While our weary NAMM-based colleagues attempt to remember where they left their passports, it's a perfect time to take a look at the highlights from the final two days of the show.
We've scoured the remaining booths and stalls of 2009's NAMM show to bring you the essential new gear we might have missed during the barrage of the first two days...
EVH Frankenstein Relic humbuckers
For Eddie Van Halen fans, this could be the ultimate pickup
Orange Tiny Terrors
A trio of new amp heads: Dual Terror, Terror Bass and Hard Wired Tiny Terror
MOTU Volta
Turn your audio interface into a Control Voltage (CV) device
Mapex Black Panther Lamb Of God's Chris Adler snare
The first ever signature Black Panther spotted, filmed and loved
ddrum Vinnie Paul drums and pedals
A match for Pearl's newly-launched Demon Drive pedal? We think so…
Nuno Bettencourt Randall NB King, Blackstar One Series, Hayden Classic Lead 80 and Mo Fo
Guitarist magazine just can't escape NAMM's amp section… there are just so many!
Numark NS7 DJ deck
Takes home the trophy for 'best name for a new
Ludwig Jason Bonham Vistalite, Epic kit and a 24K gold-plated snare
Ludwig celebrates its 100th anniversary with lots of gold
Craviotto Diamond snares
From gold to diamond, Rhythm magazine adopts a taste for the fantastic/expensive
Epiphone Apparition electric
Total Guitar magazine calls this a "truly evil looking guitar," and we can see why…
Fender Tim Armstrong's The Hellcat signature acoustic
Named after the Rancid frontman's record label, and based on his battered 60s model
Video: more love for Pearl's Eliminator Demon Drive bass pedal
Ninja bearings from a skateboard wheel? Allow us to explain…
GForce impOSCar 2 software synth
It's still in an unfinished state, but this update will include some wicked new features
Access Virus T12
This 'ubersynth' gets extra horsepower and gorgeous new stylings for '09
Keith McMillen Instruments' K-Bow
Computer Music gets strung out over Bluetooth MIDI violin bow
Duff McKagan
A true video highlight for any GN'R, Velvet Revolver or Loaded fan
From the basement…
Pimp my Korg nanoSeries controller
Guthrie Govan's ridiculous shredding
A pedal built like a fighter jet
Ovation iDea: guitar, MP3 player/recorder and mic in one… nice idea!
11 essential tips for throwing the perfect NAMM press conference
Finally, someone's made a 'foldable' keyboard
The Bettie Page guitar (cue wolf-whistles)
A 10-year-old drummer blitzes the Evans drum stand
Our US editor Joe Bosso pays the price of fame… with Coffin Case girls
“I think we're about to have a big resurgence now in kids picking up guitars, and I think we've got the Gallagher brothers to thank for it”: Should we be hopeful about the future of guitar music?
“I’ve always wondered why there isn’t more support in this industry - not just for the artists, or the band, but for the crew, the people working their asses off from 7 in the morning to 2 in the morning": Backline demand mental health action
“I think we're about to have a big resurgence now in kids picking up guitars, and I think we've got the Gallagher brothers to thank for it”: Should we be hopeful about the future of guitar music?
“I’ve always wondered why there isn’t more support in this industry - not just for the artists, or the band, but for the crew, the people working their asses off from 7 in the morning to 2 in the morning": Backline demand mental health action
