Winter NAMM 2012

[Jon Chappell]

Thr Gator at Gator Cases by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr Yes, that's a real alligator.

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Digico UB MADI by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr 48 channels of MADI over USB 2.0.

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Mahalo Surfboard Guitars by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr If only this had been around when surf music was big!

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John Page Guitars by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr How often do you see a guitar that looks like a fine oil painting?

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Sonic Core SCOPE 6 by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr SCOPE 6 has been opened up - all APIs are open, and a Mac version is due soon.

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KDJ-ONE Mobile Workstation by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr It's not cheap - around $800 - bit it's a compl,ete recorder, sequencer, and composition station that also has MIDI.

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Radial Engineering PZ Deluxe by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr It's your basic Swiss Army Knife box for instruments with piezo pickups - acoustic guitar, standup bass, etc.

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Roland G5 Strat Jeff Coleman demos the higher-end of the two new Roland-ready Strats, the G5, with onboard COSM effects.

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Fender GC-1, a new Roland-ready Strat that drives Roland modules via its 13-pin connection, like the GR-55

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Fender GC-1, a new Roland-ready Strat that drives Roland modules via its 13-pin connection, like the GR-55

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The Roland booth, because it was in the arena, looked more like "Roland-Land."

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Sabian celebrated their 30th anniversary with a "cymbal tower," complete with fog machine.

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Paul Lairat guitars and basses

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DBZ Guitars

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B-Band Uros acoustic guitar amp

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Slipknot's Mick Thomson

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Vir2 Studio Kit Builder by HarmonyCentral, on Flickr Virtual instrument acoustic drum kits.

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Line 6 Stagesource and Stagescape live sound system. Easy, powerful and awesome!

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Stevie Wonder at the Reactable booth in Hall E.