ED ROMAN - - -GONE !

[Distantshore]

Originally Posted by elcid

I heard Ed Roman is closing because he's been in the hospital.
Apparently his ego and the guy from Zachary Guitars egos had a big fight, there were no survivors. ER's super gut absorbed a majority of the damage, it's the only thing that saved him.

Stay tuned for the over-priced pay per view event coming soon!

[Ibateur]

Originally Posted by Holy Katana

Yeah, I was reading about it on sevenstring.org. This is the greatest thing that's ever happened in the guitar world.

Here's the thread on sevenstring

That's just more celebration, but no real info.

[elcid]

Originally Posted by Distantshore

Stay tuned for the over-priced pay per view event coming soon!

and the accompanying Jemsite thread "Everything You Know About Pay-Per View is Wrong"

[Algiman]

When and where is the party?

[AirGuitar]

This is exellent news!

[OLIE_ROCKS_THE_80'S]

Originally Posted by elcid

I heard Ed Roman is closing because he's been in the hospital.
Apparently his ego and the guy from Zachary Guitars egos had a big fight, there were no survivors. ER's super gut absorbed a majority of the damage, it's the only thing that saved him.

[syxxstring]

I wonder if this also has anything to do with his legal troubles. He has been buying guitars to resell without all the proper Clark County and Las Vegas permits.
He bought 2 Jems stolen from a local music store employees car and got busted, then stung by the Fuzz again. The local rumor tree has had it the Fuzz was working on shutting him down permenantly.
I need to now drive down the street do a little dance, and buy some parts.

[bluealien]

Umm, I was not aware of this... Im going to have to stop by and see also; it just weird his web site is up if he is closing or maybe this is how he is going to sell his inventory form a warehouse.

~ Rich

[Demiurge]

Apparently the celebration has been premature- I hear that Roman claims that he's going to open up shop somewhere else in Vegas later down the line.

I can't help but think about Tony Montana's drunken speech in Scarface about people needing "da bad guy" when it comes to Ed Roman.

[elcid]

Do NOT ruin this for me man.

[panacea151]

http://tribes.tribe.net/soukousguita...7-2944e0ddd54e

[Dino]

I don't really see how losing another guitar store can be a good thing. If it was GC or Smash I might be a little bit happy...

[elcid]

It's Ed Roman, it's not a good thing, it's a GREAT thing.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Demiurge

I can't help but think about Tony Montana's drunken speech in Scarface about people needing "da bad guy" when it comes to Ed Roman.

Ironically, a buddy of mine was drunkenly giving this speech at a bar last night.

The rumour is (and this WAS posted on sevenstring.org) that Ed Roman sold the site to a car dealership because the profit margin on cars was higher than on guitars. I find this hard to believe given that I understand car dealerships generally make only two or three grand on each car they sell, but hey, what do I know.


Also worth noting is that this is a little fishy in that it doesn't explain why he's trying to "buy back his name" if he sold the site, and not the business. I'm wondering if he did get shut down.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Dino

I don't really see how losing another guitar store can be a good thing. If it was GC or Smash I might be a little bit happy...

You've obviously never dealt with the guy, or know anyone who has. The difference between Roman and GC is at the end of the day, the guys at GC are just idiots. Roman, meanwhile, is an idiot and a criminal, to say nothing of a racist and a general jack-arse.