Ed Roman Quicksilver

This is a early model #182, 3 pc. maple laminated bolt on neck, sweet purple/blue (thick) quilted maple top, blonde korina back, push/ pull knobs, black back pickups, locking Sperzel tuners, ebony 24 fret w/lighting bolt inlays, gold hardware and light as a feather!

This paticular guitar is very versitle with the tones I can achieve matched w/various amps, but mostly mesa's. It is capable of delivering anything that I can dish out, it can go from a cool chick'n pick'n tone to a Kataklysm grind without a problem, if your amp can handle it. I have read where people bash the blackback pickups but I really do like them and can cover alot of ground with them. There really isn't anything I dislike about it.

I bought this guitar used from ebay and the seller had it set up properly the way that I like w/10 thru 46 strings and the action was low but not too low, just enough too avoid any fret buzz.

I love the contrast of the purple /blue top w/the blonde back, beautiful. When I opened the case for the first time, the UPS guy was standing with me and both of our jaws dropped (gorgeous).

The craftsmanship of this instrument seems to be flawless- This is one well thought out axe.

This is my go to axe, I didn't pay so much where I'm very paranoid when playing (like my Jet) but at the same time I do take care when handling.
I could get through a gig without any backup guitar if I don't break a string.
The body finish seems to be a little weak, I don't know if it is a laquer finish or not but it seems to mark easy. The gold hardware seems to be holding up quite well compared to others where the gold finish seems to wear off in no time.

This guitar was purchased used from ebay, but I've dealt with Ed Roman in the past and he was okay, I bought a $4800 Jet from him without having any problems. I never had to deal with any warranty issuses though, this one is a tough call.

I have been playing since 1978 and have owned many fine guitars (I've accumulated quite a collection over the years) and I can say the Quicksilver is a top contender. This guitar compares closely to pre-95 PRS but it is much lighter and comfortable to play. Not to bash or discredit PRS in any way because they do make very nice guitars, but I just perfer the Quicksilver. If it were lost or stolen I would replace it if another good deal came about like this one.
Overall it is quite the looker and player and I will have to say again that the weight of this guitar is just awesome. This one's a keeper, I have read the dissatisfied reviews posted here and I don't get it because the Quicksilver I have is Top Notch.
All that said I guess the only way to know is to try one for yourself.
Good Job on this one Ed!

Purchased the Quicksilver basic mohagony body, 24 fret, 25" scale, black backs, push/pulls, locking tuners, tune-O-matic, tung oil finish. On paper, close to what I was looking for.

Single coil settings sound close to the strat and tel but honestly I have become disenchanted with this guitar and probably will not play it much before selling it.

Set Up-little to none that I could see. The high E string was tuned up on the saddle edge instead of in the saddle groove. The action was great for a slide guitarist. I like very low action. The Roman inlays in the head stock terrible, fret tang slots unfilled, tool dent in the body from adjusting the bridge, G string groove in the nut several thousandths low, nut width visually narrower than the neck with raw cuts visible on ends. Set up terrible.

I feel the durability is good enough and again I bought a plain guitar with no decorative features. Would liked to have the Roman logo omitted. I may just cover the "R"

Over the phone I got three promisies to check on what could be done to remedy my concerns with return calls. I flew back to Vegas with the guitar where they agreed to complete the fill in the headstock inlay, fill beneath the fret tangs, resand the neck and make a new nut. I could have done the same but had them do it out of principal. After I got the guitar back I was pleased the tasks had gotton completed even though the nut is still marginal. I do better work in my garage and am not a luthier.

My overall rating for the guitar as it sits after the trouble I went through getting it to an acceptable condition is low. I will never do business with Ed Roman Guitar guitar again nor will I recommend them in any way. I am a small business owner and would be out of business if I operated this way. I would rate the guitar at 7 but overall including my experince in buying a 3. I wish I had bought Les Paul. For those considering a purchase from ER-Go there and buy the one you like but don't do a custom build or sight unseen purchase unless you live in Vegas and can manage and oversee your own project.

