Extra
Cost Cosmetic & Convenience Options
Quicksilvers
offer more options than any other guitar on the market that
we are aware of !!
Many of these options are totally unnecessary, some can
be very important to your particular sound !!
1,
Multi Lam Neck. The more times you laminate
wood together the stronger the neck is. This is
a proven fact. most guitar companies FG&P use
a one piece neck. There has never been a broken
Quicksilver neck to our knowledge so this option
is not really necessary. We use a volute behind
the headstock and a thick slab of rosewood or ebony
on our headstocks so they simply do not break.
However there are competitors out there that use
the Multi Lam
Neck as a major selling point and a way
to artificially bring the price up higher. So we
offer this and at a much better price than our
competitors. We have done 2 piece 3 piece
5 piece and 7 piece necks.
2,
Custom Neck Work. All
Quicksilver necks incorporate our frictionless 1500G
ultra smooth, ultra fast finishing process. Sometimes
however a customer may need a special radius or a special
nut width. We have had customers ask for a neck exactly
like a Paul Gilbert neck or a San Dimas Charvel. These
are of course available as an option. In fact we will
do just about whatever the customer wants for a nominal
fee.
3,
Fingerboard Woods: Our standard Quicksilver
comes with several choices of premium rosewood standard.
Bolivian & Madagascar Rosewood is used when Rosewood
is called for. We never use the usual dried out grainy
Indian Rosewood that many of our competitors use.
Ed Roman offers some of the finest Ebonies, Ironwoods, Cocobolo,
Koa, Purple Heart, Pink Ivory, Kingwood, Snakewood, & assortment
of exotic Brazilian & African Rosewoods that you will
rarely find available on the cookie cutter guitars your local
music mega store sells.
4,
Exotic Neck Woods: Maple is of course excellent
for use on electric guitar necks. It's strong, it sounds
good and it's very stable. If you have spent any time
reading guitar manufacturers spec sheets you will notice
that many of them use only maple. Occasionally some
companies may get adventurous and offer possibly one
other type of wood. Quicksilvers necks have been built
using over 25 different types of material, We offer
3 or 4 different types of Rosewood, Macassar Striped
Ebony, Solid Koa, Mahogany, Mesquite,
Korina, Walnut, Wenge, Purple Heart, Paduak, There have been strandular
graphite necks, Combination Wood &
Graphite Necks, We are open to almost anything as long as
it has a straight grain and the customer wants it.
5,
Frets: Quicksilver guitars currently come standard
with nickel silver premium frets in 5 different sizes
as a standard no cost option. Recently we started using what
we call Gold Adamantium frets, we consider these to
be the best frets we have seen. A blend of titanium,
gold & several other secret ingredients these frets
are not only long lasting, they look great especially
on painted necks or with other gold hardware. They
feel and last longer just like the stainless steel
frets but they sound much better!!!
6.
Neck Thru Body: Quicksilver guitars offer bolt
in neck, or set neck construction, at no extra charge.
There are many players today that prefer the neck thru
body or deep set neck construction. So in keeping with
our commitment to offer any and all options, Ed Roman
now offers the Quicksilver body shape and distinctive
headstock design on Abstract
& Centurion Guitars. These guitars are technically not
Quicksilver's however they might as well be.
There are different types of neck construction. Ed Roman
believes there are pros & cons with each one of them.
In the process of designing your guitar we can discuss these
pros & cons until you decide which one is the most suitable
for you. (Part of Ed Roman's design
service)
7.
Headstock Design: Quicksilver offers
several different headstock designs at no charge. You
may however want a custom headstock this can be an
expensive or inexpensive option depending on many factors.
Your salesperson will explain if you are interested.
8.
Headstock Overlays: Quicksilver comes with a
thick headstock overlay which totally prevents broken
headstocks. You can specify numerous finishes, personalization's,
exotic woods &
inlays for a nominal charge.
9.
Locking Tuners & High Gear Ratios: Quicksilver
guitars are available with any brand of locking tuner,
custom tuning pins, 40 to 1 gearless tuners, auto trim
tuners, banjo style tuners. The additional cost will
be appropriate.
10.
Hardware Color: There are numerous finishes
available at extra cost, shiny gold, satin gold, gold
anodized, there are multi color anodizations available,
blue, green, red, purple, red
etc, matte black, Cosmo black, gloss black, chrome etc etc.
The price list reflects gold or black, but anything that
you are willing to pay for, we are willing to procure for
your guitar. You can order a black tremolo with gold saddles,
black tuners with gold tuning pins.
Only a true custom shop can offer these cosmetic options.
11.
Exotic & Beautiful Woods. This is where
the rubber meets the road. Absolutely
no one else offers the selection of gorgeous exotic
tonewoods that Ed Roman has. Compare our selection
to anyone. We have a wider selection than most dealers
of exotic woods. Sometimes this wood can be absolutely
free in the case of a piece of lightly figured wood.
Sometimes you can get away with just a laminate charge.
Listed in order of popularity
Quilted Maple, Flame Maple, Spalted Maple, Korina, Mahogany,
Koa, Burlwood, Cocobolo, Bubinga, Redwood, Macassar Ebony,
Bocote, Myrtle, Tasmanian Blackwood, Sapele, Brazilian Rosewood,
Birdseye Maple, Goncalva Alves, Che Chin, Buckeye Burl, Sycamore,
Schedua, Cherrywood, Zebrawood, Swamp Ash, Palisander, Cohagerie,
Lacewood, Spruce, Pink Ivory,
This is usually the subject of several hours of conversation
between the salesperson & the player. Costs here go from
the ridiculous to the sublime.
