<p><img src="http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/magblogs/total-guitar/gear-images/january-2011/namm/budda-mn-100-front-460-100-460-70.jpg" width="460" alt="Budda mn-100 mark nason leather amp front"></p><p><strong>In what will surely prove to be one of the most unlikely announcements of NAMM 2011, Budda Amplification has teamed up with shoe designer Mark Nason to unveil the Budda MN-100 and MN-412 – a new head and cab covered in Italian leather.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">The three-channel 120-watt amp head has a wallet-boggling RRP of $4,999 (about 3,155) while a single MN-412 leather-bound cabinet has a similarly astonishing $2,999 (about 1,892) price tag. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/magblogs/total-guitar/gear-images/january-2011/namm/budda-mn-100-back-460-100-460-70.jpg" width="460" alt="Budda mn-100 mark nason leather amp back"></p><p class="MsoNormal">Budda is claiming that the MN-100 is "the best amplifier money can buy", stating: </p><p class="MsoNormal">"No stranger to the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, Mark Nason's signature couture creations stride easily from Sunset Strip to centre stage on the Budda MN-100 and MN-412."</p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/magblogs/total-guitar/gear-images/january-2011/namm/budda-mn-412-front-460-100-460-70.jpg" width="460" alt="Budda mn-412 mark nason leather cab"></p><p class="MsoNormal">It certainly looks the part and we can just see the MN-100 resting in the corner of an exclusive LA studio, which is almost certainly the kind of high-end purpose it was designed for.</p><p class="MsoNormal">That said, TG thinks it's already enough hassle to maintain an amp without worrying about whether we've used the right colour shoe polish on it…</p><p><strong>Keep checking the TG site for more </strong><a href="http://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/category/namm"><strong>NAMM 2011 guitar news</strong></a><strong> and for more details of</strong> <strong>the Budda MN-100 head to the <a href="http://www.budda.com/gear/gear.cfm?series=627">Budda website</a>.</strong> </p>
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