Musikmesse 2011: From the basement

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Musikmesse 2011: As you’ll know if you were following our coverage last week, MusicRadar scoured the Messe floor for the best new guitar, tech, drum and DJ products. But, as ever, our eyes were also on the lookout for the weird, the wacky and the whimsical: the items and people who keep spirits high as you pace your hundredth travelator of the day. Here they are in all their leftfield glory.

One woman band

Wrong turn

We're going to need a bigger booth

Deflated

Sonic sculpture

The light-up bass drum

Drums for dummies

National amp-them

100watt-ocaster

The piano scarf

Hey good lookin'

Vertical vinyl

But daddy I want one…

Collapsible drums

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