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By Chris Vinnicombe, Tom Porter published 26 March 2010

Photo gallery: The strangest sights of Frankfurt

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Without a doubt, the best band at Frankfurt

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Plastic Fabtastic Four

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A massive orange ear

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Could they be any whiter?

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

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ESP Natural Angel

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The merch stand was excellent this year

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Guitar Sofa...

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...to go with the Piano Table

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Mit einen Vorwort von Brian May

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Animal print keytar

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Vinyl floor

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The dancing pink JCB

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Tom Porter

Tom Porter worked on MusicRadar from its mid-2007 launch date to 2011, covering a range of music and music making topics, across features, gear news, reviews, interviews and more. A regular NAMM-goer back in the day, Tom now resides permanently in Los Angeles, where he's doing rather well at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

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