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Guaranteed Lowest Prices On Strings On The Net !!!!

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Ed Roman Sells "Pre Gibson" Steinbergers New Old Stock & Used

PRE Gibson - What Does That Mean?
In the case of Steinberger, "Pre Gibson" is defined as before Gibson shut the original Newburgh factory down. Ned Steinberger was still at the helm for years before Gibson dropped the axe. "Pre Gibson" simply stated is: Pre Import Models, Pre Cheapo Models, Pre Closing Newburgh Factory, Pre Imported Spirit Models, Pre Imported Music Yo models.

Worlds Largest Parts Supplier for real "Pre Gibson Steinbergers"

Custom Painted Guitars Available From Ed Roman

Pre Nashville Pre Imported Models
Pre Cheapo Models Pre Imported Music Yo models
Pre Synapse Models Pre Gibson Takeover
Pre Closing Newburgh Factory Pre Imported Spirit Models

 

Ned Steinberger Guitar Builder, Ed Roman Guitar builder

Ned Steinberger & Ed Roman 1982
Ned Steinberger is an extremely bright & innovative person!
He is also quiet soft-spoken, conservative & very reserved
This is a rare moment for Ned...
Photo from over 27 years ago, We are both quite gray now & I have even less hair.

LSR Headless Guitars  

STEINBERGER
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Ed Roman's LSR Headless Guitars has acquired several hundred thousand dollars of Original Steinberger guitars & parts.

LSR has no affiliation with the Gibson Guitar Company that has acquired the trade name Steinberger and LSR is most definitely positively not affiliated in way whatsoever with “Music Yo” which was Gibson’s Sales vehicle to sell the imported product on the uneducated consumer/beginner market.

The slick very well done advertisements for “Music Yo” depict all the familiar Steinberger body shapes. Be aware these are very definitely NOT THE ORIGINAL MODELS and as far as we can tell absolutely none of the parts are interchangeable, Not even the strings.

LSR is affiliated with Ed Roman’s Abstract Gtrs, Roman  Bass Gtrs Quicksilver GtrsPearlcaster Gtrs

LSR is an American Company, LSR Products are all American made and normally LSR has no involvement or interaction with Korean or Asian companies.  There are certain situations where it becomes unavoidable and LSR must deal with Asian companies for certain parts but LSR does that strictly as a last resort.

LSR will be manufacturing products to fit the real USA Steinberger guitars as soon as patents expire.  LSR also plans a new stop tail piece bridge and several other new items that will fit LSR Guitars and retrofit on Steinberger Guitars.

LSR is dedicated to keeping the original Ned Steinberger guitars alive & well.  LSR is planning to try and reduce prices on many of the hard to find parts as soon as possible so that the cost factor will no longer be quite as high.

 LSR manufactures over 100 different body styles for their Guitars, these body styles will retrofit on all Steinberger’s made in the USA from day one to the last days of production in the 90’s. LSR will offer over 20 different kinds of woods and a multitude of wood combinations on all LSR Guitars and of course these will retrofit on original Steinberger’s also.

 

 

 

NEW!! Headless Guitar Wall Hangers

 

Price Reduced To $99.00  Call Direct To Order

Why Buy Your Original Steinberger From Ed Roman?
  The Steinbergers Ed sells are the original Brooklyn & Newburgh models
We rarely if ever even have one of the Music Yo or Gibson Spirit or Synapse models

