Barry Wood's NAMM Oddities 2016 Edition
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
- P.O. Box 1651
- Minneapolis, MN 55416
- (952) 285-9545
- www.zvex.com
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.
- www.china-alice.com
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
- www.americanrockroom.com
Leo's Chaise Lounge
This furniture purchase just might make it past your significant other.
- Enthusiast Furniture
- www.enthusiastfurniture.com
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.
- Gizmotron
- www.gizmotron.com
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
- www.latchlakemusic.com
No Fuss, No Muss
The GaffGun is a brilliant little device for taping down cables.
- GaffTech
- www.gaffgun.com
A Different Sort of Strap On
Hiring some destitute person to wear this suit would still leave them strapped for cash.
- Fender
- www.fender.com
Bringing Sexy Back
…by way of piece of Hollow Fiber Foamresin Compound.
- Fiberreed USA
- www.fiberreedusa.com
Like a Monkey, But Worse
Nothin reminds you of your mortality like a skull on your back.
- Coffin Case
- www.coffincase.com
Monday Morning Desk
The failed promise of the paperless office.
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
- www.wordpress.com
The Fez Sez It
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Non-Drab
Calzone has solved the problem of dreary flight cases that you didn't know you had.
- Calzone Case Co.
- www.calzonecase.com
A Little Breezy
I've got the smaller Nissan NV van, and mine has both sides intact.
- Nissan
- www.nissanusa.com
Jeepers Creepers
No, really, I'd like to know where you got them.
- Seymour Duncan
- www.seymourduncan.com
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
- www.kbcovers.com
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
- www.bridgecraftusa.com
One-Upping Marshall
This Twin goes to 11-hundred. I think Fender and Bridgecraft need to collaborate.
- Fender
- www.fender.com
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
- www.quilterlabs.com
Perfect Spokesman
The products from Apora are large, red, and have a lot of components inside them too.
- Apora Audio UK Ltd
- www.apora-audio.co.uk
Like Wolverine
Except made of plastic, removable, and non-lethal. Other than that they're just the same.
- Tiptonic
- (415)521-5145
- www.tiptonic.com
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
- www.weslabayweller.com
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
- www.facebook.com/quiccosound
A Welcome Sight
Coming up on the end of the day on Saturday, this was a very welcome sight.
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