Pearlcaster Artists and Players

Pearlcaster Players

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Kerry Livgren
Original Founding Member of Kansas

With his Ed Roman "Pearlcaster"

Meatloaf Live, with an Ed Roman Pearlcaster

Hughie Thomasson of "The Outlaws" And "Lynyrd Skynyrd" with his Pearlcaster

Hughie has been with Skynyrd about 10 years now.

But I really miss "The Outlaws"

Paul Crook Of Meatloaf

With His Ed Roman Pearlcaster

Brad Gillis Night Ranger, Ozzie & much more.

Brads custom Fender style guitar has a very rare original Floyd with no fine tuners.

It has a special wireless unit routed under the pick guard with the antenna wire routed in the back of the body.

The on/off switch is a real air craft switch located on a flat plate with an led light were the out put jack normally is.

the output jack has been relocated on the side of the body.

The neck is a specially made slightly fat on the back side per Brad's instructions.

The Frets are worn almost paper thin.

Brad has 3 custom wound Seymour Duncan pickups, He has a mini switch between the volume and 5 way switch actually splits the bridge pick up.

He has played this guitar since the original Nightranger train ride and it appears that this guitar is ready for that grave yard in the sky.

Ed Roman is currently building him a one of a kind Pearlcaster with a beautiful Hawaiian ice blue quilt top Brad has chosen our standard system of 3 lil Seymour Humbuckers which will be coil tapped.

Brad has specified another original Floyd Rose tremolo with no fine tuners.

As usual he requires a built in camouflaged wireless unit installed better than the last one, same air craft switch w/led. out put jack moved to the side and a birds eye maple neck with an ebony fret board

Ed Roman is proud to welcome Brad Gillis to the growing number of professionals who are currently playing Ed Roman Pearlcaster Guitars.

Dean Restum With his early Pearlcaster serial # 002

Dean is the featured Guitar Player with The Legendary Eric Burdon & The Animals for 13 years

An amazing player in an amazing show.

Rick Springfield

Rick is currently using his Pearlcaster in the long running Vegas show, EFX.

Rick Springfield, Songwriter, Producer, Actor & Performer Extraordinaire

Pearlcaster Player

Rick Derringer

The M'Coys, Hang on Sloopy age 14. Played with Johnny Winter & Edgar Winter,

Produced Cindy Lauper, Weird Al, Played on numerous Studio Sessions, Rock & Roll Hootchiecoo

Guitarist, Producer, Writer, Performer

Currently I am building Rick Derringer a special headless LSR Guitar

Leslie West, one of my favorite guitarists ever.

Leslie only uses his Pearlcasters on one or two songs. I have seen him use it on

"Theme from an Imaginary Western" several times, Usually he prefers the LSR WB-1 or EB-1 that I built him in 1997

Charles Smith

"Kool & The Gang" "RIP"

One of the only original Members Charles wrote most of the bands hits

Christy McBride

caught on film with a Pearlcaster

Hi Ed,

I appreciate you must get a zillion emails a day so don't concern yourself to reply but I felt I must drop you a quick note about your guitars.

I became aware of your website/store a couple of years ago and found your views on guitars very interesting and entertaining (i love the rants!) and decided one day I must get one of your guitars.

However, I live in England and have had no opportunity to visit Vegas and I didn't fancy just ordering one over the phone, spending a load of money and crossing my fingers to see what the hell arrived (especially as a number of other websites are quite critical of your guitars).

Anyway... I occasionally look on evil bay on the off chance a Quicksilver or Pearlcaster might turn up at a price worth 'taking a risk' and a few weeks ago one did.

I am the proud owner of a lovely Pearlcaster (Serial # 403).

What a great piece!

It looks gorgeous, it's a pleasure to play and it sounds fantastic.

I am really blown away by how versatile it is, the different sounds you can get from this beast with the different pickup combinations are awesome.

I have a pile of 'quality' guitars but this is now my weapon of choice. In the past I'd switch between different guitars on stage to get the sounds I wanted, now I can get everything out of this one guitar.

On the strength of this, when I get some spare cash I will be seriously thinking about getting a Quicksilver to join it.

Thanks for making a great guitar!

Cheers!

