ED ROMAN - - -GONE ! - Page 5

Passion_and_Warfare · #61 06-29-2007, 04:18 PM

Ed is selling a 90th HAM on the Bay right now.

**Ayrton** · #62 06-30-2007, 02:25 AM

Ed looks like he could eat 90 hams...

Lefty Robb · #63 06-30-2007, 11:59 AM

Hams? nah, but he does like his babyback ribs at Chili's!!!

Salamander In The Sun · #64 06-30-2007, 08:46 PM

Good riddance to bad, fat, bald, racist rubbish.

I hope he 's beaten to death by an angry mob of korean women with import guitars.

I'd also like to a dedicate song to Ed Roman.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nrf1SCvnM5g

AmazinAzian12 · #65 07-21-2007, 07:23 AM

I know this is an old thread. but i just wanna know. Isnt the AANJ from ibanez right? yea, thats not what ed roman thinks. w ww.e dro man gu itars.com/newsite/techarticles/neckjoint.htm)(just take out the spaces)I think that Ed thinks he is the only good guitar seller in the world.

Lefty Robb · #66 07-21-2007, 04:32 PM

Was the "ed eats babies" thing a bit much?

andy7jem · #67 07-21-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

Was the "ed eats babies" thing a bit much?

Yeah....apparently he just couldn't eat a whole one

jay ratkowski · #68 07-21-2007, 05:50 PM

This is terrible news. I buy all of my guitars from Ed and have him do all of my setup work for me. I'm not sure what I'll do now as it's getting time for a new ax, definitely something classy and well-built. I'll have to check out the Guitar Center down the street as I hear they are the next-best thing.

Lefty Robb · #69 07-21-2007, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jay ratkowski

This is terrible news. I buy all of my guitars from Ed and have him do all of my setup work for me. I'm not sure what I'll do now as it's getting time for a new ax, definitely something classy and well-built. I'll have to check out the Guitar Center down the street as I hear they are the next-best thing.

God I hope thats some serious sarcasm....

Holy Katana · #70 07-26-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TheJazzTerminator

Is Ed Roman the guy who makes an 'appointment' with you and expects you to slam down five grand on a guitar after playing it for like five minutes?

Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. A friend of mine is really into B.C. Rich guitars and went to this place. He tried out a really expensive B.C. Rich, but hadn't fully decided, and told the guy he'd be back when he decided. The guy got pissed and said, "Uh, that's not how it works here. You come in, you play it, then you BUY it." I thought the name my friend said was Ed Roman, but maybe not....?

Yeah, he had a policy of "You touch it, you buy it." I think it was to boost sales, but what if the person who wanted to buy it didn't have the cash at the moment?

nickcoumbe · #71 07-27-2007, 06:12 AM

Well if this is true then it seems that the Jemsite has finally succeeded in it's mission.

Ok Glen, time to close up. Our work is done here my friends.

Jack Secret · #72 08-20-2007, 11:45 AM

<sigh>...I miss him already :P

geman1000 · #73 08-20-2007, 03:00 PM

According to mr. wonderful's sight, he his moving to a new location a few blocks away and is also having trouble with his ISP. I guess time will tell the truth

failsafe306 · #74 03-22-2008, 04:21 PM

THREAD REVIVAL!!!

Haha.

Okay, I just got back from Las Vegas a few days ago, and while I was there, I visited his new location. It's not very large, actually smaller than your average GC. He had lots of nice BC Rich's and Steinbergers, a few old Kramers, an entire wall of his crappy knockoffs, and a few Ibanez's and Jacksons. I asked the guy working there, "how much for the BFP Jem?". "I believe Ed told me it was $6500, but if you're serious about it we could work out a deal."

I left soon after that conversation, lol. But not before trying out one of his 'famed' Quicksilvers. All I can really say is, I'm not impressed at all. The neck pockets were loose and the pickup routes were sloppy. The fretjob sucked, and the overall feel of the guitar was just crap.

No sign of Ed though, I would've looooved to meet him.

Rich · #75 03-22-2008, 04:39 PM

I had a long conversation with a guy that works there, or did, for the "new" owners of his "old" store.

Ed brought in these minority "partners" supposedly because he was tired of the front end and just wanted to concentrate on his customs he could build for a few dollars and sell for a fortune. Well, the new partners wanted to restructure everything, including the manufacturing part, which of course Ed didn't like. So he sold his remaining majority interests to another new "partner", and at the same time took the inventory he wanted and sold the rest to all the partners at full retail of course. [not sure how this all worked but supposedly the new partners didn't know a whole lot about guitars, and probably why they were chosen as partners!].

Turns out the new partner he sold the majority to specializes in breaking up businesses, so he was brought in to kill off Ed's "future" competition. Ed moved the biz into his house while he was space hunting and within a day of leaving had taken back over the website supposedly that belonged to the "old" business.

You know how far out there this sounds, but it was from a current employee [although a couple months ago so some of the timeline etc. is a little fuzzy now], but sounds so much like the way Ed would conduct business.