this quicksilver wasmade in 2005, it has a mahagony body with a quilted maple top (one of the first for ed roman quicksilvers) standard hardware throughout, seymour duncan black back pickups, 24 fret model, coil taps, 3 way selector, locking tuners, and a hard tail bridge. this is pretty much a standard quicksilver except that it has an extra extra wide fat neck to suit my big mitts.
as far as features this guitar is ok. while it would be nice to have one guitar that could do everything i think i am learning to respect a guitar if it can do just one thing well. there are a lot of tonal options with the taps and i can get a number of sounds that are quite good but i would be hard pressed to say any of them are outstanding or even excellent, especially when you consider the price tag on this model.

like i said this guitar is good, but i have a hard time saying it is truly great, especially when you consider the price. the one thing that is a saving grace is that i play it through a bogner metropolis which pretty much makes anything sound as close to great as you can get. the guitar is a little muddy on the neck pickup and i find myself using the single coil a lot to try and get more definition on chords.
it won't "twang" out really hard but it is acceptable for some country/rock tunes, i think overall that a brighter sounding pickup would help this guitar out a lot.

here's where it gets a little interesting. i drove to las vegas specifically to check out the roman showroom and myth and played a number of guitars there. i played a number of prs, jaros, and jet guitars and this is the one i fell for, mainly becuase of the large neck carve. now this guitar is very well made, and i think a lot of the problem with the tone is due to the pickups but these guys really screwed up the set-up on this one. when i first played the guitar i noticed a number of problems.
first the strap holders were silver (all other hardware is gold) and they were not even screwed in. seriously, they had set about 1/4" of the screw into the body and the rest was dangling off the side like it was broken.
second there was an actual chip in the finish directly above the neck pickup, hard to belive on a brand new guitar that lists for about $5,000 but true. to be fair i pointed this out to the salesman who took it up with ed and i was offered a pretty decent discount because of it, but to me it seemed like thay just didn't care about the guitar in the first place. how do you put a brand new custom guitar that you manufactured on your showroom floor without a final check. the strap holders were super ghetto and the guy acted like he never noticed the ding in the finish, but again to be fair, when i pointed out the holders they replaced them with gold lockers at no extra charge, but my point is, its not really my job to be pointing this stuff out to them, i worry about people who order stuff sight unseen.
third the set-up. i have seen $200 ebay guitars that had a better set up than this one. when i was playing i mentioned to the saleman that the action was a little high and he responded that of course they would lower it and set it up however i wanted, the guitar played well but was not really where i like it. so i drive back home, wait 2 days to get the guitar in the mail, open it up and the action is actually higher than before! that got me going pretty good so i called ed roman to talk about it with him and he suggested just lowering the bridge. i told him it looked like a truss rod adjustment to me but he blew me off and told me to just adjust the bridge myself or send it back to get looked at. right!, like i'm gonna shell out another $75 to ship it both ways and then wait for them to get to it.
upshot is i took it to my local guy and spent $35 to have it set up. as soon as he took it out of the case he remarked on how much tension the neck had in it and wondered if i had tweaked it out myself, but no folks, thats how it came from the factory. the positive side is that i got the guitar back 3 days ago and its like a different instrument. the intonation is much much better than previous and the whole rig feels much better as a result of the adjustment.
this is the section of the review i am spending so much time on because it bewilders me as to how someone can promote and sell a guitar so hard, and at the end have no actual once over before the guitar hits the showrroom or is shipped off. the salesman kept telling me they had so many guitars it was hard to keep all of them in top shape, but come on, if you're showing a guitar for $5,000 it better look good especially if it is a new custom piece. it seems to me that they don't really care about the finished product, which really surprises me because i actually think this guitar is very well built and quite beautiful, but not quite there without some help.

this guitar seems very solid and well built. i trust it now that i had another luthier go through it and tweak everything for me once.

i don't know ed roman so i won't say anything about him. the poeple i dealt with were helpful and friendly even if they were a little preoccupied. i dealt with stephan and he answered all my questions and got me anything in the store i wanted to play. he was very helpful in replacing the strap holders and giving me a price break on the finish fault. when i called about the set-up and was pretty much blown-off i decided then and there that i am not going to rely on these people for anything,and besides they're a couple of states away.

i've been playing for 15 years and have owned or played a fair amount of gear. if this guitar were stolen or lost i would be sad, but i think i could do better for the money i spent. i am really interested to change the pickups because i do like it a lot more now that the set up is fixed and i think the guitar might rip with the right electronics in it. a nice guitar with good parts and craftsmanship, i just wonder about their motives and dedication. are they trying to produce a great instrument, or just an alternative to a prs? from the factory this is a good guitar but it seems to take a little extra work to make it great.