01, All Ed Roman Steinbergers are totally refurbished & fully inspected before being shipped out.
02, All Ed Roman Steinbergers have had the claws, saddles, frets, bearings, All moving parts etc replaced.
      In Most cases Guitars have new necks, new pickups & electronics, new necks, all screws replaced
03, Ed Roman Stands Squarely Behind Every Steinberger Sold.
04, No other dealer has access to original & upgrade parts like Ed Roman does.
05, All available parts will be accessible to you as long as you can prove you purchased f
rom Ed Roman.
06, All Ed Roman Guitars leave our facility fully set up and ready to play (All Brands)
07, Your cost on Steinberger Strings will be $2.00 cheaper than we have seen anywhere else on the net.
08, We provide a free loaner if your Steinberger ever breaks !  It does not matter whose fault it was.
09, Our Steinberger basses utilize military spec aircraft aluminum titanium alloy unbreakable string claws.
10, We usually replace all the pickups, pots, knobs etc etc before we ship.
11, Our Steinbergers are the only ones that come standard with a precision truss rod adjusting wheel.
12, Ed Roman actually has Steinberger brand hard-tails available to retrofit for a small up-charge.
13, Any cracks dings or surface damage is expertly repaired so they are 100% invisible & undetectable.
14, Our upgrade necks are lighter, thinner and have a frictionless matte finish for ease of playing.
15, We offer Rosewood, Macassar Ebony, Maple & virtually any choice of wooden neck.
16, Our graphite necks are the finest in the world, We offer both strandular & chopped graphite.
17, Ed Roman also offers do it yourself kits for hundreds less than buying a standard guitar.
18, Ed Roman pays the freight back to you if you have to send your guitar in for service or repair.
19, Ed Roman has 45 different types of Tonewood if you need a custom or replacement body.
20, Ed Roman has the largest selection of original Steinberger guitars in the world, All Models, All Colors, Custom Bodies, Custom Necks, Custom Electronics, Custom Bridges, Headstock Models & More !!!!

Ed Roman Guarantees if you can find a dealer anywhere on this planet that has even 10% of the inventory at our disposal he will pay you $1,000.00 !!!!
Ed Roman is supremely confident that you will not come close to the selection available at his facility.


HERE'S THE SMALL PRINT !!

If you are an Ebay buyer, maybe you think you can get a better deal on an instrument thru them. We also have many instruments that don't measure up to the standards set above.

Generally we put those inferior instruments up on Ebay through a shill seller. We have to do something with them. They don't taste good & eating them is pretty hard to do.

So if you find something several hundred dollars cheaper on ebay, We can usually beat that also. However, we are not going to supply the above caliber instruments to customers who are literally buying them at cheaper than Ebay prices.
We are not going to provide free loaner service and our warranty is quite a bit restricted compared to what we have printed above. Our warranty will be much the same as you would get from most dealers selling Steinbergers

 

Custom Painted Guitars Available From Ed Roman

 LSR Headless Guitars

Just say "No!" to Music Yo!

  • Real Steinberger Guitars were made by Ned Steinberger In Newburgh NY before 1993.
  • Real Steinberger Guitars all have Graphite Necks!
  • Original Pre Gibson Steinberger Guitars Will Increase In Value!
     


Steinberger  5 String Q Bass


DO YOU WORK IN A MUSIC STORE ???
DO YOU GET ASKED FOR STEINBERGER GUITARS, STEINBERGER PARTS,  STEINBERGER STRINGS.
Send That Customer To Us !!!!
We don't pay commissions to our employees or to anyone.
BUT WE DO PAY GENEROUS FINDER FEES TO ANYONE WHO SENDS US BUYING CUSTOMERS
WE DON'T ADVERTISE MUCH AT ALL SO PAYING FINDER FEES WORKS VERY WELL FOR US.
Music store employees everywhere, guitar teachers everywhere call us & set up an account & get the details.

 

Steinberger Basses


Bill Wyman Has Played Steinbergers for 25 years
Recently he contacted us to buy a large load of spare parts for his Basses


Ed Roman's Personal Steinberger Bass


Refurbished Pre Gibson M Series Basses In Stock
Guaranteed Lowest Prices
Totally Upgraded New Pickups, New String Claws & Saddles, New Frets  New Electronics
Prices Starting At $1,495.00  Red, Black or White


This Model Bass Is The Best Sounding One Steinberger Ever Made

 


Ed Roman Always Have A Good Supply Of The Standard L Series Steinberger Basses Available

EBAY & Steinberger
The few Steinbergers I have bought on Ebay have been disasters
I've gotten cracked bodies, Broken Claws, Bad Frets, Worn Out Trems, Bad Pots.



LSR Bolero By Ed Roman



No Store Anywhere In The World Has More Steinbergers Than Ed Roman


Vito Bratta's Original Newburgh Made Steinberger
Do not confuse this with anything Steinberger is making today
The best sounding ones were the ones with the single pickup in the sweet spot

This Guitar Available From Ed Roman Exclusively
Replica of the original Vito Bratta famous guitar.
Available In Any Color, Ebony Or Maple Fingerboard Choice of Pickups etc

    

 

Ed Roman is the unquestioned industry source for original Brooklyn & Newburgh Pre Gibson Steinberger Parts, Steinberger repairs, Steinberger rebuilds & Retops, Steinberger information & remanufactured replacement parts.  In fact any and all of the players, collectors & celebrity rockstars who favor the real original Steinberger's call Ed Roman on a daily basis for service & parts.