We price every piece of wood differently based on what we
pay for it. If the final product does not meet with our expectations
the players cost is greatly reduced.
Sometimes we can buy certain types of highly figured
wood for exceptionally good prices. Ask about what the
wood of the month is. You will be able to save quite a
bit if you get on board with our current inventory.
12, Laminate Charge: This is basically
a labor charge for gluing up custom woods, it does not always
apply.
13,
Paint Grade Woods: These are woods that have
an ugly knot or an occlusion or something that makes
it undesirable as a cosmetic upgrade. These woods are
sold at greatly reduced prices and in some cases do
not cost anything. Like all the wood we sell each piece
is judged separately.
14,
Tremolo Bridges: Archtop guitars like the Quicksilver
were never intended to be built with tremolo systems.
Tremolos work better on the very obscure flat topped
Quicksilver model. However we have figured out ways
to make approximately seven of the worlds most popular
tremolos work on a normal Quicksilver. Tremolos
always cost extra but the pricing is appropriate and
very competitive compared to the cookie cutter guitars
at your local superstore.
15,
Bridges: Quicksilvers come standard with tone/pros
tune a matic bridges. We feel that the standard bridge
is one of the better bridges available in the world
today. However we will install any bridge or tailpiece
you desire. We have the original Hamer sustainer bridge,
Hipshot, Babicz Direct Contact, ABM, Schaller, even
Fender & PRS, You can specify a fine tune bridge
or any bridge that you like. Our goal is to build you
the ultimate custom guitar and keep the price in the
realm of a production guitar
Quicksilver
with an average lower cost flame top
16,
Paint & Finishes. Quicksilver does not
limit you to any color or type of paint, for additional
costs we can do absolutely any color you can come up
with. We will do Pearls, Metallics, Crackles, Metal
Flakes, Enhanced Staining. Scraped Binding, Opaques,
Translucents, Portraits, Graphics, Cartoons, Photo's
Superheroes', to Anime, Nitrocellulose, Polyurethanes,
Acrylic Lacquer, French Polishes, etc etc It's
Only Money
Note
from Ed Roman
Some of the smaller boutique companies use a little known
technique for achieving a 3 dimensional quality to their
finishes. They spray a thick application of clear polyester
then they spray a thin coat of color and top it off with
10 or more coats of clear. I left a couple of important steps
out of this equation because I don't want to be responsible
for creating any more of these guitars than already exist.
These companies sell their guitars to a group of uninformed
people who have more money than brains. They are impressed
by the beauty but don't realize that a super thick finish
like that will absolutely kill the resonant qualities of
the guitar. The best finishes are the thin finishes !!!!
Imagine a Stradivari Violin with a glossy finish, Ouch !!!!
Nitrocellulose appeals to another crowd of people mostly
for the wrong reasons. Nitrocellulose is truly a thin finish
but it is susceptible to horrible discoloration, cracking,
checking and rubbing off. It does have quite a few benefits
on Acoustics & Jazz guitars but it is rarely apropos
on a highly figured beautiful piece of wood. We of course
will do it at the customers request.
17, 80X20
Comp Finish TM: In
2008 we introduced this, our newest innovation in guitar finishes. At
this writing we have never seen it offered by any other company.
Like most of our innovations there are sure to be many followers.
This is simply a beautiful glossy finish on the front of the
guitar and an unfinished back neck & sides. Thus a compromise
between beauty & tonality. This also allows the 1500G neck
mod on set neck or neck thru body guitars. We are sure it will
become very popular because it will look awesome from the front
and the unfinished backs & sides will allow for the resonance
to come blazing through.
18,
On Board Electronics & Pickups
& Preamps: There is no limit to the custom electronics
available on most Ed Roman guitars The Quicksilver is no
exception. The basic system is fully adequate but for those
who want an over the top package, read on !!! Any
brand or choice of pickup, EMG, Duncan, Barden, Tom Holmes,
Jason Lollar, Lindy Fralin, Rickenbacker, Mosrite, Lace,
PRS, Gibson, Fender etc etc. Custom Hand Wound Pickups,
Any type of switching, custom knob placement, On Board Midi,
On Board Piezo System, 18 volt preamps, dTar system, rotating
pickups, on board parametric equalizers, stutter switch,
built in tuners, built in electronics, Stereo output.
19, Inlays: More
than 100 different inlay patterns have been done to date. Prices
have been reduced greatly in the past 3 years on these options.
20,
Special FX: Quicksilver has installed lasers,
fingerboard marker lights, neck cameras, finger cameras,
rocket launchers, built in deployable pistol (Ted Nugent),
stutter switches, radio controlled flash-pot detonators,
rotating prisms, mirrored tops, diamond plate tops,
recessed decorative aluminum tops. Guitar Spin Unit,
Magnetic cavity covers.
21,
Special Guitars: Quicksilvers can be ordered as doublenecks,
7 strings, baritones, custom scales, 12 string
22
Custom Scales: We have just introduced a 12
string version in a piccolo scale 18 1/2 inch commissioned
for a superstar guitar player we will reveal his name
when the guitar is delivered.
23 Custom
Body Styles : We are introducing several new
body styles and we have offered
24 Much More: This
was written in one evening and we are sure that we will be adding
to it. We are open to new ideas and new creation
|
