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Vito Bratta's Original Newburgh Pre
Gibson
Steinberger
Do not confuse this with anything that is available from Steinberger today
The best sounding ones were the single pickup models (Call Ed Roman For
info 702-875-4552)
Or see LSR Headless Guitars Guitars
Ed Roman built this guitar back in the early 90's
You can still get one today right or left handed
Vito's Band "White Lion" was formed in Brooklyn, New
York, during 1983, by Mike Tramp and Vito Bratta. After a series
of false starts, they signed
to Elektra Records with Felix
Robinson and Dave Capozzi (drums) completing the line-up. However,
the label was unhappy with the recording of Fight To Survive and after
refusing to release the album, terminated their contract. RCA Records
picked up the release option and the album finally surfaced in Japan in
1984. By this stage, James LoMenzo and Gregg D'Angelo had taken over bass
and drums, respectively, on a permanent basis. The album did in fact meet
with favorable reviews, some critics comparing Mike Tramp to David Lee
Roth and Vito Bratta to Eddie Van Halen, others likening the songs to
those of Europe, Dokken or Journey.
LoMenzo and D'Angelo quit owing to "musical differences" shortly after the album's release and were replaced by Tommy "T-Bone" Caradonna (bass, ex-Alice Cooper) and Jimmy DeGrasso (drums, ex-Y&T). The band eventually broke-up, with Tramp going on to form Freak Of Nature.
Ed Roman is the unquestioned industry source for original Brooklyn & Newburgh Pre Gibson Steinberger Parts, Steinberger repairs, Steinberger rebuilds & Retops, Steinberger information & remanufactured replacement parts. In fact any and all of the players, collectors & celebrity rock-stars who favor the real original Steinberger's call Ed Roman on a daily basis for service & parts. Ed Roman introduced "LSR headless guitars" back in 1996. LSR is a company that was originally dedicated to keeping Steinberger alive. When the old factory shut down many years ago. Today LSR offers over 100 different body shapes and is the only reliable parts source for Steinberger. Click To Read About LSR Guitars. One of the most famous Steinberger guitars was the one that Vito Bratta used in the 80's & 90's.
There were 2 like it both of them bore the White Lion Logo and a graphic lion on the face of the guitar. We have done about 5 of these and several of Vito's headstock model Steinberger also. We are pleased to add it to our list of fabulous fakes. We simply take an original Pre Gibson Steinberger and refinish it with Vito's graphic on the guitar. These guitars play and sound awesome, they are by far better sounding than the graphite small oar shaped body that Steinberger is known for. We do take this guitar one extra step, we hardmount the
pickups and of course the customer isn't stuck with the
mandatory EMG pickups that the oar shaped model dictates. |
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Do not confuse this excellent guitar
with anything that is available from
Steinberger
today
Signing to Atlantic Records, they released Pride, which developed their
own identity, in particular Mike Tramp's characteristically watery
falsetto style. The album catapulted them from obscurity to stardom,
climbing to number 11 during its year long stay on the Billboard album
chart. It also spawned two US Top 10 hits with "Wait" (number 8, February
1988) and "When The Children Cry" (number 3, November 1988). Big Game was
a disappointing follow-up.