Ed Roman introduced "LSR headless guitars" back in 1996. LSR is a company that was originally dedicated to keeping Steinberger alive. When the old factory shut down many years ago. Today LSR offers over 100 different body shapes and is the only reliable parts source for Steinberger.  Click To Read About LSR Guitars.

One of the most famous Steinberger guitars was the one that Vito Bratta used in the 80's & 90's.

There were 2 like it both of them bore the White Lion Logo and a graphic lion on the face of the guitar. We have done about 5 of these and several of Vito's headstock model Steinberger also.

We are pleased to add it to our list of fabulous fakes. We simply take an original Pre Gibson Steinberger and refinish it with Vito's graphic on the guitar.

These guitars play and sound awesome, they are by far better sounding than the graphite small oar shaped body that Steinberger is known for.

We do take this guitar one extra step, we hard mount the pickups and of course the customer isn't stuck with the mandatory EMG pickups that the oar shaped model dictates.
We are proud & happy to offer this economically priced, Pre-Gibson, real Newburgh, Steinberger guitar in our line of fabulous fakes.        702.875.4552

 

 

This Guitar Is Currently Available
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Below, Custom LSR Guitar built for Rick Derringer 2002


LSR Headless Guitars

STEINBERGER Shut down their entire USA manufacturing operation about 10  years ago. They are currently importing low cost, Korean made products that resemble the real thing, if you stand back about 10 feet and squint a little.

These guitars aren't the worst guitars I have seen.  If you are a beginner or someone who just wants a travel guitar to putz around on they are an OK deal.  If you are a serious player and you are truly interested in acquiring a fine USA made instrument I suggest you look elsewhere.  If you expect any kind of decent resale value in the future, I also suggest you look at Real Steinberger or LSR.

I think that Hohner builds about the best lower cost licensed Steinberger available today. The construction is heads and tails better than the Music Yo ones and the feel of the neck is much more stable.  (Hohner's German Engineering must be the reason)  (Just say  "No" To Music Yo)

LSR Guitar's, has acquired several hundred thousand dollars of Original Steinberger guitars and parts. LSR has no affiliation with the Gibson Guitar Company,  Gibson has acquired the trade name Steinberger and LSR  is most definitely positively not affiliated in way whatsoever with “Music Yo” which is Gibson’s Sales vehicle to sell the imported product on the uneducated consumer market.

LSR did at one time offer Gibson $250.000.00 to purchase the Steinberger name and trademarks. This offer was made when the company was completely shut down and not delivering any product at all. Gibson declined the offer at that time.

LSR was only interested in purchasing the American rights, LSR  would have not been involved in any importing. Gibson probably did not realize that at the time the offer was made. It is this writers opinion that if Gibson had realized that to be the case they would have probably accepted the offer.

The slick very well done advertisements for “Music Yo” depict all the familiar Steinberger body shapes. Be  aware these are very definitely NOT THE ORIGINAL MODELS and as far as we can tell absolutely none of the  parts are interchangeable, not even the strings.

Recently, Music Yo has put out a new supposedly American Made Model.  I have not seen one up close but I have been told they are all using imported parts with an American made Moses neck.  (Be aware the Moses neck does not fit on a real original Steinberger.)  Be aware it is 100% legal to call something USA made if it is simply assembled in the USA.  Harley Davidson & Fender have been doing that for some years now.

LSR is affiliated with Ed Roman’s World Class Guitar's, Abstract Guitars, Quicksilver Guitars, Scorpion Guitars, Pearlcaster Guitars.

LSR is an American Company, LSR products are all American made and normally LSR has no involvement or interaction with Korean or Asian companies.  There are certain situations where it becomes unavoidable & LSR must deal with Asian companies for certain parts but LSR does that strictly as a last resort.

