Ted Nugent Guitars

Ted Nugent designated a plain Spruce Top, He wanted a Korina Wood Back and a Macassar Ebony Neck
He wanted an ebony fretboard with a 25" Scale & 24 Nickel Silver Frets

The magnetic wooden quick remove panel houses a 32 Caliber Derringer for quick removal & rapid deployment.

When I first met Ted Nugent back in the early 70's, I was just a fan of his guitar playing.
It was years later that I became aware, Ted is much more than a guitar player.

Ted may not be the most diplomatic person in the world, Some say he may be a little over the top but Damn! everything I have ever heard this guy say is right on.
I have been a fan since "Journey To the Center of the Mind". I have met Ted backstage when Journey was his opening act. I was backstage at several Damn Yankees shows and of course the Kiss Tour. I had a business partner that was Ted's Manager during the Damn Yankees era so I was able to wangle my way backstage fairly easily.

Readers of my site know that I can be pretty outspoken and sometimes even intimidating, When I am around Ted I am as quiet as a church mouse. Why? I don't want to miss a word of what he says. The guy is downright spellbinding.

I admire him for his politics and his outspoken ways. This country needs a few more like Ted Nugent.

I can't think of anyone I would rather see as President of this Country !!

Ed Roman 1997

Korina Back & Macassar Ebony Neck

When we got the specifications for Ted's guitar we were a little bit surprised. Ted said he "wanted the body built from Korina with a solid Spruce top."

The sample Quicksilver he had tried had a solid macassar ebony neck, Ted really seemed to like that so we went with it. I had expected him to order that weird Byrdland scale but he went for a 25" scale which is my personal favorite.

Ted didn't specify the built in 32 Caliber counterweight but if you look at the picture to the left you will notice a devilish smile and a red glint in his eye. I didn't do the red eye reduction for this photo because Ted as smiling an evil smile.

"All I need now is a Gun with a guitar in it"

Ted Nugent is a real one of a kind individual, Meeting Ted has been one of the high points in my life. I don't mean to sound like a starstruck schoolgirl, but there is a certain aura that Uncle Ted emanates, I have encountered this from very few people in my 56 years on this planet. I have always admired him and I have said that "When I grow up I want to be just like Ted Nugent"

Because of my website I am a fairly well known person, I certainly am aware that I can be an opinionated butthead now & then. People who know me well, will tell you I have a big mouth, and sometimes it's too big for my own good. In any case, what I am trying to say is, I know I can be a loudmouthed opinionated idiot at certain times.

The reason I am relating this to the reader is. I am angling to make a point.

When Ted Nugent speaks, Ed Roman listens..... The little gems of wit, integrity, patriotism & downright common sense. that come from out of Ted's mouth are so interesting to me that I keep my mouth shut whenever I'm around him. Why ?? . Because I don't want to miss a single thing he says !!!!

Building this guitar for Ted has been a labor of love, I would have liked to have made it a little fancier but Ted requested an Adirondack Spruce Top.

Ted will be in town In August, I will be delivering this to him then, I hope you will come back & revisit this page again at a later date, I have a couple of surprises that I am sure you will find very interesting. I cannot discuss it until after Ted gets the guitar !!!!

Ed Roman

July 4th 2006

John Katsilometes is No. 1 with a bullet with news of Ted Nugent's distinctive new guitar, designed by Ed Roman

When Ted Nugent orders a straight shot, he ain't talkin' alcohol. The renowned veteran rocker (and hunter, and longtime Second Amendment rights activist) recently sought an instrument weapon that best suited his divergent passions.

So he asked Las Vegas guitar manufacturer Ed Roman to build a one-of-a-kind six-string electric that seems fairly pedestrian at first glance, but is in fact also home to a high-caliber derringer (exclamation point!).

"I've built a lot of guitars - for Brian May, Buck Dharma, just recently - and they are all novelties in some way," Roman said Monday during a phone interview. "But the thing with Ted, with the gun, was completely different."

In a statement, Nugent said, "I am so jazzed to be associated with Ed and the team at ERG (Ed Roman Guitars). This guitar is a work of art and is absolutely magnificent. And what a concept - Ed and his team have outdone themselves once again."

The guitar has a slot cut into the back of the body to house the handgun. Simple. But Roman, whose business, at 4631 S. Dean Martin Drive, is the largest guitar store in the world (with more than 5,000 guitars in stock at any given time), followed all of Nugent's other design specifics.

This might be a bit technical for us air guitar virtuosos, but Nugent's requests included a 3/4-inch solid slab of Alaskan Sitka spruce for its top wood, and a solid black Korina back with a Macassar ebony neck. The fingerboard is Gaboon ebony found only in the most remote regions of central Africa. The guitar is worth about $7,000, not particularly expensive for a custom-made guitar of its type, Roman said.

But that's not counting the gun, which is usually on Nugent's person at all times - even during a visit to the White House, as Roman noted.

"He's a big supporter of the President and had the gun on him in the Oval Office once when he met him," said Roman, who also has plans for a new guitar for Rio headliner Prince. Roman is not quite ready to provide details on that instrument, saying, "I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you."

OK. I can wait