RIP Ed Roman

[rupe]

Love him or hate him (there didn't seem to be much middle ground), its sad to see him go at his age.

 

[King Guitar]

from their website:
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ed Roman.

Ed Roman was a big personality. We understand that many people have questions regarding the circumstances surrounding his passing. His death however is still very recent, and is a heartbreaking shock to the family. We ask that you please be respectful of the sensitive nature involved with losing a loved one, and the mourning process that follows.

We will remember him fondly and are keeping his legacy alive. We are conducting business as usual and all orders in process are on schedule, so keep the orders coming, and they will be addressed with the same quality, care and pride you have come to expect from all of us at Ed Roman.

A more formal announcement from Lindsey Star Roman will be forthcoming. Thank you very much for your consideration.

Lindsey Star Roman and the Ed Roman Crew

 

[Gainzilla]

Theres obviously no love loss for Ed and my brief dealings with the man secured my decisions to never do business with him but I have to admit, Ive seen more than a few guitars on his site over the years that have had me drooling...

 

[Mudder]

Love or hate him, you can't deny he was entertaining. Just check out his rant page, incredible stuff.

 

[JerryP]

RIP Ed

 

[chunktone]

RIP

 

[The Hoff]

 

[yngzaklynch]

Theres obviously no love loss for Ed and my brief dealings with the man secured my decisions to never do business with him but I have to admit, Ive seen more than a few guitars on his site over the years that have had me drooling...

Pretty much my thoughts as well. Still... RIP

 

[romanianreaper]

Theres obviously no love loss for Ed and my brief dealings with the man secured my decisions to never do business with him but I have to admit, Ive seen more than a few guitars on his site over the years that have had me drooling...

I was thinking the same thing. I went to his webpage years ago for the first time and couldn't believe the guitars, stars, and that RV of his.

 

[Chris6870]

I was looking at his site and saw he claims that he built the George Lynch carved skulls guitar and ESP slapped a logo on it. Never heard that before.

 

[Schaf]

I was looking at his site and saw he claims that he built the George Lynch carved skulls guitar and ESP slapped a logo on it. Never heard that before.

I don't think he ever said he built that guitar. He said it was a J Frog, which I think is true.

 

[chumbucket]

Theres obviously no love loss for Ed and my brief dealings with the man secured my decisions to never do business with him but I have to admit, Ive seen more than a few guitars on his site over the years that have had me drooling...

I was thinking the same thing. I went to his webpage years ago for the first time and couldn't believe the guitars, stars, and that RV of his.

If I remember the story correctly, Ed bought that RV as a hedge against the shit hitting the fan during the Y2K fiasco.

 

[verderacer]

Love him or hate him (there didn't seem to be much middle ground), its sad to see him go at his age.

Aint it the truth, opinions was somthin he was never short on... Lindsay will have her hands full. God bless ya, RIP Ed.

 

[Chris6870]

I was looking at his site and saw he claims that he built the George Lynch carved skulls guitar and ESP slapped a logo on it. Never heard that before.

I don't think he ever said he built that guitar. He said it was a J Frog, which I think is true.

Well he says"we built it" It's under the category of
"people with Ed Roman guitars" and has a photo of Lynch with the guitar from the cover of
GFTPM. and underneath it says-

George Lynch With Ed Roman J Frog Guitar. THIS IS NOT AN ESP GUITAR ESP PUT A DECAL ON THE GUITAR JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH GEORGES KRAMER SKULL WITH THE ROSE IN IT'S TEETH. These guitars are still available on my J. Frog page of the Ed Roman Website. The ones we are building today are made to a much higher quality standard than even the original ones we built for George Lynch.

 

[snowdog]

I was looking at his site and saw he claims that he built the George Lynch carved skulls guitar and ESP slapped a logo on it. Never heard that before.

I don't think he ever said he built that guitar. He said it was a J Frog, which I think is true.

Well he says"we built it" It's under the category of
"people with Ed Roman guitars" and has a photo of Lynch with the guitar from the cover of
GFTPM. and underneath it says-

George Lynch With Ed Roman J Frog Guitar. THIS IS NOT AN ESP GUITAR ESP PUT A DECAL ON THE GUITAR JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH GEORGES KRAMER SKULL WITH THE ROSE IN IT'S TEETH. These guitars are still available on my J. Frog page of the Ed Roman Website. The ones we are building today are made to a much higher quality standard than even the original ones we built for George Lynch.

