We will build it with any body shape, any headstock, any scale,
any wood, any electronics, any construction, bolt-on or neck-through-body,
AND in most cases our prices will be better.
I Started Out Building Custom Basses Back in The 80's, Back When Bass Players Were Very Adventurous & Progressive, It seemed like a good business to get into because most of the boutique basses of the day were overpriced.
Sadly these days we build fifty guitars to every one
bass, Many people are not aware of our basses and
this page addresses some of the different ones we have
created over the years. We will still build one of a kind basses,
so give me a call if you would like something special.
Ed Roman 2010
HISTORY & TIMELINE OF ED ROMAN BASSES DIFFERENT BRANDS
Back of Bass
Body Close-Up
Headstock Close-Up
PEARLCASTER PERFORMER SERIES
"Thinnest Fastest Neck In The Industry"
PEARLCASTER PERFORMER SERIES
Walnut Body Maple Neck
Super Light
"Thinnest Fastest Neck In The Industry"
The Caesar Bass Is The Finest Bass We Currently Build
Ed Roman 33 Fret, Bubinga Korina Caesar Bass 2010
Electronics By Bartolini, Removable Magnetic Cavity
Cover.
Switch Batteries Fast, No Screwdrivers required!
Revolutionary Construction 33 Frets, Macassar Ebony Neck
Some Interesting Links You May Not Have Seen Yet !!!
Ed Roman Stretch Bass 1997
Call
The Custom Shop, Ask for Ed !!! 702.875.4552
Ed Roman Brutus Bass 2008
Walnut & Maple With Ebony Fret Board
Very Petite & Ultra Light
Ed Roman Lowrider Bass Fretless 2001
Natural Hawaiian Koa, Rosewood Fingerboard
Ed Roman Scroll Basses Totally Hand Carved No 2 Alike
Ed Roman Scroll Basses
Totally Hand Carved No 2 Alike
Ed Roman Scroll Basses
Totally Hand Carved No 2 Alike
We Do Not Charge Any Extra For Lefthanded
We Don't Have To, All Of Our Neck Through Guitars Are Custom
Ed Roman Abstract Interceptor Bass
Tribute To The Impact Bass
Fundabird
Clone Of A Vox Teardrop
All Of Our Guitars Are Available
As Basses & Vice Versa
Neck Through Body, Ebony Fretboard,
Ultra High Quality
Available in Original English Or Later Italian Scales
Lowrider Bass 2001
Custom design your own headstock,
We can provide you with exactly
what you want !!!
Phantazm Bass Available In Any Scale
This One Built For James Kasper 32" Scale
Atomic Inlays, Neck Through Construction, Ebony
Fingerboard
Quilted Top & Back !!!
LSR Bolero
Bass By Ed Roman
Click link above to see more than 35 body
shapes available
Intruder Bass Built In The 80's
Custom Made Neck Through Jack Daniels Bass
LSR PB-1 Older Model
Ed Roman Early Model Abstract Stretch Bass from
the 90's
Ed Roman Does Not Charge Extra For Lefthanded Neck Thru Gold Series Basses or Guitars. After All We Build Them All From Scratch Anyway. |
Ed Roman is
committed to using the finest sounding & most
beautiful looking tonewoods available in the world
today. Full On Neck Through Body Construction, Hand Carved One At A Time By Musicians Who are players themselves. Individual Bridge Saddles Are Available For The Utmost In Separation. Customer Picks Exact Knob Placement No Extra Charge. Customer May Supply His Own Wood Or Pickups or Hardware On Any Of The 500 Or So Models Offered By Ed Roman Guitars. Ed Roman Basses Are All Designed To Balance Perfectly While Hanging On Your Shoulder. |
Strings installed from base of the guitar
There are many innovations on an Ed Roman bass you
won't find from most other builders |
Abstract Stretch Bass 2001
Ed Roman Abstract Claw Bass 1999
Dave Overthrow Playing an Abstract Claw Bass Guitar
Original Roman & Blake Claw Bass Prototype
Built For Dave Overthrow 1993
Abstract Devastator Bass Ed Built
For Himself Back In 2004 |
Wanderer Bass
Gospel Bass
Our Answer To Ned Steinbergers Small Paddle Shaped Bass
This Is Hand Made From One Solid Piece Of Walnut
No Seams Anywhere
Custom One Of A Kind Short Scale Bass
Abstract One Of A Kind For Dave Meros (Eric Burdon & The Animals, Spock's Beard)
Neck Thru Body, Custom Scale, Custom Neck Style, 4 Duncan Pickups
For Every 1 Bass We Build We Probably Build 50 Guitars
All 500 Models Of Guitars We Make Are Available As Bass Guitars
Also
Ed Roman Invader Bass 1980's Ed Roman first started building bass guitars
back in the early 80's with his partner & first luthiery teacher, Barry Lipman
back in Connecticut at East Coast Music Mall. The original Basses were named R&L
Basses. They were nationally advertised and met with a fair measure of
success. The local musicians adopted the name "Rolip" which was short for Roman
& Lipman. Ron had been chief luthier for Carl Thompson and had been responsible for prototyping & making the very first Ken Smith Bass. Ron also collaborated with Les Claypool on the original Scroll Bass and built about 6 of them for Les. He also built several hundred others for Carl Thompson who was selling them quite successfully. Ron was also involved in Ghost Building guitars & basses for many famous people including Stanley Clarke's famous Piccolo Bass. Ron never got the credit he deserved but that's what Ghost Building is all about!!!. Stanley Clarke has been credited with creating the piccolo bass (essentially a bass tuned one octave higher), and although he mainly plays Alembics, the first piccolo was a Carl Thompson. Stanley owns two Carl Thompsons, both piccolos. One is a 34" scale (the first piccolo ever), and the second is a 32" scale. When the first bass was being made, Stanley was so excited, he told Carl to bring it over the minute it was completed. Carl Thompson ended up hand delivering to Stanley at 3:00 in the morning! The second bass has a more interesting story. Stanley had just accidentally broken the