vintage Show

Plastic Fabtastic Four

A massive orange ear — Sssshhhh!

A massive orange ear

Could they be any whiter? — Either Blacker Guitars missed their flight or this is a Yoko Ono art installation

Could they be any whiter?

It's always Christmas on the Sandberg stand... — WTF?

It's always Christmas on the Sandberg stand...

ESP Natural Angel — And the award for Least Practical Guitar Design goes to... Nice wings though, fair play

ESP Natural Angel

The merch stand was excellent this year — Taking the 'T-shirt and tie' combo beyond the pale

The merch stand was excellent this year

Guitar Sofa... — The ultimate drug-induced rockstar home furnishings purchase?

Guitar Sofa...

...to go with the Piano Table — We'll leave the bean bags though, thanks

...to go with the Piano Table

Wrong Moog — A mysterious Etherwave Pro on the Moog stand with 'WRONG!' wooden knobs. What's wrong? Answers on a postcard...

Wrong Moog

Mit einen Vorwort von Brian May — Guitar Techniques editor Neville Marten makes an appearance, in German, at the International Vintage Show

Mit einen Vorwort von Brian May

Union Jack Explorer — If Noel Gallagher went metal...

Union Jack Explorer

Wowsers — Team MusicRadar consider a wardrobe makeover, Frankfurt-style

Wowsers

Animal print keytar — What's the one thing more tasteful than a keytar? One with a faux animal skin print of course!

Animal print keytar

Vinyl floor — Team MusicRadar slips off its high heels and investigates further...

Vinyl floor

Vinyl record drum kit — Drums. Made of records. Check out heynekunstfabrik.de for more

Vinyl record drum kit

The dancing pink JCB — The taxis in Frankfurt are really quite something

The dancing pink JCB

Peace out — And that's the weirdness over for another year. Roll on Musikmesse 2011!

Peace out

Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.

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