Hughie has a Fender Endorsement but he is using his Pearlcasters
most of the time !!!! |
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 Hughle Thomasson
Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws with one of his black translucent
Pearlcasters!! |
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Kerry Livgren
Original Founding Member of Kansas
With his Ed Roman "Pearlcaster"
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Meatloaf Live, with an Ed Roman Pearlcaster
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Hughie Thomasson of "The Outlaws" & "Lynyrd Skynyrd" with his
Pearlcaster.
Hughie stopped by to pick up one of his two custom made Pearlcaster's.
Both of these guitars looked alike except we used two completely different necks
on each one.
He was originally going to set up one as a slide guitar but he never did.
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Paul Crook Of
Meatloaf
With His Ed
Roman Pearlcaster |
Brad Gillis of Night Ranger, Ozzie & much more.
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Brads red Fender guitar has a
very rare original Floyd with no fine tuners. It has a special wireless unit
routed under the pick guard with the antenna wire routed in the back of
the body.The on/off
switch is a real air craft switch located on a flat plate with an led
light were the out put jack normally is. the output jack has been relocated on
the side of the body. The neck is a
specially made slightly fat on the back side per Brad's instructions.
Brad has 3 custom wound Seymour Duncan pickups,
He has a mini switch between the volume and 5 way switch actually splits
the bridge pick up.
He has played this guitar since the original Nightranger train
ride, and it appears that this guitar is
ready for that grave yard in the sky.
Ed Roman is currently building him a one of a kind
Pearlcaster with a beautiful Hawaiian ice
blue quilt top Brad has chosen our standard system of 3 lil Seymour
Humbuckers which will be coil tapped. |
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original Floyd Rose tremolo with no fine tuners.
As usual he requires a
built in camouflaged wireless unit installed better than the last one, same
air craft switch w/led. out put jack moved to the side and a birds eye maple
neck with an ebony fret board
Ed Roman is proud to welcome Brad Gillis to the growing
number of professionals who are currently playing Ed Roman Pearlcaster
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Eric Burdon,
Dean Restum & Ed Roman
Dean has one of the very first Pearlcaster's serial #002
Dean is the featured guitarist with The legendary Eric Burdon & The Animals for 13
years
An amazing player in an amazing show.
Rick Springfield
Rick is currently using his Pearlcaster in the long
running Vegas show, EFX.
Rick Springfield, Songwriter, Producer, Actor & Performer
Extraordinaire
Pearlcaster Player
Rick Derringer
The M'Coys, Hang on Sloopy age 14. Played with Johnny Winter &
Edgar Winter,
Produced Cindy Lauper, Weird Al, Played on numerous Studio
Sessions, Rock & Roll Hootchiecoo
Guitarist, Producer, Writer, Performer
Currently I am building Rick Derringer a special headless
LSR Guitar
 
Leslie West, one of my
favorite guitarists ever.
Leslie only uses his Pearlcasters on one
or two songs.
I have seen him use it on "Theme from an
Imaginary Western" several times,
Usually he prefers the
LSR WB-1 or EB-1 that I built him in
1997.
Built For Kasim Sulton
Sunburst Pearlcaster
For 30 years singer /
songwriter Kasim Sulton has worked with artists as diverse as Todd Rundgren, The
New Cars, Meat Loaf, Joan Jett, Utopia, Celine Dion, Bon Jovi and Hall & Oates,
plus he played a series of appearances in the musical Movin' Out on Broadway as
well as having his own solo career. In 2006 Kasim toured as part of The New Cars
on The Road Rage Tour. Last year he toured US and Europe with Meat Loaf to
promote his latest album Bat Out Of Hell III from February until the tour was
cut short in October due to Meat Loaf developing a cyst on a vocal chord.
Kasim's own CD, Quid Pro Quo, was released in 2002 on Sphere Sound Records and
won the 2003 Kweevak.com 2003 People's Choice Award. To the delight of his fans,
Kasim released a compilation solo album called All Sides in March'07! Kasim
played 3 solo gigs last summer plus he played more in March this year. Kasim has
just completed touring the both Japan and US as part of Todd Rundgren's
following successful tours of the West Coast in September and the East Coast in
December. In the early summer Kasim will be with Meat Loaf in Europe. Kasim has
booked a solo gig in Woodstock, NY on 17th May and another in Boston on 27th May
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Charles Smith "Kool & The Gang" "RIP"
One of the founding members
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Christy McBride
caught on film with a
Pearlcaster
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Hi Ed,
I appreciate you must get a zillion emails
a day so don't concern yourself to reply but I felt I must
drop you a quick note about your guitars.
I became aware of your website/store a
couple of years ago and found your views on guitars very
interesting and entertaining (i love the rants!) and decided
one day I must get one of your guitars.
However, I live in England and have had no
opportunity to visit Vegas and I didn't fancy just ordering
one over the phone, spending a load of money and crossing my
fingers to see what the hell arrived (especially as a number
of other websites are quite critical of your guitars).
Anyway... I occasionally look on evil bay
on the off chance a Quicksilver or Pearlcaster might turn up
at a price worth 'taking a risk' and a few weeks ago one
did.
I am the proud owner of a lovely
Pearlcaster (Serial # 403).
