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NAMM 2010: From The Basement

By The MusicRadar team
published 17 January 2010

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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