Features a body similar to a PRS made from black korina, 24 fret neck, quilted maple top, ebony fretboard, 2 Seymour Duncan humbuckers, and Les Paul style tune-o-matic bridge setup. Everthing is pretty straight foward, and the layout of the controls can't be more simple. Aesthetically, this is a very nice guitar with one exception, the lighting bold inlays is cheesy and the "Roman" logo on the headstock is awful, especially for a high end guitar. Otherwise, I would rate this catagory a 9.

I play mainly rock, fusion, and jazz. My main amp is a Mark Sampson era Matchless Chieftain head, with a 4X12" Marshall cab, loaded with Vintage 30 speakers, and an old 60s Fender twin. I also overdrive the amps with a Fulltone Fulldrive 2 pedal. I also run a few other effects such as delay and volume pedal. This guitar seems to fit well in that setup. I only own 3 other electric guitars ('56 Fender Closet Strat, Gibson ES-345, '58 Gibson LP reissue) and in my opinion, this one is actually the least versatile out of the 4 electrics that I own. In comparison to my one other solid body carve top, which is the LP, the LP sustains better and actually covers a wider variety of musical style. This Quicksilver does achieve the classic rock to metal sound (with the right setup).

For the price I paid, the fretwork was terrible, which cause the guitar to buzz. (The guitar still had the setup when I got it). The finish and the wood was very well done.

I bought this guitar used, but I can hardly call it used because the original owner was just not happy with his purchase. As a result, this guitar just sat in the case until he sold it to me for a lot less then what he paid. It seems like it will last a while as long as you take care of it, just like anything else.

It seems I've heard more negative remarks about Ed Roman's customer service then positive, so I consider myself lucky that I bought this guitar for a good price from the original owner (2 months after he received it). He dreaded his decision to buy this guitar it and just wanted to get rid of it. I never had to deal with Ed Roman or his sales staff.

The original owner paid well over $3000 for this guitar. Even for the money I paid, I didn't think this guitar was all that great. I can't see myself paying more then $1500 dollars for this guitar.

Body like a Paul Reed Smith. Sperzel locking tuners, which I do prefer. Neck feels just right,But, and a BIG BUTT, the frets on the high E side were cut a too much of and angle and the string slips off when playing. Appearance/cosmetically it looked great. Came with a lousy case but for a pricey guitar.

Pretty good and swallowed the BlackBack nonsense that ED and his Drones preached. Go with what you think is best for your style of music and not what Roman guitars say. I did notice that Ed used to slam a lot of pickup manufacturers out there, even Seymor Duncan, but now his website has been revised to speaking good about all the great manufacturers and sounds of their PUPs. Guess what, he's carrying their lines now... Seems like a total sellout to me.

Good for eventhing except the FRETS! I complained about it and just got grief from ED when I rerquested him on the phone.

Very nice, looks as good as the custom stuff from the big manufacturers like Fender, PRS, & Gibsons Custom Shops.

My Goodness, don't even waste your time on the phone unless you talk to JoAnn or Alan. My experience with everyone were total A-Holes for one reason or another. I think ED ROMAN got to be a big company from ripping off the little guys ... and the little guys had no money to sue him. I got him on the phone and basically insinuated that I was playing the guitar wrong! He was rude, his worker bees were worthless, and I wasted WAY TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO GET THEIR DEFEATS RESOLVED! I also heard (after complaining to people at NAMM 2005) there were a lot of law suits against Ed in the past, and near the end of the suit, he'll get some High Price New York Legal Frim to make yah go broke.

Steer COMPLETELY away from this Guy and his company. I am sorry to bite on his fancy Website and Ed's BS throughout the webpages. (Pure Marketing BS)

No warranty, well compared to real guitar companies... I will waist no further time on my mistake spending money with World Class Ripoffs! Going to stick with a professional, established company.

