NAMM 2011: From The Basement
![The show floor (literally)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7584f232e28209b2f20eec7f86a13346-320-80.jpg)
Tiny woman or enormous bin? You decide...
The show floor (literally)
NAMM 2011: No trip to Anaheim is complete without our customary gallery of some of the weirder sights at the show. Just like last year, the global economic situation seemed to have prevented a handful of the wackiest niche manufacturers from making an appearance, but there were encouraging signs that 2011 is set to be a healthier year for the MI industry than 2010.
Click onwards to see our traditional selection of oddities and weirdness...
![Air Aviom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d5855d0b8ea54e2584a1c742b84316b7-320-80.jpg)
Aviom was the only company to have an aeroplane on its stand. Respect
Air Aviom
![Childish innuendo #1: iBone](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4c362fe4bd04abe79077bbde84dca167-320-80.jpg)
We were sorely disappointed when this turned out to be a perfectly innocent trombone app for iOS
Childish innuendo #1: iBone
![Childish innuendo #2: Fanny Wang headphones](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/606103095053a26b5f739823bf6b4287-320-80.jpg)
There's nothing to laugh at here. Move along...
Childish innuendo #2: Fanny Wang headphones
![Vinnie Vincent Guitarmageddon Guitars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/0ecb2ad426424f3b885331192d498549-320-80.jpg)
Two Vs for the price of one
Vinnie Vincent Guitarmageddon Guitars
![World Of Warcraft sheet music anthology](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/41fd43c431916cb3246bc39196ff6560-320-80.jpg)
Really!?... Nerdgasm
World Of Warcraft sheet music anthology
![Wristies](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cd4be5751daed4b1db8237030a4d4ef3-320-80.jpg)
Ideal for the gentleman guitarist or for keeping those wrists toasty during recreations of Rick Wakeman's King Arthur On Ice
Wristies
![Bootsy Collins](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d0d6223413a0b2139293d723512a8390-320-80.jpg)
Bootsy always turns up at NAMM, but for once we managed to snap him next to someone who was even more bizarrely dressed
Bootsy Collins
![Breakfast nachos](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8b4da20670b98d36e48c04c574e0fa9e-320-80.jpg)
This is what Team MusicRadar ate for breakfast on the final day of NAMM. Note the cursory orange juice. Please don't judge us
Breakfast nachos
![Furniture that plays Beach Boys hits...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/244eee29c95b255f9421eddc2ea7a47d-320-80.jpg)
...we wish our cupboards at home were giant Pet Sounds music boxes like these
Furniture that plays Beach Boys hits...
![Avella Coppolo basses](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ea1278db0b1fb2e5a2a84b325309a9a9-320-80.jpg)
Way too drab for our tastes...
Avella Coppolo basses
![We used our best lines on the shiny plastic woman...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ca4349b338ba5fb371a0c8270df87368-320-80.jpg)
...but unfortunately she wasn't into the always-misguided 'sunglasses indoors' look. On that note, we'll see you at NAMM 2012!