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Foreword by Ed Roman
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I have carried JET Guitars since the very beginning, In fact I
personally own serial # 1.
Number #1 is not even close to what Jeff is building today. But I
recognized that Jeff was going to be the number one guitar builder in the USA
someday. That someday seems to be today. I have never seen
such totally satisfied customers as the people who buy JET guitars.
To qualify my next statement, I would like to say, I have been selling
high end boutique guitars for more than 30 years. I was selling PRS Guitars more
than 26 years ago. (I have serial # 35). I have owned more
than 35 of the first 50 PRS Guitars made, No one had ever heard of PRS. I
introduced McNaught Guitars to the world in 1998 (I have serial # 1) I sold
Spector guitars & Basses for 28 years (I have # 11) I was the Original
owner of Alembic # 17, I have Brian Moore # 25, BC Rich # 7, Bolin #
01.
The point I am getting to is the level of fanaticism I have seen in the
owners of the JET guitars that I have sold is absolutely mind boggling. It's
almost like the players are venerating Jeff. But if you take a few moments to
read the treatise below, you will start to understand the man behind the
guitar. Jeffrey Earle T. is one of the most driven men I have ever met. Myself
and all the luthiers in my shop are totally impressed with JET Guitars and
Jeffrey Earle T.
I am very proud to sell his fine line of electric solid body guitars.
If you have questions about a JET guitar please don't
hesitate to call Ed Roman personally.
Ed has been selling JETS for 10 years and is probably the world's foremost
authority on these guitars.
Contact Ed personally edroman@gmail.com
Ed Roman -
11/05/03
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Testimonials
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Ed,
I just wanted to say thanks
for the beautiful JET guitar I purchased from you. Not only is it
aesthetically perfect it sounds amazing. I had to raise the action a hair
for my own taste but that done I cannot put in down. I own a beautiful Les
Paul and a great Stratocaster but neither compares to the JET. Each
note and chord played resonates perfectly. Thank you for your diligence in
finding such a great guitar maker in Jeff Terwilliger. And thank you for
being straight and honest in your opinions and your business dealings. I
will be back for another guitar soon.
PS-Scott was a pleasure to
deal with !!!
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Dear Ed Roman,
This check is part
of the balance for the Abstract Centurion guitar with the pig inlays. I'd
like to thank you for creating a website that opened me up to world of truly
custom made guitars. Sam Ash and Guitar Center stores no longer capture my
interest. Also thank you and Alan for taking me a tour of your Connecticut
shop while I was there. When I ordered my first and second guitars from you
I had requested that the Buzz Feiten system be installed on them.
To be honest I
really wasn't convinced that there was any difference in sound; probably
because I tune my guitars so carefully and with a very accurate strobe tuner;
you would be pressed to tell me that my guitar out of tune. I said, "What a
heck" and ordered the modification anyway.
I then received
my Green Birdseye top JET Earlewood #126; I'm sure you've seen it. I still wasn't convinced
after playing it a week. I then reset the intonation to the
Buzz Feiten specs
and tuned up. After one strum I was then a believer. Not only is my Jet Earlewood
the best looking and easiest playing guitar in the world, it is also the best
sounding.
I'll match my JET up against any guitar on
the planet. My JET makes
my beloved Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 feel like an Ibanez.
I thought nothing
could top my PRS. If people are buying JET Earlewood guitars just for
their looks that’s understandable, but they are missing the best part; they
play like heaven. Imagine playing full bar chords with distortion and still
sounding sweet.
I can't wait
until I get my Abstract Centurion with "Buzz" system and pig inlays, I'm sure
that'll be next to "Hog" up all my attention
Sincerely,
Dan Ali
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Hi Stephan & Ed:
I had wanted
to contact you sooner, but really only got to spend some time
with
JET #261 this past weekend.
In short, the thing is absolutely amazing. It looks like it’s on
fire! Until I visited your shop last June and played a JET, I
was convinced I owned the greatest guitar in the world: My PRS
Signature #197. I had been looking for a single cutaway, solid
body archtop for a long, long time that would give me a fuller
sound than my PRS Signature, but I was completely unprepared for
just how amazing the JET was. I had been lusting over one ever
since. Simply put, I have never played anything like it in my
22 years since first picking up the guitar. In addition to
being one of the most visually stunning instruments I have ever
laid my eyes upon, the sound and playability of the
JET
are just unreal. It is EXACTLY what I had been searching for: A
better player (amazing compound radius neck with satin finish)
with an extended bottom and top end from what the PRS offers.
It makes a typical $5,000 Gibson Les Paul ’59 Reissue sound dead
and dull by comparison (not to mention a few pounds lighter),
and the coil tap option provides versatility that the Gibson
can’t touch. I think the single coil sounds are even truer than
the PRS.
At any rate, I’m glad to finally be a paying customer of Ed
Roman’s World Class Guitars and can’t wait to come in and shop
for another fine instrument next time I am in Vegas.
Thanks again,
Adam M. Zaiger, Esq.
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Unsurpassable Beauty Hand Carved Radius Archtop
------- Forwarded message ----------
From: RnDHoover
To: edroman @ gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:55:46 EDT
Subject: Jet 278 testimonial
Ed,I had my first
conversation with you about ten years ago on the phone in
which I was looking for a neck for a Kramer guitar.
The subject soon changed to my Les Paul recording
(which was retrofitted with three humbucking pick-ups). I
proudly commented how it was the finest playing guitar that
I had ever touched. Your comment was that it was the worst.
BAM, Oh you "Son Of A Bitch" was the first thing that
entered my mind along with a host of other "flavorable"
thoughts.
It took me about five years of hard playing and
sneaking back to your website (What is that SOB ranting
about now?) to discover the shortcomings of the outdated
tech of this guitar and to discover just where you were coming
from.
It finally dawned on me that there was a slim
chance you might just know a little more about guitars than
me (No Sh**).
After my "rebirth", I decided to climb out of the
cave and purchase a new guitar. I completely wore out your
website and decided to put my fate in your hands. If I was
going to spend this kind of money, I needed to do it once
and only once. I found myself drawn to the JET section of
your site over and over again.
The testimonials and your very high regards for
Jeff's talent (That's what really sealed the deal) made me
select JET to be my next guitar. I proceeded with the order
and all the other things involved through your store and to
shorten the story, I am looking at my JET 278 PLUS CARRIBEAN
BUST as I'm pecking away at this keyboard. There is nothing
more I can say about JET guitars that has not been said time
and time again. This one is stunning in every aspect (beauty
and playability) I would like to sincerely thank you and
your staff for making this dream a reality.
Andrew Hoover, Naples Florida
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