FourT6and2
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that video is equally amazing and embarrassing lol
Also I think I bought my first PRS at east coast music mall.
Also I think I bought my first PRS at east coast music mall.
japetus
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Its crazy to think when that commercial aired, I was not even born yet.
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John 14:6
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Probably the same "amp builder, Billy somebody" who did the same thing on the Marshall Amp Forum and I believe other places. The guy swore up and down his amps fixed the problems with and kicked ass on Friedman and other builders. If I remember correctly he had a few converts. Perhaps they were won over once he added cup holders to the amp heads. Beer and amp heads....hey...what could go wrong...
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John 14:6
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I bought a 2004 Fender YJM Strat from his store in Las Vegas in 2006. I had visited my dad in Vegas a few months before and went there. All the cool stuff that was usually custom order at most places was freaking hanging on the racks and I actually got to play them. I think I went there twice, and NO GUITAR SHOP will ever even come close to it. The store was gigantic and all the stuff I drooled over in catalogs was in stock. Plus, custom stuff and special-order stuff. ESP, Fender and whatever. I ordered a candy red/rosewood board Malmsteen Strat in late 2006 from Musician's Friend right after Fender announced upcoming changes to the YJM model in 2007. Waited a week or two before I was informed the one and only guitar, they had which matched the description of the one I had ordered, seemed to be lost somewhere in their warehouse.
I called Ed Roman's and thank God they still had the guitar that I had pretty much drooled over months before still in stock, and shipped it to me right away. I already had a 2005 sonic blue/maple neck YJM Strat, and now I had two of them from my favorite era of the YJM productions. I heard Ed Roman passed not too long after that and the shop in Vegas did not last much longer. I never heard a bad word about him until after he died and I do not know anything about him personally. Whenever I visit my dad in Vegas and drive by where the old shop was I can't help but miss it. Hell, this week I have unfortunately found myself having big trouble finding anyone with new production 12AX7 preamp tubes in stock. Different times and a different world....
Bardagh
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IIRC Ed Roman was born into money or inherited a lot of money and could have done anything with it, so he basically paid his way into the guitar and music world. He also bought one of those weird “space age” bubble houses.
ghosty999
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That might be one of his famous "fakes," explained in the video above.
He took original 50s/60s les pauls, rip the neck off, and replace it. Then sell it as a 50/60.
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bikerdude2
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Bought a Warrior Guitar from him when he had his store in Ct. was amazed to see so many small builders represented in that store.
jabps
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Lol, yeah it wasn't that, heck I only paid $800 bucks for it. Even years ago, 8 bills for a LP standard and why when I got it I took it to the my repair guy just to look it over, make sure the neck wasn't jacked or something. This guy at the time was one of Gibson's outside official repairman, they sent him a ton of referrals. He confirmed it was all original and the neck was fine. The only thing he could not confirm is if the neck had been shaved down because it had not been refretted, binding was original and if it had been shaved down the paint job was top notch. I've played that guitar so much the back body paint is coming off. Just a great guitar.
Funny story though with Roman, I own a 79 Paul Stanley Iceman PS10, dead mint except for the binding aging at this point and one tiny ding where I dropped a phone on it back when I first got it as a kid. For a brief moment I was looking to sell it and asked Ed how much, he grilled me on certain items on the guitar like back plate covers etc... and proceeded to tell me it wasn't a 79 PS10 and I had gotten ripped off. I'm like, dude it was bought in 79, directly off the shelf by my Dad as a Christmas Gift. I didn't just buy this thing yesterday lol. Well so and so and such and such shouldn't be on that guitar and I'm like well it is, that's the way it came exactly as it looks like in the official Ibanez catalog. He wouldn't make me an offer (thank god because I was an idiot for ever thinking about selling, it especially since that time Paul signed it and offered to buy it) because he didn't believe what I had was real. Crazy. And the last I ever dealt with Roman. At least I got my number one guitar off him for next to nothing nowadays.
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Metalhex
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I've been wanting a YJM for years now but haven't pulled the trigger yet. What's the best year in your experience? Do they have the High e string slipping off problem?
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John 14:6
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I always preferred the YJM Strat version made between 1998 and 2006. I believe it is version #3. This link has some good info on the YJM Strat history. It does have a vintage spaced bridge so it is possible to pull the high E string off the board, but it was never really an issue for me. Some Fender guitars ship with the neck not properly lined up with the strings or the neck shifts in the pocket in shipping and the high E ends up being too close to the edge of the board. That is a simple fix to line everything up correctly and tighten the neck bolts nice and tight.
http://pickroar.com/216/yngwie-malmsteen-strat-old-versus-new/
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Fiesta Red
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Someone who fucked a lot of people over gets a bad rap because they fucked a lot of people over.
The only 'buts' are the asses of the people that got fucked by Ed Roman.
Don't rationalize.
Metalhex
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Oh geez that web page looks jam packed with info...thanks!!
Markedman
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A city correction officer jumped to his death from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Friday morning, according to officials.
Edward Roman, 38, was observed parking his car mid-span on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge and jumping into the water just after 6:30 a.m., cops and corrections officials said.
NYPD divers were deployed and the victim was ultimately recovered by the US Coast Guard, cops said.
Edward Roman, 38, was observed parking his car mid-span on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge and jumping into the water just after 6:30 a.m., cops and corrections officials said.
NYPD divers were deployed and the victim was ultimately recovered by the US Coast Guard, cops said.