Not sure about the year the Quicksilver was made. I assume it was made in the USA I do not beleive it unless I see it in front of my face many things are made in China and assembled in the USA. 24 fret Model. The top was absolutely perfect looked great!! 1 tone knob that was also a push pull to control the Seymour Duncan Humbuckers into humbucker or single coil. 1 volume push pull also but the volume push pull did not change the pickups it seemed to be a boost very slight? Double Humbucker/seymour duncans as stated above. Cocobolo Top, Black Koa back, Macassar Ebony neck- very neck heavy. Body style- similiar to a Paul Reed Smith. Sperzel locking tuners. Neck feels perfect just right I really liked the feel of the neck over everything, thats what got me. Although to be fair cosmetically it looked great. Came with case but for a spendy guitar like this he charged for it anyway, even though he said he did not but I did the math. The features are more than one can imagine. I base the rating off of the price paid 10 is the best 1 is the worst

I liked the sound of the guitar especially in the clean mode. I use a mesa single rectifier and I must admit that most guitars do not sound good with the mesa rectifier clean, the mesa tremoverb is a different story, but the rectifier model is not that good. But the Quicksilver still sounded great clean at least. Distorted is a different story though. I do not like the modern heavy tones that mesa provides I usually keep it in the raw mode with the gain all the way up I like a crunch to it but not hardcore distortion. Ed bases his Quicksilver model on Pre 95' Prs's that is why the Quicksilver bodies are so similiar so are the necks. The Quicksilver feels like a PRS standard neck. But Ed makes the mistake of talking PRS down and all those "yuppies" in his words that buy them. I like PRS and you cannot pass judgement on seasoned guitarist for the brand they use. Most beginners cannot afford a PRS or a Quicksilver for that matter, most of those who purchase these guitars are not yuppies or beginners they are seasoned musicians looking for their guitar fix. Also, Ed neglects that his main competition is PRS for the price and class of guitars that he offers, if one of these so called "yuppies" comes in to buy a Quicksilver he will sell it just like PRS would. Fortunately I am not a yuppie and rather an immense guitar collector to my standard and those musicians who I have surrounded myself with always have complimented me not on the brand of my guitars but the guitars themselves that I have purchased and owned. For those intrested in buying a guitar view a book by its content not its name (brand). I have played horrible Gibsons, Fenders, PRS's, Hamers, and yes Quicksilvers, even though they may have been made at the same time, same wood, same hardware guitars have personality too?? With that put to the side the Roman lacks the Clarity, Punch, and all around full tone that a PRS offers, but to Ed's benifit being compared to Prs should be a compliment not to Ed but those who work hard making his instruments....but as stated a Roman Quicksilver is better than a PRS solid body in clean mode through the same amp but definitely lacks the quality of a PRS in a distorted mode. A point that should be made clearly I own 10 very high end PRS's and some of their stock models, I have owned over 25 guitars many of the best models of top notch "name brand makers" and the Quicksilver is good (not worth the price but very good). With full honesty though a Quicksilver solid body in clean mode still cannot mess with with a PRS hollowbody or a Hamer artist, but take it for what it is worth. That is a hard comparison with a solid body guitar. The Quicksilver is Rich not full and bright not tinny.

The action was set in front of me so it was perfect I really like the neck and the feel which ultimately is a strong contributer to the neck. Pickups a little high but I like them that way so I noticed it. Awsome finish better than any guitar I have seen. The neck had a little step on it but no biggie. Action, fit, and finish were great cannot complain. Rating based off of price!

This is a hard one, but I can tell you all this. When I bought the guitar the neck was perfect, then over time a step on the neck was there. The hardware I am half/half the tunomatic bridge will last for sure but the tuners, hell no! But once again PRS tuners are not made to last either. I do not know if the finish will wear off I doubt it, it is dependable, you do have to tune it but very dependable. Rating based off of price.

