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Musikmesse 2010: From The Basement

By Chris Vinnicombe, Tom Porter
published 26 March 2010

Photo gallery: The strangest sights of Frankfurt

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

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

T-Rex Engineering beer

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

Plastic Fabtastic Four

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A massive orange ear
Sssshhhh!

A massive orange ear

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

Could they be any whiter?

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

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

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

ESP Natural Angel

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

The merch stand was excellent this year

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

Guitar Sofa...

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

...to go with the Piano Table

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

Wrong Moog

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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

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Union Jack Explorer
If Noel Gallagher went metal...

Union Jack Explorer

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Wowsers
Team MusicRadar consider a wardrobe makeover, Frankfurt-style

Wowsers

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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

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

Vinyl floor

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

Vinyl record drum kit

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

The dancing pink JCB

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

Peace out

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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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