LSR will be manufacturing products to fit the real USA Steinberger guitars as soon as patents expire.  LSR  also has a new stop tail piece bridge and several other new items that will fit LSR Guitars and retrofit on  Steinberger Guitars.  All LSR parts will retrofit on original real Steinberger Guitars.  Music Yo products do not.

LSR is dedicated to keeping the original Ned Steinberger guitars alive & well.  LSR is planning to try and  reduce prices on many of the hard to find parts as soon as possible so that the cost factor will no longer be  quite as high.

LSR will be manufacturing over 100 different body styles for LSR Guitars, these body styles will retrofit on all  Steinbergers made in the USA from day one to the last days of production in the 90’s. LSR will offer over 20  different kinds of woods and a multitude of wood combinations on all LSR Guitars and of course these will retrofit on original Steinbergers also.

Completely refurbished Steinberger original P series body.
All other parts are new USA made after market replacements.
If you like Steinbergers,   check this out
 


Custom Body Made By LSR Guitars Converts 2 Steinbergers to a Doubleneck.
 
You Can Order Any Shape See Below

LSR Headless Guitars


I have several of these custom style body blanks.
My customer wanted a matching Korina neck set into one of them.
Here you can see what the finished body looked like.
My shop can build almost any body shape you like as a custom instrument.
 Please contact Ed Roman if you are interested.

Steinberger Kleinberger Models
No Longer Available
Occasionally We Get A Used One In
Or You Can Buy A New One From Ed Roman's LSR Guitars

Call for info


Retop Stock Steinberger M Series
All Custom Retopping Done In Ed Roman's Custom Shop in Las Vegas
We Can Retop Any Guitar
See  LSR Headless Guitars


No one anywhere has more original Steinbergers than Ed Roman
See LSR Guitars for custom made body shapes

Steinberger Guitars, Ed Roman has the worlds largest selection

Even More Steinberger Guitars
 
No dealer anywhere has more Steinbergers & replacement parts Than Ed Roman
Make sure you see the custom shop for custom body shapes
Over 100 body shapes available

 LSR Headless Guitars


Allan Holdsworth & His Great Guitars

Allan Holdsworth is well known to contemporary musicians as an uncompromising virtuoso who redefined and re-invented the voice and scope of the electric guitar. To the mainstream of rock and jazz audiences, he remains a little known, unsung hero. To the initiated, Holdsworth looms as both musical legend and commercial enigma. In the early 70s, he began as a sideman to the protean forces who merged rock's electric instrumentation and driving pulse with the improvisational mastery associated with jazz. Holdsworth provided the searing, flamboyant edge that galvanized that era's most celebrated recordings by the likes of Soft Machine, Tony William's New Lifetime, and Jean-Luc Ponty. The sounds of Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, and later John Coltrane were among the primary inspirations that led Holdsworth away from his passion of bicycle racing, and into dance hall gigs, playing the Mecca circuit in Northern England. Born in Bradford, in 1946, Holdsworth had been tutored in many aspects of musical theory and jazz appreciation by his father, Sam, an accomplished amateur musician. 
With the 1990 release of Secrets Holdsworth further revealed his rich musical vision, where contemporary forms of music are crafted in an improvisational context in defiance of conventional boundaries - a full range of emotions and textures. The Wardenclyffe Tower opens a stunning new chapter in a solo career that blossomed during the 80s. As a producer and composer, he continues to explore and expanding galaxy of guitar synths with a balance of his famed legato-lead stylings and an ever evolving array of chordal colorings. This 1992 album is stocked with further electric guitar innovations, including two tracks featuring his newly designed family of mutant, baritone guitars. Wardenclyffe Tower, like Secrets features contributions from world-class musical collaborators, including long-time bandmates like drummer Chad Wackerman bassist Jimmy Johnson
  drummer/keyboardist Gary Husband  and keyboardist Steve Hunt and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta.  The sum of Holdsworth's production realizes an enchanting rhythmic and harmonic chemistry - or alchemy - potent with unexpected melodic twists and turns. The spontaneous, fiery dialogue of group live performance is framed in Holdsworth's meticulous, state-of-the-art production techniques. The Wardenclyffe Tower, Holdsworth's seventh solo project, was dedicated to the technological visionary and great inventor, Nikola Tesla; its title is taken from one of Tesla's greatest dreams.  

