What makes a Pearlcaster a better guitar than it's competitors?

The simple fact that the parts are all carefully selected by Ed Roman personally and no corners are ever cut.

Each Guitar is masterbuilt entirely by one luthier, Each guitar is signed by the individual builder.

Nothing but the absolute best is acceptable. many competitive companies start off using the best quality parts but soon begin to cut corners by using imported bridges and cheaper tuners and generally trying to save a couple of pennies per item.

As long as Ed Roman is the owner of The Pearlcaster / Magic Twanger / Sceptre lines of guitars there will be no cost cutting.  In fact Ed is trying to spend more money on potentiometers than he already is.
 

Pickups -  Seymour Duncan or better (Ed won't even use DiMarzio)

Tremolo Bridges - USA Made Pearlcaster bridge has case hardened ball bearing pivots instead of standard knife edge like everyone else.

Pickguard Celluloid -  Finest made brightest whites no dingy yellow shading like competitive brands.

Bodies - 100% Alder, Ash, Koa, Korina, Rosewood, Lacewood.

Necks - Finest Quartersawn USA Maple hand matched to each body.

Fingerboards - Finest African Gaboon Ebony, Finest USA Flamed Maple, Brazilian Rosewood, Madagascar Rosewood.

Tuners - LSR linear String Rotation, Sperzel Schaller or Grover,  Absolutely no Kluson imports or Gotoh Asian Tuners.

Electronics - Currently using the best available. currently looking for any American manufacturer who can supply pots and switching devices.

Strings -  Mostly Dean Markley premium strings, sometimes GHS.

Nuts & Saddles -  Graphtech.

Fretwire - Dunlop & Sanko.

Screws - Stainless Steel Neck Screws, high quality plating on all component parts.

currently the only imported parts on these guitars are the jackplate and the potentiometers. Ed Roman is working on changing that as soon as possible.

Optional Solid Macassar Ebony Tone wood Neck and Fingerboard.
Bright Gold Plated Schaller Locking Tuners

Exclusive All Access Neck Joint
Features Best of the Best Components

Beautiful Solid Macassar Ebony Tone wood Neck.

Exclusive All Access Neck Joint

The Absolute Finest Quilted Maple, Figured Ash & Figured Walnut is available on the Pearlcaster.

The Quality of Construction is Guaranteed to be the Absolute Finest Anywhere in the World.

All Pearlcaster bodies are made with separate pickup chambers. And they always will be.

A Word about the Pearlcaster Original Ball Bearing Tremolo
Pearlcaster tremolos are not the traditional knife edge type that most companies use!
In fact they work much more smoothly !
There is a ball bearing pivoting system built into them.
A knife edge will eventually wear down from using it
The Pearlcaster ball bearing system rides on 2 hardened bearings
These bearings are precision ground and are hardened to .060 Rockwell

Roman Pearlcaster, Solid Rosewood Body & Neck

OK, OK, so it's a glorified Strat,

But it's made with a much tighter neck fit,

 better electronics better woods and hardware.

Some of the real advantages with a Pearlcaster over the competition