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NAMM 2010: From The Basement

By The MusicRadar team
published 17 January 2010

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Visionary Instruments Video Guitar
Playing MPEG video clips while you rock out has the potential to take guitar porn to the next level

Visionary Instruments Video Guitar

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The Beamz Interactive Music System
Pass your hands through laser beams to make music and you too could look this funky

The Beamz Interactive Music System

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Crazy doubleneck
This is what happens when you leave guitars out in the Californian sun for too long

Crazy doubleneck

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DAR Amplification
Now this is one seriously cool looking backline...

DAR Amplification

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DAR Forza Quattro
Complete with multi-coloured, programmable LED illumination

DAR Forza Quattro

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Forza Quattro rear panel
The amp even has DMX inputs so you can hook it up to a pro lighting desk

Forza Quattro rear panel

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EDG Guitars
A guitar that you can fold in half without breaking it

EDG Guitars

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Hallmark Guitars Swept-Wing
Holy NAMM show, Batman!

Hallmark Guitars Swept-Wing

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The Batmobile
The Hallmark Guitars stand featured a full-size Adam West era Batmobile. Which is roughly one more Batmobile than anyone else had at the show

The Batmobile

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The Batmobile, again
This is the back of the Batmobile, which most criminal geniuses would like to see

The Batmobile, again

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A simple matter of economics
There was a serious lack of the weird and outrageous at NAMM 2010. Maybe those smaller companies just couldn't afford the trip. Let's hope they come back in 2011

A simple matter of economics

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