I got sick and tired of hearing that I could not play an instrument unless I was serious and quite honestly I was a fool overall for purchasing an instrument from them for the service I received before and after I bought the guitar. PRS actual service department not their retailers are definitely one up on Roman. PRS's service is okay 5 out of 10 (PRS service that is). I drove a long distance to see these guitars and spent immense time on his website and what did I come to? I wondered around for a half and hour until finally someone came to help but they kept asking are you serious or not, drove me nuts! Ed prides himself on the idea that he is the little guy against a huge guitar industry that is only out for one thing $$$.....But counting the fact that when I visted the store, there were less than a half dozen people the service sucked. His salespeople may not be on commision but what is the difference between being on commmision and pressuring a consumer with the annoying question, "are you serious?" Made me want to say, " no I just drove 8 hours to look" this is a problem. What I should have asked them is, "if I play it do I have to buy it?" After I purchased the guitar, I called a couple months later and informed them that I had purchased a couple of items from them ($10,000.00 to be exact) that I needed to sell and I wanted some advice Ebay is not the way to always go trust me, I was on hold for a long amount of time; long distance that is; this ultimately is what turned me off of Quicksilvers forever. With all the preaching Ed does he sure does act like all the suits he complains about and all he obviously cares about is the $$$ (sale) I do not care if he was busy for the $$$ I spent I deserved some "consumer respect" and yes I did get some of that when I called PRS with some problems I had. Given I did not speak to the big wig PRS himself but his salespeople helped me with my problems Ed's did not and could not.I get better service at Guitar Center crying out loud. But they all could help when they realized I was a "serious" buyer hmmmm$$$$$ with all ed says about the big wigs he sure teaches his salespeople to be about the sale and the $$$$. So take it for what it is worth.

I have been playing for 11 years 7 of those years have been very serious. I am obsessed over guitar I love it all, I want it all. I still have not found the guitar that can satisfy "all" my guitar hungers. (period, I doubt I will) The Quicksilver was close, not as close as a PRS, but for the price I paid I would rather get a PRS. Ed says himself that PRS is by far the best guitar you can get at a local guitar store or GC (Guitar Center) but he neglects that it is not only better than the all the guitars at your local guitar store but the way a PRS comes stock is better than any custom guitar you can have made, even a Roman Quicksilver, especially for the price. My rating is based off of the price and to Eds benifit PRS is not much better, at least if you get a custom (private stock) from them it will cost you more than a Roman but it will definitely sound better, but same point remains I paid $4400 for the Roman and $7700 for a private stock honestly both guitars are not worth it for that price espcecially with what you can get stock. A PRS Custom 24 stock will cost around $2400 a great value over Quicksilver anyday and the PRS resell value smokes the Roman, you might like a guitar now and sell it later??I would give the private stock PRS a similar rating due to the price, but do not forget my Roman sold for $4400.00 you will only get maxxxxxx $1500 on ebay a PRS private stock costs $7700 you will get maxxxxxx $5000 do the math base your decision off of the quality and how much you want it.

Plenty of features. Two Black/Back Duncan p/ups, push/pull pots.

Haven't been able to fully test.

Beautiful Emerald Green quilt finish, with chrome hardware. Fret wires loose. Two actually fell out during shipment! Ordered, and paid for locking tuners, but received regular tuners.

Haven't been able to play guitar! Don't know if it's dependable or not. Not very confident at this point!

When I was buying the guitar, Ed was fine, very, I thought, knowledgable. I had to send the guitar back for repair to the fretwires and replace the tuners. I even had to pay for shipment! At this point, I sent the guitar back over three months ago, I can't even get Ed on the phone, and he won't answer my emails! I guess I'm going to have to dispute the charges with my credit card company! This is not the way to treat a return customer!

Tired of trying to get satisfaction. Ed's wife was no help at all, she claims ignorance of the whole situation!

Well, everyone who may be checking into Quicksilver's. I must say this being my second one its just amazing that Ed Roman acually keeps making these Guitars better. ed and his Head Techs have developed a new way to mount the pickups into the Cavity so the lines around the pickup are nice and straight. There aren't any more curves on the sides of the pickups to get at the mounting screws. I don't know where these guys learned how to build these Guitars but everyone of them are AMAZING GUITAR BUILDERS. That's all I can say in this catagory of my Review. Great Guitars with Tons of Options. Anyway you want it you'll surely get it. There's nothing else I can say. Fantatic job men. Keep on making them better.

