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KISS The Cook Gene Simmons apron image

An apron with KISS's bass player doing that tongue thing he does. details

Electronic Finger Drums image

Play them with your fingers, hear electronic drums, record it, loop it. details

Lightcast sound projector image

Hook up an iPod or another mp3 player and it projects a light show that goes with the music. "A total of 33 LEDs compose four light modes: Smooth, Flow, Vibe, and Pulse." It's like a screen saver for real life. details

Kurt Cobain 7" Action Figure image

Smells like... Kurt Cobain! Complete with lefty Mustang and racing stripes. details

Electric guitar jam lab image

Plug your guitar into its 1/4" jack, plug it into your computer, and look at all the effects you get. details

Swiss Beat MP3 image

iPods? Oh, please. The 21st-century Swiss Army knife does several of the typical things in addition to being an MP3 player and USB storage device. And it can cut you, man. details

Mini DIY Cardboard iPod Boombox image

Two speakers and a volume switch for your iPod or MP3 player, but much cooler than any Bose docking station, because it looks like a ghetto blaster. A cardboard kit that you build yourself. details

Rhythm Tech TC-FML Large Maracas image

Professional quality. Why bother with small maracas? details

Jens Hannemann's "Complicated Drumming Technique" image

1 and 2 and 3 and 4, really big drumsets, an obnoxious Eurotrash accent... Everything you need to master Complicated Drumming Technique. details

Public Enemy image

Fight the Power with nine inch high Chuck D and Flavor Flav action figures. details

Cassette Tape Handbag image

A great way to say "iPod, ha! Why in my day..." details

Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 image

Punk rock is so over—in fact, it was in 1978. details

Hohner Blues Harp in A image

E is the most popular key for acoustic blues; play an A harp with that and draw more notes than you blow, and it will sound bluesy. (Or get a D harp to play with a band playing in A, etc.) details

Vox T-shirt image

Classic amps, weird guitars (like that teardrop thing Brian Jones had) and now a T-shirt! details

Cheap Squire Strat (full-sized) image

Gets the job done. Also available in other colors. details

Annoy Your Neighbor CD image

Car sirens, ringing cell phones, little dog barking, fingernails on a chalk board, and 95 more annoying noises. details

MXR T-shirt image

The venerable guitar effects maker. details

Mixtape memory stick image

Looks like an old audio cassette, but actually a memory stick holding 64 megs. Fill it up with tunes and write out the playlist on the accompanying cardboard label, and give it as a very cool gift. details

Cheap Squier Telecaster image

Gets the job done. Also available in other colors. details

Prodikeys MIDI keyboard image

Ebony and ivory and qwerty. OK, plastic and qwerty, but it's all the keyboard you'll ever need. details

Casio Mid-sized keyboard image

Four-note polyphony, 100 different patches. And so portable! details

Latin Percussion LP262 Claves image

A classic percussion instrument for latin music at a great price. details

Squier Hello Kitty Pink Mini Strat image

Maybe you shouldn't get it—it's just too cute. details

Cheap Epiphone Les Paul image

Gets the job done. details

Vox Pathfinder 15w Guitar Combo Amp image

With one 8" speaker, you won't blow any windows out, but you also won't find a better coolness/price ratio in any other amp. (Don't miss the T-shirt.) details

Cardboard cube speakers image

Portable and inexpensive. details

Dunlop original Crybaby wah wah pedal image

Hendrix on "Voodoo Chile"! Clapton on "White Room!" This is it—the original Crybaby Wah Wah pedal. details

Beneath the Underdog image

Legendary jazz bassist Charles Mingus' autobiography. More about his sex life than music; chock full of useful tips for the guys! details

Altoids tin guitar amp image

Plug in your ax and headphones. Handmade. Comes with 9V battery. Goes great with the Hello Kitty Pink Mini Strat, Squier Mini Red or Black Strat, the Cheap Squier Telecaster, the Cheap Epiphone SG, or the Cheap Epiphone Les Paul. details

Squier Mini Strat image

3/4 size, also available in black, which may look cooler, but red Strats can look cool too. details

Pearl PCB6 Primero 6" Cowbell image

Now you too can have More Cowbell. details

emusic download service image

A DRM-free MP3 music store. You may not find the latest Justin Timberlake hits there, but they have tons of great stuff from a wide variety of categories (over 2 million MP3s from more than 90,000 albums as of May of 2007), and you get 30 DRM-free MP3s a month for $9.99 or 50 for $14.99 after the 25 free songs you get for signing up. 8 Belle and Sebastian albums! 11 Howlin' Wolf albums! 12 Charlie Mingus albums! 48 Luaka Bop albums! Gift certificates available. details

Sho-Bud black T-shirt image

The classic pedal steel brand. Excellent with a trucker hat for that faux redneck look! details

Numark portable turntable image

You and your vinyl, anywhere. Powered by batteries or AC current. details

Gretsch drums logo T-shirt image

Who played Gretsch drums? details

Sex Pistols lunchbox image

Anarchy in the UK! Baloney and cheese on white bread with a banana and three Oreos in a Baggie! Now it all makes sense. details

Cheap Epiphone SG image

Available in "worn cherry" or "worn brown." If you go with the worn brown and then watch the movie Woodstock, you'll wish you'd gotten the cherry. details