Submitter’s comments: On a guitar newsgroup the topic of worst websites came up. Most of the examples were sites you’ve featured years ago (Yvette’s, Forever Forgiven, etc.) that people think “they’ve discovered.” One site that was new to me — and shouldn’t have been — is Ed Roman Guitars. It’s definitely Web Pages That Suck material.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: There’s nothing like a Las Vegas-style website belonging to a Las Vegas-based company. It certainly qualifies for my list of Over-The-Top Web Sites except this site isn’t about “philosophy, religion, politics, end times, etc.”

Yes, it’s a music site (which are normally exempt), but it’s a store that sells products. This site is a classic example of Mistake #6 from Biggest Mistakes in Web Design 1995-2015 — “Have you ever seen another web site? Really? Doesn’t look like it.“ I call this type of design the “I haven’t taken my antipsychotics in a while school of web design.”

Seriously, have the people at this company surfed the web?

Ed Roman Guitar