The sound of this particular Quicksilver is a very Fat Beefy Sound which I like very much. The Bocote Top and Mahogany Back make the Guitar a little heavy but I like Heavy so its OK with me. The Bocote Top on this Quicksilver is absolutely Beautiful. I think it also has a lot to do with the sound. After having some conversations with Ed on this subject he tells me that its the Ebony Fret Board that may have to do with that Big Beefy Sound. And who am I to tell Ed where the sound is coming from. If anyone knows about this subject Ed does thats for sure. And it just so happens that ANY Guitar I buy from now on WILL have an Ebony Fret Board. It does make a very big difference in the Tone and Playing ability of the Guitar. Its very smooth and just makes playing the Guitar much easier. This Quicksilver sounds just GREAT. That's all I can say. A perfect 10 in this catagory.

The action on this Quicksilver turned out better then my first one. I made a very big mistake by not having the guys do a setup on the Guitar before taking it home. I was having problems in the higher registers getting sound out of it. But it was only because I didn't let the Techs set up the Guitar before I took it home. So it was my fault that I couldn't play in the higher registers. After one of the Techs Ed has set the Guitar up for me the action was lower then my first Quicksilver which I like and the sound is just increadable. The Top on this Guitar is Flawless. A perfect Bookmatched Top. Fret wires are all smooth and very nicely done. There is no buzzing anywhere on the Guitar. Every detail on this baby has been taken care of and carefully done right down to the Nut Cuts. The new way the Pickups are being installed is really a Huge Improvement. But there are some guys that like it the old way. I happen to really like the new way. Every piece of hardware and wood that was used on this Guitar is Perfect. The Finish is Beautiful and its my main Guitar at this time. It can't get any better then it is. After Ed had it Set Up for me it was completely like a different Guitar. Overall this Guitar is PERFECT.

This happens to be one Solid Guitar. I use my Spalted Maple Quicksilver for a backup now but haven't needed to use it yet. It sits in the stand and looks BEAUTIFUL though. I get compliments on Both of my Quicksilvers. They really draw lots of attention that's for sure. So far I haven't even broken a string while playing. Its a Very Reliable Guitar and gets lots of Compliments.

Well, This is where I had a problem but it was my own fault. After I brought the Guitar in for the Setup that I should of had dome before taking it home I would have never had a problem. After Ed had it setup for me the Guitar was PERFECT. Ed was excellent with me and really had a nice setup done on it for me. Thank you Ed Roman for knowing your stuff. Its perfect now.

Well at this time I own 7 Gibson Les Pauls, 5 Kramers, 2 Steinberger's, 2 Acoustics and of corse my 2 Quicksilver's and dollars for doughnuts the Quicksilver's are the better values out of my whole Collection of Guitars. I would highly recommend them to any Guitar player any style any sound that they may be looking for or even just for looks, these are the Jaw Dropping Guitars I would say. They are really GREAT VALUES when you consider what your getting for your money. Your not going to find a Guitar like this being built by ANY major Guitar Building Company. They just won't have all the Options these Guitars have. I would recommend every Guitar Player to own one. From beginers to professionals these are the Guitars your going to be grabbing for. I can vouch for that. Thank you Ed Roman for Building the Guitar of my DREAMS.

Hand made in 2003-04. 24 Frets. Ebony Fretboard. Body is a solid piece of oiled white korina wood. Has volume and tone control with push pull knobs for pickup splitting and phase altering. Seymour Duncan black back pickups. Passive Electronincs. Tune-O-Matic bridge with Sperzel locking tuners. All chrome hardware. Thin fast neck. You can see this guitar on the ed roman website. It is quicksilver # 565.

With the pickup splitting and phase cancelling options (standard on this guitar) you can get any sound out of this guitar. Very versitile. Sound is really rich and very full. I highly recommend a white or black korina body when you get one of these. They can be made in other woods too and I have tried them there at Ed Roman's store in Vegas. The Korina is super light, but what amazing full tone it gets. I really love this guitar especially for a gig as it can get so many different sounds and it is light weight but sounds amazing.

