I have spent a lot of time on his website, been to his two of his shops a bunch of times met his wife (she is really nice) and chatted with Mr. Roman a number of times and even bought a guitar from him once.
He is brash,opinionated, curt and even insensitive, especially if you like anything with Gibson on it.
Having said that I like him and he has some really good ideas about building a guitar, I have stolen many of them for my own projects.
Have y'all seen Zachary Guitars, I love Alex's stuff, here is his take on a Firebird.
http://http://www.zacharyguitars.com/230407pics.htmHe is another guy that most people love to hate... he is just out there enough for me.