Stu. Davison

(Solihull, England

Greetings Ed,

First off I would like to say that I have purchased two Pearlcasters from you in the past months.... One from John and the other from Scott. Both had Buzz Feiten setups and Duncan Vintage Rails, both sound and play just absolutely amazing! The second purchase I made was for a good friend of mine, Jerry Jennings, who has been playing for 35 years. He is extremely picky and often disappointed with the guitars he checks out. Recently he was giving serious consideration to an Anderson guitar he checked out. However, when he played my Pearlcaster he fell in love with it, much more so than the Anderson. Subsequently, I purchased one for him and he is loving it! Thank you for your tenaciousness and your drive to make a great guitar. The industry giants may not like you, but there are plenty of us out here in the real world who are playing and loving your guitars. Thanks again.

Now, onto the question of the day....

I have a PRS Custom 24 with a 5 position rotary switch that I am considering sending to your shop for some modifications. The modifications I am considering are as follows:

Buzz Feiten Set Up

Swap out for Seymour Duncan Black Backs that you are using in your Quicksilver's

Swap out for Push/Pull Pots and the 3 way toggle that you are using in your Quicksilver's

I guess I should ask this question first; Is it possible to change out the 5 way rotary for the 3 way toggle with the way the holes are drilled and the contour of the body? Depending on the cost, maybe I should just trade it in for one of your Quicksilver's?? The PRS is basically a never played guitar, so I don't know what it would be worth to you?

Your thoughts and recommendations are sincerely appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Mark A. Koher, Controller

Midstate Specialties, Inc.

Rich,

Thank you so much for guiding me to the Pearlcaster I purchased. While I was caught up in the 50th anniversary hype of the Stratocaster, I was convinced that if I purchased one, it must be a better version. And thanks to you, I know own one. Please also pass along my thanks and appreciation to the young luthier that crafted this phenomenal instrument. He's really gifted and has truly crafted a masterpiece. I'm stilled amazed by the Titan neck and am so glad Ed Roman Guitars is promoting the value that this luthiery represents. I am also proud to say that thanks to Ed Roman Guitars, I now own several masterpieces, and that while I feel they're worth every penny, my Pearlcaster and Quicksilver are at the top of my list in the value for money category.

In closing, it's reassuring that this luthiery talent continues to develop and that Ed Roman recognizes this and helps it flourish. I can occasionally be swayed by a pretty website picture, but when I try to dig deeper and understand what makes the guitar better, I come up empty. Ed Roman makes it very tough on the competition because you've lifted the veil. I owe you a great deal of thanks and appreciate Ed Roman's commitment to offer facts and details that educates the buyer and helps us discriminate the wheat from the chaff.

Thanks,

Mike Meisinger

Ed Roman has built many custom guitars for numerous other Guitarists.

Many of them are bound by contracts to say they play other brands.

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Leslie West The Best Vibrato in the Universe	Paul Crook The Metal Magician	Rick Derringer
Mountain, West Bruce & Laing	Anthrax, Sebastian Bach, Meatloaf	McCoys, Johnny Winter, Weird Al, Cyndi Lauper

Rick Springfield	Charles Smith	Dean Restum
Solo Artist, Actor	Kool & The Gang (Original Member Songwriter)	(Eric Burdon & The Animals)

Huey Thomasson " The Ghostrider"	Kerry Livgren (Kansas)	Brad Gillis
The Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd		Night Ranger & Ozzy

I love my new Pearlcaster Serial #05358 master crafted by Alan Dreher!

It's everything I was hoping for and looking for in a "strat" guitar... and then some.

And thanks for working with me on the price.

There are some questions I have though?

Firstly, there was no warranty info or description included with product. I was hoping to read up about the tech specs of the neck.

So, I was hoping you could send me the description and photo you had on your computer of my guitar, Ed?

Also, do you have instructions on the Sperzel locking tuners?

I've never owned a guitar with these before and want to ensure I work them properly.

Last question?

What weight and brand of strings do you guys use...?

I really like the strings that are on this thing.

Are they 10's?

Again, I really appreciate the help your sales guy, Jason, showed me and his patience.

Buying a guitar at Ed Romans is exactly the kind of experience that every player/perspective guitar buyer should experience firsthand.

And too think? I might have settled for a Fender.

Best regards

Mark Feingold

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