Guitar was set up very nicely at the shop when I played it. I chose this one out of 10 others that I tried because of the great set up. When I restrung it with 11s I took it back to them and the redid the set up free of charge to make sure I would be happy with it. Did it while I waited too which was excellent. The overall finish of the guitar is very nice. Keep in mind it is hand made, it has some "character" to it. I would say that it is finished just as good as any mas produced guitar you get in the stores today but it uses much higher quality parts like graphite nut not plastic etc.
Mine has an oiled body no paint so I can not comment on the paint job. The ones I saw with paint jobs there were beautiful though. Some really amazing custom work too. Everything on the guitar was in first class working order. I did find that the volume pot seems to be more loose than the tone pot. I kind of like it tighter, but it functions fine.

This guitar will stand up to gigs very well. I have played 3 with it already and only had it one month. Travels well and stays in tune perfectly. Very dependable. I would never gig without a backup guitar but have not used the backup since I got this guitar.

Called once because the 1st fret was buzzing. They talked me through a minor truss rod adjustment. Problem solved. Customer support while at the shop in Vegas is top notch. All sales people and tech/setup personel are very helpful and well schooled. Limited lifetime warranty.

Been playing 25 years. I play this direcly in to a Steve Vai Lagacy and it sounds amazing. I have over 25 guitars, but most recently I used to use a Fender custom american strat and an ernie ball axis before purchasing this guitar. The EB has become my back up and the Strat is being sent to Ed Roman for upgrades. I would replace this guitar if it were lost or stolen. Hope that never happens though ! After playing a quicksilver guitar you will realize that it sounds and performs better than anything you have now or probably will ever have. It is that good. It is pricey, but not too bad if you consider what other hand made custom guitars go for. It blows the PRS out of the water too. Feel free to email me if you have questions.

Maple neck, brown ebony fretboard, solid white korina body, tung oil finish, gold hardware.

This is a follow up to a previous review. I had heard the blackbacks before I had bought the guitar and wasnt real impressed with their sound or at least the sound of the bridge pickup; I did think the neck pickup sounded quite nice. So upon the recomendation of Seymour Duncan I had a set cutom wound by their custom department. Again I thought the neck was sweet, but the bridge was even worse then the "Black Backs". So upon the recomendation of Jim Wagner of WCR Pickups I purchased and put in a set of his "Crossroads" and it is now the sweetest sounding guitar I have ever heard. As I had stated in the previous review when the Quicksilver was strumed unpluged it had an awsome tone, I knew it just needed the right pickups. You really can't believe how good it sounds. And the solid mounting makes a difference as when I got my guitar back from the local luthier the bridge pickup was loose and when I played it I thought it sounded a little thin in the bridge. I noticed the pickup was a little loose tightened it and it made all the difference in the world. Thank you Ed in your design and thank you Jim for winding those awsome pickups. I also installed a Hovland Musicap Capacitor in place of the stock one....makes a difference, should come stock, so should WCR pickups.

The action was set up worse then a $300.00 Ibenez, it just was. It came with a bad pot which I replaced. Beautiful craftmenship on its fit and construction, just the set up was lacking- nut too high, didn't check the controls, needed some neck and fret work. It came with a really nice neck, good feel to it. Once the set up was done correctly it became easily my favorite playing guitar worth the extra couple of hundred it cost me at the local luthier, now it's a 10, stock 5.

I have had the guitar for awhile now and it seems very durable; I'd give it a 10.

To be fair Ed was very respectful towards me, a little gruff, but respectful. My problem was that he moved his east coast shop mid way through my the construction of the guitar and changed his policy on allowing customers access to his luthiers so you could talk to them directly. If I had talked to them before my guitar was shipped out I wouldn't of had any problems with the guitar as I would have made sure they checked all of the things I had to change or repair. I was also a little upset, at the time of my first reveiw of this guitar with him in the way he has treated his customers in the past. I just feel when someone takes a few thousand dollars from someone for goods, a little humbleness, on Eds part could go a long way in customer relations; important in any retail buisness.

It has the best tone in the world right now. It has the potential to always be a 10, not every guitar has that potential.Depends upon the woods selected, the pickups used and the set up. I'm going to have to give it a ten, because you can't make a silk purse from a sows ear.