Ed's not selling Rics anymore???

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:00 am

http://www.edromanguitars.com/

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:48 am

Yes, RIC used to be featured on the front page. Perhaps they are inside somewhere?

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:53 am

Just Ric parts now: http://www.edromanguitars.com/?search=1&s_any=rickenbacker

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:00 am

What happened????

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:59 am

Maybe it is because they are not cranked out of a sweatshop (at ever decreasing prices) faster than geese can make little green marshmallows. Wasn't that GC's beef?

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:07 am

Ted, you make it sound like sweatshops and goose defecations are bad things.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:12 am

Not if you are Walmart or a lawn.

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:03 am

A new website too. "IwantGuitars.com" Sounds like Toys R Us. Does not give the impression of a high end guitar shop. I liked his old website better.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:51 am

I'm not exactly a fan of Ed Roman's idea of what constitutes a good commercial website, mainly because it consisted of him ranting about what companies and what products suck, and then, in his "best of"-type lists, he always included several of his own brands of guitars and basses. Shameless and abrasive self-promotion is not exactly what I want to see . . . ever.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:05 am

maybe he just sells Rics from his store and not online ... he marks them up higher and that price can't compete with music 123 and musician's friend ...

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:11 am

I was at Ed Romans in August & he had a whole section of the floor devoted to Ricks.

Of course you weren't allowed to touch any of them...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:23 am

Ed Roman Ric nazi ... no online sales ... no touching ... you can look at them from a distance ... but don't point at them or you will be asked to leave the store ...

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:32 am

He has a large enough Rickenbacker inventory to devote a section of the store? Most dealers have nothing to show. He must sell a lot of them then.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:48 am

He probably had 7-10 Rick basses, same amount of 6 stringers. The store was extremely impressive from an inventory standpoint, but the assclowns he has working there make a trip into Guitar Center seem like heaven. They're more knowledgeable than the GC punks, but BUCKETS OF ATTITUDE. The fist guy I spoke to who looked like Vinnie Vincent's long lost sister was a real gem....once I got by him and talked to the "bass guy" who in all honesty was an OK fella, but you can't touch ANYTHING without supervision.
And it wasn't like I wanted to play Alembics, or 1960 stack knob Fender Jazz Basses. I wanted to play 2 mid-70's Gibson basses: a G3 and a RD Standard. Worth maybe $1200 put together & they hovered over me like I was fondling the Crown Jewels of England.

Impressive array of guitars, but my hard earned dollar will never be spent there.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:21 am

I have never heard a positive report from anyone who has visited Ed's place. But he must be doing something right to have such a large place with so much inventory and so many employees. Do people really pony up the bucks after being treated with the level of contempt that seems to be business as usual? Is his primary business selling to the working musicians of Las Vegas? I am guessing that LV is second only to New Orleans for the number of full time working musicians.