Do you know Ed Roman?

lee_UK · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject:

Heres a good quote from Ed's site, he is trying to flog some curly cables, and as we all know 99.9% of curly cables are rubbish, so Ed has probably been shipped a box of 5,000 so heres his spin on how to get rid of them:

'Hey, did ya' ever wonder how Hendrix got that distinctive dreamy tone? Well we don't know either! Jimi Hendrix always used a Coiled Cable probably for the convenience. It seems although that the coiling of the cable delivered a subtle resistance to the signal path. This may be a small part of the reason that it's harder today to get some of those retro tones back when coiled cables were common.'

'Subtle resistence to the signal path' ?? come on Ed how long did it take you to think of that one? i think Jimi used them cos they were new, and different and cool, no other reason, if there had been a pink plastic see through strat he would have used it. And on the OLP models he states they come with Black/Black seymour duncan pups, but shows the picture with zebra pups, and you never actauly see a picture of the stated black/black duncans.

1bassleft · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:

Lee, glad you're over the missing DVD Wink

. That's a good one. On another forum (which makes me, in ER's eyes, the biggest pile of faggots since the Salem Witch-hunts) there was a sudden rush of 'coily cable' ironic jokes.

I love that "how to capture that vintage tone" stuff. It occassionally makes me swing a handbag ( Wink

again). I read crud like where the Fender truss rod adjuster is best placed, scratchplate materials, etc. ER is right, coiled cables are cack - total impedance nightmares. Oh, hang on, they're the "missing link" in the Holy Grail of the Hendrix Tone. Cancel those lessons...

lee_UK · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 12:00 am Post subject:

I checked my post today, and guess what? no DVD, im trying to forget but its difficult, i cant sleep some nights, other nights i wake up at 3 in the morning after having nightmares about it, it wont be long before im under the doctor with it, these people and their promises, they dont know the chaos and carnage they leave behind...... i'll keep everyone posted on this, it might run and run.. Crying or Very sad

1bassleft · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 1:02 am Post subject:

I've got this strange image of Lee "under the Doctor", with the runs, trying to find a DVD. Please, for all our sakes, guitarscamofamerica.com, send the man his disk Smile

lee_UK · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject:

Even Ed would have sent one by now, my nerves are in tatters, i just dont think i can take any more, HitchHikers guide to the galaxy looks good though, anyone seen it yet? I bet it cant live up to Alien Vs Predator, what a film that was.

1bassleft · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:35 am Post subject:

I can feel my anorak rustling, but I'm a semi-"Hitchikers" expert/nerd. I remeber the '80s BBC TV series making a right mess of the original. Hope the film's better...

lee_UK · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 10:32 am Post subject:

The guy out of 'The Office' looks good in the main part, is it Ford Prefect? i read the book at school and cant remeber that much about it, i remember like you the BBC tv series was a bit of a low budget hash, but it had some good bits too.

phhphd · Joined: 20 Jan 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Louisville Ky

I know this is an old thread but I'm a new victim and I just joined this site. I thought I had investigated the Baker guitars enough to buy one off ebay. It was advertised as retailing for $1899. In the end, I have a Korean product. I paid only$500 including a PRS hard shell case, so the deal may be at least fair. But I would have paid less for a Korean guitar with a different name on it. On the positive side, this Baker Bushwacker is pretty, and play pretty well (see below for a caveat). It has two humbuckers with coil taps. Although there is a range of tones available ,it is less than my Paul Reed Smith and Warmoth guitars. It seems well made but we will see.

Here's the interesting part. I have the quitar so I might as well find out what I can about it and make the best of it. I go to the ed roman home page and the emails are turned off. They say you can call but only about buying, they don't want to entertain questions about product unless it is how to buy.

Here's what I have. The hardware does seem ok. The saddles on the bridge don't rattle as in a previous review. I just went back and checked and the bridge seems solid. The neck appears to be ebony but I can't be sure. The action is low and fast. However the high e string seems somewhat close to the edge of the neck. I don't know the gage of the strings and would like to know what is recommended for the nut. The clear finish seems quite thick. The guitar is light in weight and does feel good on me while standing. Perhaps I will call today and see if I can get answers. I have a Korean PRS that I paid less for and they seem about the same in quality. They have about the same range of tones but completely different necks. The Baker has a thinner neck which I prefer to the PRS fat neck. I feel confident that I can get questions answered about the PRS, they are not embarrassed to sell a Korean made product and support their costomers. Right now I'm not feeling that way about the Baker brand but hopefully I'm wrong.

Are all the Baker models now make in Korea? Ed's site talks about the handmade neckthrough models being made in the states but is the standard line no longer constructed here? This would be in contridiction to his buy American stance, one I support by the way.
Patrick

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