I just read an interview with Lynch the other day about that skull guitar and he said it was hand made by his friend J Frog (not sure if he was affiliated with Roman's shop at the time but I'm guessing no). George also said that guitar did not play very well or wasn't very comfortable to play. The original (as seen in the Dream Warriors video with the ESP logo on it, since he had a deal with them..even though it wasn't made by them...) now resides at some Hard Rock Cafe or another.

He went on to say that ESP did make a super limited run of 10 or 12 (I believe)of the carved Skull model that played considerably better....one of which Lynch still owns.

 

[glip22]

RIP Ed. I spoke with Ed a few times and he was nothing but cool to me. Made some small purchases. We spoke for good while about the Floyd Rose,PRS, etc.. He had tons of info on all sorts of things. Very satisfying talks with Ed.

 

[rupe]

I was looking at his site and saw he claims that he built the George Lynch carved skulls guitar and ESP slapped a logo on it. Never heard that before.

I don't think he ever said he built that guitar. He said it was a J Frog, which I think is true.

Well he says"we built it" It's under the category of
"people with Ed Roman guitars" and has a photo of Lynch with the guitar from the cover of
GFTPM. and underneath it says-

George Lynch With Ed Roman J Frog Guitar. THIS IS NOT AN ESP GUITAR ESP PUT A DECAL ON THE GUITAR JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH GEORGES KRAMER SKULL WITH THE ROSE IN IT'S TEETH. These guitars are still available on my J. Frog page of the Ed Roman Website. The ones we are building today are made to a much higher quality standard than even the original ones we built for George Lynch.

I just read an interview with Lynch the other day about that skull guitar and he said it was hand made by his friend J Frog (not sure if he was affiliated with Roman's shop at the time but I'm guessing no). George also said that guitar did not play very well or wasn't very comfortable to play. The original (as seen in the Dream Warriors video with the ESP logo on it, since he had a deal with them..even though it wasn't made by therm...) now resides at some Hard Rock Cafe or another.

He went on to say that ESP did make a super limited run of 10 or 12 (I believe)of the carved Skull model that played considerably better....one of which Lynch still owns.

The original was in fact a custom one-off built by John Garcia (J Frog...well before Ed Roman bought the name) that was hanging in the LA Hard Rock by the late 80's right beside Sammy Hagar's red Kramer Baretta from the 5150 tour. The issue he had with it was the "cutaway"...you really couldn't get your hand in there well enough to comfortably play on the upper frets.

 

[Digital Jams]

I was looking at his site and saw he claims that he built the George Lynch carved skulls guitar and ESP slapped a logo on it. Never heard that before.

I don't think he ever said he built that guitar. He said it was a J Frog, which I think is true.

Well he says"we built it" It's under the category of
"people with Ed Roman guitars" and has a photo of Lynch with the guitar from the cover of
GFTPM. and underneath it says-

George Lynch With Ed Roman J Frog Guitar. THIS IS NOT AN ESP GUITAR ESP PUT A DECAL ON THE GUITAR JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH GEORGES KRAMER SKULL WITH THE ROSE IN IT'S TEETH. These guitars are still available on my J. Frog page of the Ed Roman Website. The ones we are building today are made to a much higher quality standard than even the original ones we built for George Lynch.

I just read an interview with Lynch the other day about that skull guitar and he said it was hand made by his friend J Frog (not sure if he was affiliated with Roman's shop at the time but I'm guessing no). George also said that guitar did not play very well or wasn't very comfortable to play. The original (as seen in the Dream Warriors video with the ESP logo on it, since he had a deal with them..even though it wasn't made by therm...) now resides at some Hard Rock Cafe or another.

He went on to say that ESP did make a super limited run of 10 or 12 (I believe)of the carved Skull model that played considerably better....one of which Lynch still owns.

The original was in fact a custom one-off built by John Garcia (J Frog...well before Ed Roman bought the name) that was hanging in the LA Hard Rock by the late 80's right beside Sammy Hagar's red Kramer Baretta from the 5150 tour. The issue he had with it was the "cutaway"...you really couldn't get your hand in there well enough to comfortably play on the upper frets.

Yup, never really a secret just like Viv's NIghtswan.

Yeah. love him or hate him he was a part of the scene and had some incredible guitars in his collection.

RIP Ed.

 

[dawnofdreamx97]

rest in peace big guy...

 

[fearhk213]

RIP