Many rock fans first became aware of Holdsworth's inventiveness when his musical presence dominated two of the definitive "progressive rock" albums of the late 70's, U.K., and Bill Bruford's One of A Kind. The successful 1978 debut release by U.K. was a band originally slated to be a reunion of King Crimson until Robert Fripp backed out of the project - Bruford suggested the remaining trio try working with Holdsworth - known then as a promising English "jazz/rock" guitarist due to his work with Tony Williams, Gong, and Jean-Luc Ponty. The personal chemistry of U.K. soon proved too volatile to contain four musical leaders in one group setting. Holdsworth and Bruford left the band, and continued their earlier, more jazz oriented venture in Bruford, but Holdsworth still felt trapped in the confines of slick studio mega-productions. He longed for a more immediate, live-oriented recording method, and the less rigid ensemble dynamics he found so vital during his work with Tony Williams. Like few guitarists before him, Holdsworth realized a style, tone, and technique in a league of its own - one he still strives to perfect. Many musicians who heard him never again looked at the guitar in quite the same way. In the 80s, growing recognition followed a series of successful solo recordings and extensive U.S. touring. An increasingly supportive international audience embraced Holdsworth in Japan, and more recently in Europe and Australia. He received a Grammy nomination in 1984, and later won five consecutive awards from Guitar Player Magazine's readers' Poll as "Best Guitar Synthesist", which inducted him into the Guitar Player Hall of Fame. His fascination with the innovative guitar-like synty controller, the Synthaxe, began during the mid-80's, and soon found him eventually attaching a breath controller to it - perhaps continuing a subconscious pursuit of the instrument he was first attracted to - the saxophone. 

Today Holdsworth is widely revered as a virtuoso stylist - and perhaps the world's pre-eminent guitar synthesist. As for the legacy of his accelerated, legato lead guitar phrasing, Guitar Player's editor, Tom Mulhern credited him as that rare sort of guitarist who "originated his own school" of guitar playing. By 1979, Holdsworth found his London-based career at a standstill. Just as rock's new wave found its way to the pop forefront by the onset of the 80s, Holdsworth left Bruford, and immediately found difficulty in launching a new rock project with friend rock legends Jack Bruce and John Hiseman. Bruce would later appear as a guest on Holdsworth's 1984 solo release Road Games (Warner Bros.), along with Bruford alumnus Jeff Berlin & drummer Chad Wackerman. Holdsworth began his solo career  after meeting Gary Husband - a brilliant musician, and eventually produced his first "official" solo project, I.O.U., with Gary Husband and Paul Carmichael. It was recorded in 1979 (re-released on Restless), and independently released two years later in the U.S.

Having nearly given up on music, friends prompted him to move to Southern California where an eager and devoted core following awaited him. Eddie Van Halen, who had met Holdsworth when U.K. opened for Van Halen during a 1978 U.S. tour, helped secure a contract with Warner Bros., but the relationship with Warner Bros. soured when record company executives dabbled with creative control during the Road Games sessions. He soon struck up a partnership with the fledging label Enigma (later bought out by Capitol), which later became his current label, Restless. His production work became more refined, and he broadened a roster of guest vocalist appearances through the course of Metal Fatigue, Atavachron, Sand, Secrets, Wardenclyffe Tower, Hard Hat Area, None Too Soon and the new release The 16 Men of Tain

Allan Holdsworth continues to tour in Japan, Europe, and the U.S. A review by L.A. Times jazz critic Don Heckman raved about Holdsworth's new touring band, saying that Holdsworth was "an unlikely guitar hero whose phrasing has much in common with the expressions of saxophonist John Coltrane". Holdsworth still pursues a daily passion as an avid cyclist (when touring and recording permit) and currently resides in North San Diego County. Like a true Englishman, he relishes sampling and serving fine ales of the world during the brief respites from his music.

Biography courtesy of Christopher Hoard.

DISCOGRAPHY
 
I.O.U. - Cream Records, 1985
Metal Fatigue - Cream Records, 1985
Atavachron - Cream Records, 1986 
Sand - Cream Records, 1987 
Secret - Cream Records, 1989
Wardenclyffe Tower - Cream Records, 1992
Hard Hat Area - Cream Records, 1994
None Too Soon - Cream Records, 1996
The 16 Men of Tain - Cream Records, 1999

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