Ed Roman's Got G.A.S.
Guitar Acquisition Syndrome
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Ed's Personal Quicksilver #
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Guitar Acquisition Syndrome
If you would like your personal collection on my website I
would love to host it for free. You need to prepare a page in the same approximate
format as this one and I will post it for you free of charge.
Naturally I will post any collection at all
as long as it's at least 6 guitars. I would prefer unique and interesting
guitars more than vintage but vintage is also OK.
I'm especially interested in Hamer, Kramer,
Dean, & BC Rich Collections & other high performance guitars.
Fender & Gibson are OK but they tend to get
boring due to the fact that there are so many of the same guitars.
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Ed's Personal Guitar Collection
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Many of my customers have asked me about what kind
of guitars I play. Currently I use my Quicksilver
guitar when I need major tonal versatility. I am still using a headless
LSR for a backup, I also have an
old Kramer Voyager that I use when I need a
Floyd Rose. I have
several Basses that I play also but I always seem to reach for the
Headless LSR with the medium sized body. I love the way it sounds
and plays.
While these guitars & basses will cover me in almost any playing situation, they don't
take care of my GAS. GAS is simply,
"Guitar Acquisition Syndrome". I
currently own about 30 guitars personally and I have decided to show
some of them here on this page. Some of these guitars are expensive
and some aren't. Most of these guitars are cherished prized possessions
which I have spent years looking for. A few of them I have bought
for long term investment reasons and many of them I am just emotionally
attached to. I also am constantly buying
new guitars, I always like something different and unusual.
If you have something that you think I might want. Please contact
me. I never used to want Fenders, Till
they came out with some pretty cool new models over the last couple of
years. I am looking for a set of Hellecasters and or Ventures
models. I especially am looking for Japanese reissues from the 80's and
90's. I still want nothing to do with
Gibsons.. for my own collection, Maybe an old 1961 SG custom 3
pickup model. I have been given a couple of Les Paul's over the years
from grateful customers but frankly they are not my cup of tea.
They all distort because the midrange drops out. Ace Frehley gave
me a highly modified Les Paul but the pickups are still located in the
original position. That's the part I don't like !!! Ed Roman
updated 03/05
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Quicksilver #06719 "The Elephant
Man"
This guitar was made from a whole bunch of
factory seconds & blemished parts. Dumpster divers "Go Fck Yourselves" You won't find
anything in my garbage, We never throw anything away.
It looks OK in the picture but the wood
never cured correctly and the body is misshapen ridiculously !!
I would probably use this one a lot. I
wouldn't be afraid to drop it down a flight of stairs !!!
This has been in my office for about 6
weeks, surprisingly enough, I have had no less than 6 people try very hard to
buy it from me.
If I decide to keep it permanently I will
change out the fingerboard to ebony, I can't stand
Serial #1 Carved Top Carved Back Hollow
Body
This Guitar is almost weightless
 One of the
real prizes in Ed Roman's collection
This is the very first Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird, Billy Bo off the
production line !!!! Signed "For Ed # 1"
& personally
pinstriped by Billy F. Gibbons. Ed Roman was the very first dealer to be shipped any Gretsch Billy Bo Guitars. This guitar still has the paper wrapped around the bridge and has been
played only By Ed Roman & Billy Gibbons
Pearlcaster Serial # 2
This is Ed's answer to that other traditional guitar
that everyone played 20 years ago. Ed rarely uses this but always
tries to keep serial #1 for posterity.
We have probably built 200 of these as prototypes before we decided to start numbering
them. Ed's Motto is "I wouldn't produce something unless I could make it better". If
you want to see all the photos and details of why this guitar is better,
just click on the link above for details.
I was talked out of this guitar by Dean Restum from
Eric Burdon & the Animals on 12/12/03, There isn't one thing I
wouldn't do for those guys. Eric Burdon is probably one of my all time
favorites.
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Steinberger M Series Bass
This is the main bass Ed used for 5 years.
It is totally stock except for the LSR
neck. The other bass Ed was using was a
BC
Rich Eagle that belonged to Allen Woody of the Allman Bros.
No, The model
does not come with the guitar!!! Furthermore
Ed is tired of all you J'Beeps asking if she does.
Currently Ed is using a
Dingwall Fanned Fret Bass.
Ed says, "There is nothing else I have seen out there that I like as much."
The Afterburner is priced pretty low, the only
problem is Sheldon Dingwall is a little behind in delivery. Ed Also uses
a super lightweight Stretch Bass that he & Ron Blake designed.
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This was a gift from
Leslie
West.
Leslie used this guitar for 12 years as his Main guitar. Leslie
is one of Ed's favorite guitar players.
Currently he is using an
LSR
WB-1 and an LSR EB-1 that Ed built him in 1998 and 1999.
The Ultimate Leslie West Guitar
Available For $2,495.00
The original one is currently owned
by the Hard-Rock Cafe and they are not selling it.
Leslie used this guitar for most of the early albums. It hung in the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame and it is valued at seventy thousand dollars
RVC built this copy which turned out to be far better quality than the
original Gibson guitar. Of course Gibson sued RVC for infringement
which is totally ridiculous because this is a generic shape that has
been around for 60 or 70 years.
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Dean Korina
Matched Pair
When these guitars first came out they were priced
extremely low. I think that musicians were afraid to buy them
because the price was several thousand dollars cheaper than Gibson. When I say several thousand dollars cheaper, I mean
several thousand dollars EACH cheaper than Gibson.
Ed immediately bought a matched pair. (Not
for Sale) Of course Dean
discontinued manufacturing these guitars. If you want to buy one now the price has tripled
and they are still $750.00 cheaper than Gibson.
(You could wait a while and the price will be up with Gibson, or
try to find one now)
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Turner Lindsey Buckingham Model
Probably the best sounding guitar I own.
Rick Turner has made less than 350 of these
Lindsey
Buckingham models in the last 25 years. I sure am glad I
bought one. Rick may cease production of these again. Currently these
are available with many different options and possibilities. Please
give me a call at the shop if you are interested in one.
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Quicksilver MIDI
Guitar
Every guitar salesman needs a guitar with a Midi
system onboard
This is the perfect guitar for me.
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Ed Roman's Personal Brian Moore Guitar
Serial # 25. The original Brian Moore Guitars were
nothing like they are today !! This one is made from
solid Graphite with a Quilted Maple Top, This one is also signed by Brian
Moore on the back. It also uses the Original
Wilkinson Convertible Tremolo, Today Ed Roman no longer recommends Wilkinson
as a good tremolo. In fact I hate this tremolo.
The New Brian Moore Guitars are nothing compared to the
first ones. The original crew back in 1993 were mostly from
Steinberger, those guys knew what a guitar
was supposed to feel and play like.
Brian Moore is out of business now... I have several very nice early
ones available, please contact me directly 702.875.4552
This is my Hellfire Guitar
I owned The Jaros Trade-name for a period of about 4 years I sold the brand in 2005 because I simply couldn't keep up with
orders. This is probably the nicest one we built during that time.
We offer this Guitar in a Blues Deluxe version today
Solid Body, Hollow Body, & Semi Hollow Body
We also offer this in an Abstract model
with a neck thru body.
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