What a great piece!
It looks gorgeous, it's a pleasure to
play and it sounds fantastic.
I am really blown away by how versatile it
is, the different sounds you can get from this beast with
the different pickup combinations are awesome.
I have a pile of 'quality' guitars but
this is now my weapon of choice. In the past I'd switch
between different guitars on stage to get the sounds I
wanted, now I can get everything out of this one guitar.
On the strength of this, when I get some
spare cash I will be seriously thinking about getting a
Quicksilver to join it.
Thanks for making a great guitar!
Cheers!
Stu. Davison
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Greetings Ed,
First off I would like to say
that I have purchased two Pearlcasters from you in the past months.... One from
John and the other from Scott. Both had Buzz Feiten setups and Duncan
Vintage Rails, both sound and play just absolutely amazing! The second purchase
I made was for a good friend of mine, Jerry Jennings, who has been playing for
35 years. He is extremely picky and often disappointed with the guitars he
checks out. Recently he was giving serious consideration to an Anderson guitar
he checked out. However, when he played my Pearlcaster he fell in love with it,
much more so than the Anderson. Subsequently, I purchased one for him and he is
loving it! Thank you for your tenaciousness and your drive to make a great
guitar. The industry giants may not like you, but there are plenty of us out
here in the real world who are playing and loving your guitars. Thanks again.
Now, onto the question of the day....
I have a PRS Custom 24 with a
5 position rotary switch that I am considering sending to your shop for some
modifications. The modifications I am considering are as follows:
Buzz Feiten Set Up
Swap out for Seymour Duncan Black Backs that you are using in your Quicksilver's
Swap out for Push/Pull Pots and the 3 way toggle that you are using in your Quicksilver's
I guess I should ask this question first; Is it possible to change out the 5 way rotary for the 3 way
toggle with the way the holes are drilled and the contour of the body?
Depending on the cost, maybe I should just trade it in for one of your
Quicksilver's?? The PRS is basically a never played guitar, so I don't know
what it would be worth to you?
Your thoughts and recommendations are sincerely appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mark A. Koher, Controller
Midstate Specialties, Inc.
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Rich,
Thank you so much for guiding me to the
Pearlcaster I purchased. While I was caught up in the 50th anniversary hype of
the Stratocaster, I was convinced that if I purchased one, it must be a better
version. And thanks to you, I know own one. Please also pass along my thanks
and appreciation to the young luthier that crafted this phenomenal instrument.
He's really gifted and has truly crafted a masterpiece. I'm stilled amazed by
the Titan neck and am so glad Ed Roman Guitars is promoting the value that
this luthiery represents. I am also proud to say that thanks to Ed Roman
Guitars, I now own several masterpieces, and that while I feel they're worth
every penny, my Pearlcaster and Quicksilver are at the top of my list in the
value for money category.
In closing, it's reassuring that this
luthiery talent continues to develop and that Ed Roman recognizes this and
helps it flourish. I can occasionally be swayed by a pretty website picture,
but when I try to dig deeper and understand what makes the guitar better, I
come up empty. Ed Roman makes it very tough on the competition because you've
lifted the veil. I owe you a great deal of thanks and appreciate Ed Roman's
commitment to offer facts and details that educates the buyer and helps us
discriminate the wheat from the chaff.
Thanks,
Mike Meisinger
Ed Roman has built many custom guitars for
numerous other Guitarists.
Many of
them are bound by contracts to say they play other brands.
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Leslie West
The Best Vibrato in the Universe 15 guitars |
Brad
Gillis 1 guitar |
Rick Derringer
4 guitars |
| Mountain, West Bruce & Laing |
Night Ranger & Ozzy |
McCoys, Johnny Winter, Weird Al, Cyndi Lauper. |
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Rick Springfield
1 guitar |
Charles Smith. 3 guitars |
Dean Restum 3 Guitars |
| Solo Artist, Actor |
Kool & The Gang (Original
Member Main Songwriter) |
(Eric Burdon & The Animals) |
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Huey
Thomasson 4 guitars
"The Ghostrider" |
Kerry Livgren 2 Guitars |
Paul Crook
15 guitars |
| The Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd |
(Kansas) |
Anthrax, Meatloaf, Sebastian Bach, |
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| Elliot Easton 2 Guitars |
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Ed
I love my new Pearlcaster
Serial #05358
It's everything I was hoping
for and looking for in a "strat" guitar... and then some.
And thanks for working with
me on the price.
There are some questions I
have though?
Firstly, there was no
warranty info or description included with product. I was
hoping to read up about the tech specs of the neck.
So, I was hoping you could
send me the description and photo
you had on your computer of my guitar, Ed?
Also, do you have
instructions on the Sperzel locking tuners?
I've never owned a guitar
with these before and want to ensure I work them properly.
Last question?
What weight and brand of strings do you guys use...?
I really like the strings
that are on this thing.
Are they 10's?
Again, I really
appreciate the help your sales guy, Jason, showed me and
his patience.
Buying a
guitar at Ed Romans is exactly the kind of experience
that every player/perspective guitar buyer should
experience firsthand.
And too think?
I might have settled for a Fender.
Best regards
Mark Feingold
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