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Ed Roman's Got G.A.S. Page 2
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 Here is one of my favorite Acquisitions
These three guitars are signed by Bernie Rico Sr just days before he passed away. In fact they were still in production so I didn't receive them for several months later. BC Rich were my first real high quality guitars that I owned so naturally I have had an affinity with them for close to 30 years. I owned lots of Fenders & Gibsons in the 60's and they were cool then. I can honestly say I never loved or became attached to any one of them. It's a pity that these guitars are no longer available at the level of quality that Bernie Senior was committed to. If you are a forward thinker and you are not bound up in tradition like the vintage crowd is. I suggest you look at Abstract Guitars. They come in over 150 body shapes. And they are always available |
Bond Guitar Not the prettiest guitar I own, perhaps maybe it's the most plain. It's not even the coolest. I own it because it is innovative and ahead of it's time. I admire innovators and even though this one was a failure. I feel that collecting this guitar is worth my while. Mick Jagger bankrolled the company that made this
guitar. His brother ran the company but it failed miserably.
The guitar was too sterile sounding. It had LED indicators for
volume controls and a unique molded fingerboard. They spent over
$150.000.00 in tooling to make the molded cases that came with the
guitar. |
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Ed constructed the entire thing except for the bridge which plainly says Steinberger on it. The pickups are custom wound Seymour Duncan Black/Backs TM. The neck & headpiece, Ed made in the shop. The body was retopped in my shop and the inlaid binding was completely done in the shop. look at LSR Guitars |
This guitar is a very cool addition to my collection. it has many
distinctive features that aren't available on many guitars.
The JET guitars took #1 position for guitar of the year in
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, & 2007 Jeffery Earle T. and possibly
Rick
Turner are the most talented
luthiers in the world today. |
Each one is signed by Dean and each one is #50 of 50
made |
 Leslie West Rocket Guitar #1 Leslie has used a LSR Guitar for almost 9 years as of this writing. Originally Leslie wanted the small version until he played the Edberger below. |
 Edberger Serial #1 This customer came into my store one day in February of 2006. He dropped $60,000.00 on guitars in one fell swoop. But after 2 hours of picking out guitars he told me that he would not do the deal unless I sold him this. He paid me $6,000.00 for this which is more than double what one costs new but he had to have number 1 because Eddie had number 2. This guitar was designed as a tribute to Eddie Van Halen, sort of a Steinberger meets Ernie Ball. When LSR released the guitar in 1997 it was called the Edberger. Several years later, Gibson, the people who own the Steinberger name and legal trademarks objected to the name so currently it is called the LSR EB-1. Ed has built about 50 a year, Eddie himself has serial number 002. Ed built many for Leslie West of Mountain and Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult. Leslie West told Ed that it was the finest guitar he ever played. Leslie doesn't hand out compliments too often. So when he does Ed really take them to heart. These guitars have appeared on Rick Derringers album Cover and Leslie West's Album Covers. |
Abel Axe This is a cool all-aluminum guitar. A good friend of Ed's found it in an LA Pawn Shop and picked it up for him. Ed Generally would not buy a $100.00 Bill for $5.00 in a pawn shop. So this is the only guitar in his personal collection that came from a Pawn Shop. |
 Kramer Voyager Full SizeCurrently Ed owns over 350 Kramers. Not all of them are in Ed's collection but he has one of almost every model. This one is a great example of an extremely stable American made guitar. The graphic on this guitar is supercool. We have built several guitars exactly like this one except they are 24 fret neck through body construction with Ebony necks, full binding and beautiful inlays. This Guitar is Available Today as an Abstract Voyeur |
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feel &
most of all I like the way they balance, Currently I have about 22
in my collection, They are all pretty special.
 Monsters of Rock Only 12 of these were made originally. The one in the picture has been signed by Eddie Van Halen twice. The first signature faded. In 1999 when I hand delivered his EB-1 guitar to him I brought this along and Eddie re-signed it for me. My shop manager and I spent about 35 minutes with Eddie alone in his dressing room. I played all of his guitars and talked shop with him for the whole time. How Cool is that!! |
The Rand Guitar A very rare guitar made by a guy named Rand Havener. Informed sources have told me that only 77 of these exist. This guitar was the inspiration for the now discontinued "Ed Roman Penetrator" model guitar and the Steinberger Mega Axe that Ed designed when he worked at Steinberger. There were only a few Penetrators made and very few Mega Axes made. The Steinberger Mega Axe had a headstock and the body looked like the Rand. There was only 1 run done of them and they were all red. Ed will pay $10,000.00 for one if you find one. The Headstock will say Steinberger Mega Axe Made in USA. The backplate will be inscribed "Designed by Ed Roman 1991". Today this guitar can be ordered
as an Abstract Caligula |