headstock on his CT, and it could not be fixed before his next recording session. Carl was working on a 32" scale short bass at the time, and offered to lend it to Stanley. He modified the nut, finished it up quickly and gave it to Stanley. The Funk god liked it so much, he decided to buy it and use it as his backup bass. To this day, Stanley Clarke still uses that bass for dubbing and recording. "Luthier Carl Thompson built the first piccolo bass to Stanley´s specifications. It basically has the same intervals (E, A, D, G), scale and spacing of the regular bass, but it is tuned one octave higher. Other players have followed suit including Ron Carter who had an acoustic version built for him. But Stanley maintains: " It was my idea." Today Ed Roman Not Only Makes Piccolo Basses But Piccolo 12 String Mini Guitars As Well. The Piccolo Bass is an awesome instrument but the guitar is beyond incredible Click here To See Them |
Roman Lowrider With Graphite Neck
In 1993 Ed started acquiring the
inventory, fixtures & tooling for several more defunct companies. BC
Rich, Kramer & Steinberger. Ed decided to concentrate on building
instruments. It wasn't as easy or profitable as retailing them. The
cost of setting up was astronomical, He didn't have the funding, and being
old fashioned about money, he refused to borrow money to pay for the brand
names. After acquiring all the Steinberger inventory & tooling, Ed
successfully released the LSR line of
Headless
Guitars & Basses in 1995. LSR flourished for
many years. When Gibson the people who owned the rights to the name
"Steinberger" decided to release a low cost imported lookalike using the
Steinberger brand name the LSR line took a back seat. Even though the
quality was measurably better and there were 35 different body shapes
compared to Steinberger's 2 body shapes. Today LSR is a small boutique
company building over 50 models of headless guitars & basses. A new model is
released about every 4 months and you can still buy a completely customized
instrument. Ed says there isn't enough business to sustain a company full
time so he has since come out with 13 other guitar brands. Between all these
brands and different models Ed is extremely busy.
The Lowrider traditional bolt on basses were released
in 1999, due to the fact that Pearlcaster Guitar
line had been so successful Ed thought it would make sense to build a line
of bass guitars based on Leo Fender's original designs. He made several
improvements to the neck joints, electronics, woods, frets, fingerboards and
numerous other smaller improvements.
Ed decided he wanted no part of building this style of guitar in his already
too busy woodshop.. So he had the bodies & necks made by the same firm
that built, Sadowsky's, Lakland, Tobias, Mike Lull Modulus & many corporate
brands such as Yamaha, All parts and Stewart MacDonald. |
Ed experimented with various shapes & modernized double octave
necks like above.
We Do Not Charge Any Extra For Lefthanded On
Any Neck Thru Body Guitar
We Don't Have To, All Of Our Neck Through Guitars Are
Custom
Call Me Lightning Jack Daniels Bass
Lightning Bolt Bass Whiskey Pete Model Any Brand
Both Of These Basses Are Neck Thru Abstracts
Beautiful Macassar Ebony 5 String Claw Bass
Roman Abstract Claw Bass Special Order Only
Ed Roman Basses Part 1
1995
Dave Anderson Unrehearsed Unscripted Video
These Videos were originally intended to be rough tests !
Dave Anderson came off so honestly & smoothly that we decided not to mess
with them.
We left them alone, mistakes & all !!!!
Part 2 is below near the bottom of this page
Ed Roman Abstract Ninja Bass
Abstract Pagan Basses
Ed Roman's First Instrument Manufacturing Company
Circa 80's
These were the beginning of the Abstract Legend 25 years ago.
These were the first run of 6 made back in Connecticut
sometime between 1983 & 1990
We still have one of these bodyblanks Ed has stashed for himself
He never got around to finishing it
Call if you want to buy a piece of history for a reasonable price !!!
Roman Abstract Invader Bass
Special Order Only
For Every 1 Bass We Build We Probably Build 50 Guitars
All 500 Models Of Guitars We Make Are Available As Bass Guitars
Also
Ed Roman Basses Part 2
Dave Anderson Unrehearsed Unscripted Video
These Videos were originally intended to be rough tests
Dave Anderson came off so honestly & smoothly that we decided not to mess
with them.
We left them alone, mistakes & all !!!!
Done entirely in one take !!!!!
Alphabetical List Of BASS Guitars We Carry
Abstract BASSES All Models Available In Bass USA Made Neck Through 150 Models & Bodyshapes. |
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Alembic Guitars & Basses | |
Bass Guitars By Ed Roman | |
BC Rich Basses BC Rich Bodyblanks | |
Bootsy Collins Bass | |
Brubaker Basses | |
Curbow Bass Guitars | |
Dingwall Bass Guitars | |
Ed Roman Bass Guitars
Roman
Abstract Guitars & Basses
150 Models |
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Fender Basses | |
Gibson Basses | |
Guild Basses | |
Hamer | |
Headless Basses | |
Hofner | |
Hohner (Economy Priced Steinberger Copies Using Steinberger Parts) | |
Ibanez Basses | |
Left Handed Guitars | |
Lightwave Bass Guitars | |
LSR Basses | |
Mosrite Basses
USA Made Models In
Stock for 2009 Original Real Mosrites, No Fakes Or Copies Large Selection Of Originals, |
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Spector Basses | |
Status Basses | |
Steinberger Bass Guitars | |
Surine Bass Guitars | |
Veillette Basses | |
Veillette Citron Basses | |
Vintage Basses | |
VOX Basses | |
Warrior Guitars & Basses | |
Warwick Bass Guitars |