Musikmesse 2010: From The Basement
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
While we're on the subject of 'refreshing'...
T-Rex Engineering beer
One of the weirder items of Beatles memorabilia on display at the International Vintage Show
Plastic Fabtastic Four
Sssshhhh!
A massive orange ear
Either Blacker Guitars missed their flight or this is a Yoko Ono art installation
Could they be any whiter?
WTF?
It's always Christmas on the Sandberg stand...
And the award for Least Practical Guitar Design goes to... Nice wings though, fair play
ESP Natural Angel
Taking the 'T-shirt and tie' combo beyond the pale
The merch stand was excellent this year
The ultimate drug-induced rockstar home furnishings purchase?
Guitar Sofa...
We'll leave the bean bags though, thanks
...to go with the Piano Table
A mysterious Etherwave Pro on the Moog stand with 'WRONG!' wooden knobs. What's wrong? Answers on a postcard...
Wrong Moog
Guitar Techniques editor Neville Marten makes an appearance, in German, at the International Vintage Show
Mit einen Vorwort von Brian May
If Noel Gallagher went metal...
Union Jack Explorer
Team MusicRadar consider a wardrobe makeover, Frankfurt-style
Wowsers
What's the one thing more tasteful than a keytar? One with a faux animal skin print of course!
Animal print keytar
Team MusicRadar slips off its high heels and investigates further...
Vinyl floor
Drums. Made of records. Check out heynekunstfabrik.de for more
Vinyl record drum kit
The taxis in Frankfurt are really quite something
The dancing pink JCB
And that's the weirdness over for another year. Roll on Musikmesse 2011!
Peace out