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When Ted & myself
first talked about designing the
guitar. Ted never mentioned anything about installing a gun in the body. When I delivered the guitar to Ted he was almost speechless. Anyone who knows Ted knows that Ted is rarely if ever at a loss for words. The surprise actually took him aback a step. When Uncle Ted regained his speech, it was only a matter of a nanosecond. I only noticed it because I have been in Ted's presence enough times to know his command of the English language is always there to serve him well.
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There it is folks
"From the Cradle to the Crave"
We always build two identical guitars whenever we build one for
a celebrity
Just in case something goes wrong.
Ted Autographed the second one! It went to Gary Vescio in
Florida.
(When we built Brian May's single cutaway guitar the second one
was never sold.
I have recently decided to let it go. Call
for information)
Delivering Ted's Guitar 2006
Ted said about the
Quicksilver:
"He'd ride it naked into the sunset"
Ted
Nugent designated a plain Spruce Top,
He wanted a Korina Wood Back and a Macassar Ebony Neck
He wanted an ebony fretboard with a 25" Scale & 24 Nickel Silver Frets.
Because Ted is a big boy we had to build him a slightly larger guitar.
When I first met
Ted Nugent back in the early 70's, I was just a fan of his guitar
playing.
It was years later that I became aware, Ted is much more than a
guitar player.
Ted may not be
the most diplomatic person in the world, Some say he may be a
little over the top but Damn! everything I have ever heard
this guy say is right on.
I have been a fan since "Journey To the Center of the Mind".
I
have met Ted backstage when Journey was his opening act. I was
backstage at several Damn Yankees shows the Kiss Tour. I had a
business partner that was Ted's Manager during the Damn Yankees era
so I was able to wangle my way backstage fairly easily.
Readers of my
site know that I can be pretty outspoken and sometimes even
intimidating, When I am around Ted I am as quiet as a church
mouse. Why? I don't want to miss a word of what he says.
The guy is downright spellbinding.
I admire him for his politics and his outspoken ways. This country needs a few more like Ted Nugent.
I can't think of anyone I would rather see as President of this Country !!
Ed Roman 1997
Korina Back & Macassar Ebony Neck
Ted Nugent is a real one of a kind individual, Meeting Ted has been one of the high points in my life. I don't mean to sound like a star struck schoolgirl, but there is a certain aura that Uncle Ted emanates, I have encountered this from very few people in my 56 years on this planet. I have always admired him and I have said that "When I grow up I want to be just like Ted Nugent" When I finally got all of the specifications for Ted's guitar I was a little bit apprehensive due to the fact that he wanted a spruce top, We had never done that before on a solid body electric. The sample Quicksilver he had tried had a solid macassar ebony neck, Ted really seemed to like that so we went with it. I had expected him to order that weird Byrdland scale but he went for a 25" scale which is my personal favorite. He also opted for a black korina back. Ted didn't specify the built in 32 Caliber counterweight but if you look at the picture above you will notice a devilish smile and an evil red glint in his eye. I didn't do the red eye reduction for this photo because Ted is smiling an evil smile. The magnetic wooden quick remove panel houses a 32 Caliber Derringer for quick removal & rapid deployment.
When Ted Nugent speaks, Ed Roman listens..... The little gems of wit, integrity, patriotism & downright common sense. that come from out of Ted's mouth are quite interesting to me. Building this guitar for Ted has been a labor of love, I would have liked to have made it a little fancier but Ted requested a plain looking Spruce Top. I thought that maybe some of my readers would like to see the actual tree we made the guitar from. You are looking at $18,000.00 worth of spruce logs. The two billets were for the 2 identical guitars we built. These billets would sell for about $300.00 each. Ed Roman 2006
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Ted Nugent For President !!!
When
Ted Nugent
orders a straight
shot, he ain't talkin' alcohol. The renowned veteran rocker (and
hunter, and longtime Second Amendment rights activist) recently
sought an instrument weapon that best suited his divergent
passions. (Ted Calls His Guitars
"Instruments Of
Mass Destruction" So he asked Las Vegas guitar manufacturer Ed Roman to build a one-of-a-kind six-string electric that seems fairly pedestrian at first glance, but is in fact also home to a high-caliber derringer (exclamation point!). "I've built a lot of guitars - for Brian May, Buck Dharma, just recently - and they are all novelties in some way," Roman said Monday during a phone interview. "But the thing with Ted, with the gun, was completely different." In a statement, Nugent said, "I am so jazzed to be associated with Ed and the team at ERG (Ed Roman Guitars). This guitar is a work of art and is absolutely magnificent. And what a concept - Ed and his team have outdone themselves once again." The guitar has a slot cut into the back of the body to house the handgun. Simple. But Roman, whose business, In Las Vegas, is by far the most unique guitar store in the world, followed all of Nugent's other design specifics. This might be a bit technical for us air guitar virtuosos, but Nugent's requests included a 3/4-inch solid slab of Alaskan Sitka spruce for its top wood, and a solid black Korina back with a Macassar ebony neck. The fingerboard is Gaboon ebony found only in the most remote regions of central Africa. The guitar is worth about $7,000, not particularly expensive for a custom-made guitar of its type, Roman said. But that's not counting the gun, which is usually on Nugent's person at all times - even during a visit to the White House, as Roman noted. "He's a big supporter of the President and had the gun on him in the Oval Office once when he met him," said Roman, who also has plans for a new guitar for Rio headliner Prince. Roman is not quite ready to provide details on that instrument, saying, "I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you."
OK. I can wait Mark Hitt's picture is on this page because he & Ted Nugent are the only two people I have built oversize Quicksilvers for. Mark like Ted used a large Gibson hollow body guitar for years. Mark is 6'5" with big hands & long fingers. He is also one of my favorite guitar players alive. Every fledgling & professional guitarist from the New York tri state area who was into rock music stood in front of this guy trying to catch some of his incredible licks. He was doing Eddie Van Halen style Paradiddles 10 years before I ever heard of Van Halen. I used to follow his band Ratrace Choir all over New Jersey, Long Island Upstate New York and Connecticut for about 30 years. (Check out Ratrace Choir on You Tube)
Mark on the cover of an old Dimarzio catalog 30 years ago.
Mark Hitt is one of my dearest & oldest personal friends Ratrace Choir, The Tubes, Torque, Hindenburg & Others |