Barry Wood's NAMM Oddities 2016 Edition

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You Figure It Out

None More Analog

This is really more of an art project than a commercial one. This tremolo is powered by a candle that drives a Stirling Engine and powered photovoltaic cells.

  • ZVEX
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  • Minneapolis, MN 55416
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Go Ask Alice

I think that this Alice would give Grace Slick nightmares even with her head resting on her surrealistic pillow.

Guangzhou Romance Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.

Let's Go Furniture Shopping, Honey

Something tells me you're not going to be putting that amp in the living room like you've been wanting to do.

American Rock Room

Leo's Chaise Lounge

This furniture purchase just might make it past your significant other.

Enthusiast Furniture

The Gizmotron

Serrated spinning rubber discs are pressed down and when they contact the strings it produces kind of a bowing sound. Think of it as a mechanical EBow.

Seeking Stationary Roadrunner

Maybe if Wyle E. Coyote used a Latch Lake stand to suspend his anvil (instead of that Acme crap) he could have scored dinner.

Latch Lake Music Products

No Fuss, No Muss

The GaffGun is a brilliant little device for taping down cables.

A Different Sort of Strap On

Hiring some destitute person to wear this suit would still leave them strapped for cash.

Fender

Bringing Sexy Back

…by way of piece of Hollow Fiber Foamresin Compound.

Fiberreed USA

Like a Monkey, But Worse

Nothin reminds you of your mortality like a skull on your back.

Coffin Case

Monday Morning Desk

The failed promise of the paperless office.

Monday Morning Desk

Band or Cosplay?

AFAICR IDK IDFSA FWIW

I.D.F.S.A.

An Unlikely Appearance

Seeing a Wordpress booth at NAMM created a different sort of WTF moment for me. I deal with Wordpress all the time and it's produced a healthy dislike.

Wordpress

The Fez Sez It

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The Fez Sez It

Non-Drab

Calzone has solved the problem of dreary flight cases that you didn't know you had.

Calzone Case Co.

A Little Breezy

I've got the smaller Nissan NV van, and mine has both sides intact.

Nissan

Jeepers Creepers

No, really, I'd like to know where you got them.

Seymour Duncan

A Joke of the Practical Sort

This resin-as-coffee gag was to promote the utility of keyboard covers but I'd like to have one just to mess with friends.

KB Covers

Big Band

I think that Bridgecraft is planning on fielding a truly big band. Two years ago they had a giant Flying V guitar and in 2009 an enormous Hoffner bass. Within the next couple of years I'm expecting a drum kit.

Bridgecraft USA

One-Upping Marshall

This Twin goes to 11-hundred. I think Fender and Bridgecraft need to collaborate.

Fender

You've Been Warned

Diagonal stripes typically denote a warning of some sort, as if that general outfit wasn’t warning enough.

Quilter Performance Amplification

Perfect Spokesman

The products from Apora are large, red, and have a lot of components inside them too.

Apora Audio UK Ltd

Like Wolverine

Except made of plastic, removable, and non-lethal. Other than that they're just the same.

Tiptonic

Sticky Mirror

Yeah, this was a little odd, but really I used it as an opportunity for an old school selfie. Just wanted to show off the beard I started growing right after the previous NAMM Show.

Wesla Bay Weller

I Guess it's an Asian Thing

The color of these light-up, hand-held fan sticks can be remote-controlled to create synchronized colors in the audience.

Quicco Sound

A Welcome Sight

Coming up on the end of the day on Saturday, this was a very welcome sight.

A Welcome Sight

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