Best of Music Thing - September 2004

If you're new to Music Thing, you might have missed these:
Specials:
Prince Day: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Timbaland Day: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
Stupid things:
Ten Guitars shaped like Guns: Here
The MIDI bell-ringing machine: Here
The $20,000 modular synth: Here
People:
The man with four Fairlights: Here
The rockin'-est Guitar Shop Dude in the world: Here
The Jean MIchelle Jarre tribute band: Here
The music hackers at Burning Man:Here
Gadgets:
The sad tale of the Devil Bass: Here
The crazy DIY MIDI/NES conversion kit: Here
The mad fake gear to fill up your rack: Here
The ever-sexy Space Echo: Here