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This page is assist you in figuring out what my descriptions mean.

Due to dealer agreements & competitor complaints
many companies won't allow me to print my LOW prices.

This policy extends over to written Email quotes that could
 be used at another dealers store as a price wedge.

Please call me if you need a price on a new guitar.
 I will beat most all prices quoted by any authorized dealer on new merchandise.

ED ROMAN EXCLUSIVE BRANDS
   BRIEF OVERVIEW
This is a breakdown of all the brands that Ed Roman has had a hand in production, design, ownership & development.  Some brands are excluded because there might be only one model that was exclusive.
The ones in Green are still active and in production.
This list isn't complete, There are several major brands we cannot mention.

I always try to be honest and fair when I rate guitars, It usually pays off in repeat business and less return problems. I hate returns so I tend to be a little heavy handed with my descriptions. I may rate a guitar "Good" that a competitor may rate "Very Good". It is possible for me to make a mistake,  contrary to popular belief  I am not infallible. If you disagree with my assessment, I will try to do whatever you want to make the situation right.

Sometimes it is possible for a wrong year to be posted on a particular guitar.  This may occur on some early 70's SG's and possibly some Fenders.   This of course may is not done on purpose but sometimes I am forced to guess on the year of a guitar.  BC Rich for example is hard for me to identify the exact year but I am usually not far off.

I will gladly refund your money if a guitar is advertised as a 1982 turns out to be a 1992 or  a 1971 Strat turns out tp be a 1978.  But unless the guitar is sold as a particular vintage year model I am not responsible when a 1973 SG turns out to be a 1972 or a 1974 Strat turns out to be a 1973. If you have a problem with this policy simply tell me about it before you buy and I will be glad to give you a year guarantee or a refund if it turns out to be even one year off.

The reason for this policy is to prevent a return of a guitar that was purchased as a 1993 Strat and 3 months later a customer discovers that in actuality it is a 1994.  There would be no significant difference in value in a case like this so I would not offer a refund.  However in the case of a significant value difference I would be glad to to offer a refund or an adjustment.

When I worked for Steinberger back in 1990/1991, I was primarily responsible for naming all the models, I came up with the names Legend, Matrix, Racer & Performer for the L,M, R & P series. For the headstock series that was called a Sceptre.

I believed that the guitars should have an identifying name that people could remember.  I didn't become completely fluent on Steinberger  nomenclature till about 6 months after I picked up all the merchandise in their closed warehouse sometime in early 1997. I know when I worked there there were always naming conflicts going on all the time and 95% of the employees didn't know the actual names of all the models.  It's very confusing to say the least.

Well Ovation already had used the name "Legend" so very few people in the USA ever got the printed literature pertaining to the names. Europeans still call me for the Matrix or the Legend.  There was a short period where they changed the names to "Elite" There was the GT Pro era and God knows how many other naming conventions that never seemed to stick for long.

Below is the original number & letter designations, Confusing as they are, I decided to use this as a universal way to distinguish one from another.