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Flip Out Guitar Dewey Decibel gets it, he understands what the NAMM Oddities are all about. If there was a product made for these web pages this is it. I don't know that I can say anything about these that they don't already say. There is a link on the flipout site to Dewey's band. They do quirky power pop along the lines of They Might Be Giants. Very cool stuff. Dewey Decibel, Inc. |
Kammerer Acoustic Guitar As you can see this isn't your normal acoustic guitar. The curves are supposed to enhance the resonance of the instrument. I think it's worth a look because at least they put the curve on the front - unlike Ovation guitars that slide off your lap when you sit and try to play them without a strap. Jon Kammerer Guitars |
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RKS Guitars The RKS guitars are basically semi-hollow body electric guitars with the top removed. This gives them that cool gill look. Personally I think they should have called the orange one "The Lungfish" model. RKS Guitars |
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Teuffel Guitar Back in 2000 I covered the Birdfish guitar from Teuffel (which they are still producing). This guitar is a bit more conventional but still has a unique shape and the same textured finish. Teuffel Guitars |
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Tube Guitar Now here's something unusual (how many times do I get to say that?) Instead of a truss rod this guitar uses a second set of strings that run under the convex neck. Presumably this second set of 12 strings would use some sort of open tuning. Pick-up the World |
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Centurian Guitar The heart of this innovation is the "stress-a-way bridge". The strings are anchored such that the stress is distributed allowing you to build a guitar with a lighter, more lively top. Century Guitars |
Babicz Guitar This is a similar solution arrived at from a different direction. The "String Anchors" are intended to to transmit some of the energy of playing back into the body of the guitar. These guitars also have a neck that can be adjusted on the fly to raise or lower the action without altering the scale length. Jeff Babicz Guitars |
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Cole Clark Guitars A skateboard and a lap steel guitar in one. Now why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Oh yeah, forget I asked. Cole Clark Guitars |
Switch Guitars These guitars are molded whole from a polyurethane resin that frees them from the structural whims of mere wood. These caught my eye at the show, if they had a black light in the booth they probably would have put out my eye. Switch Music, Inc. |
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ESP Guitars Another NAMM show and ESP's custom shop comes through again. They're covering some serious ground here, the Rat Pack, 70s Car-toons and Anime. The ESP Guitar Company |
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Hallmark Guitars This a unique double-neck guitar that has standard 6-string and a baritone 6-string necks. The inlay on the neck lights up too. Hallmark Guitars |
Delmundo Guitars Delmundo is still at it making uniquely-shaped acoustic instruments. They are still making the models that I saw last year. Delmundo Guitars |
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Chafin Custom Guitars Chafin has six different designs for the Sonic Art bridges that they put on their guitars. The one shown is the "Tribal Sun" model. Chafin Custom Guitars |
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Custom Martin Guitars Jeez, even Martin's getting into the act. After I looked closer at these I noticed that there was a recurring character. As it turns out it looks like it's Chris Martin making an appearance. They've also got a limited edition Felix the Cat guitar. (it doesn't have Chris on it though) 
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CMGuitars This is one of the Balance models of electro-acoustic guitars that CMG makes. The body is split into three different chambers, each tuned to resonate in a specific frequency range. CMGuitars |
DeGennaro Wild Thing Take a look at this, well, wild guitar. No esoteric building materials or techniques, just some artful woodworking. DeGennaro Guitars |
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Translucent Guitar What would the NAMM Oddities be without a new entry in the translucent guitar category? Here's a small scale guitar complete with a tiny translucent amp. Guangzhou sunny Development Corp. |
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NAMM Oddities '04 Home | Guitars |
Other Goodies | Percussion |
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