Ed Roman’s guitar shop in Las Vegas had a custom painting department which would do copies of guitars. They hired an artist to make copies of the Donnies that they had in the store. Quite how this was tolerated by Ibanez and did not result in a lawsuit is a mystery. (Several other guitar companies sued).

The small image to the right shows a collection of Ed Roman guitars, including three blue Donnies. One of these may be the original (#26), or they may be three copies. The two guitars on the far right are painted in a Donnie style, but are not based on an original.