NAMM 2011: From The Basement
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...
Aviom was the only company to have an aeroplane on its stand. Respect
Air Aviom
We were sorely disappointed when this turned out to be a perfectly innocent trombone app for iOS
Childish innuendo #1: iBone
There's nothing to laugh at here. Move along...
Childish innuendo #2: Fanny Wang headphones
Two Vs for the price of one
Vinnie Vincent Guitarmageddon Guitars
Really!?... Nerdgasm
World Of Warcraft sheet music anthology
Ideal for the gentleman guitarist or for keeping those wrists toasty during recreations of Rick Wakeman's King Arthur On Ice
Wristies
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
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
...we wish our cupboards at home were giant Pet Sounds music boxes like these
Furniture that plays Beach Boys hits...
Way too drab for our tastes...
Avella Coppolo basses
...but unfortunately she wasn't into the always-misguided 'sunglasses indoors' look. On that note, we'll see you at NAMM 2012!
We used our best lines on the shiny plastic woman...