A friend of mine passed
Moderators: greatmutah, GuitarBilly
- greatmutah
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7306
- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:57 pm
A friend of mine passed
Just got the news this morning from another friend. I had a group of friends in High School that I'm still friends with today. Half of us were in a band together and the other half hung out regardless and BS'ed, played cards, video games, whatever. We did a bunch of dumb shit together and all grew up together. While I have a sister (and my sister is awesome) these guys were the closest thing I could have ever had to brothers. So, one of them passed away. His sister reached out to another one of our friends in the group and told him and he told us. He had a heart condition, which I vaguely remember him mentioning back when we were in middle school/high school. His sister and dad think it may have been a heart attack or aortic aneurysm. Whatever it was, he went quickly. It's been a couple years since I've seen him. Last time was at our friend Rich's place before covid hit and 4 of us out of the 6 were hanging out playing cards, listening to metal and having some beers. And funnily enough, it had been a few years since the last time I'd seen him too. But you'd never know it. Any time any of us got together as a group, it's like nothing had changed (even though everything really had). We were all aware of each other's situations and lives and what was going on, but we still joked, carried on and roasted each other like we always had. I assume there's gonna be some kind of memorial that I'll attend/go to. I knew he'd been dealing with some depression issues lately so when I got the news I was hoping it wasn't anything related to that, and while this still isn't good by any means, I'm a little relieved in a small way. He's 9 months older than me. Fuck. I was hoping to play some cards with these guys soon. Sucks that I now know for sure he won't be there. I'm pretty sure my other brothers all feel the same way.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry for your loss. Good friends are hard to come by.
- fretless
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 26940
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:15 am
- Location: Why am I here, and for how long…
Re: A friend of mine passed
very sorry to hear , R.I.P.
“Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more”
― Nikola Tesla
“I cannot be arsed with this right now”
― MISTER NOBODY™
"Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone"
― Sophie Scholl
― Nikola Tesla
“I cannot be arsed with this right now”
― MISTER NOBODY™
"Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone"
― Sophie Scholl
- itchyfingers
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 10987
- Joined: Tue May 28, 2013 1:51 am
- Location: Sandy Eggo
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry for your loss, GM.
- GuitarBilly
- Chief Executive Owl
- Posts: 48416
- Joined: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:03 pm
- Location: Rockville, MD
- Contact:
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry to hear it man. My condolences.
Hopefully you and the other guys can get together soon in remembrance of him.
Hopefully you and the other guys can get together soon in remembrance of him.
Guitars:
'78 Les Paul Pro / '89 SG Special/ '04 Gibson Les Paul Classic 3 pickup / Jackson Star/ Endres Tele / Fernandes Rhoads/ ''74 Hohner MIJ strat/ 2 Partscasters
Amps:
Depends on when you ask. I got tired of constantly updating this section lol
Cabs
Marshall 1960A w V30s/ Seismic 2x12 w Redback and V30.
Questions about the forum: please PM here. Can't access the forum? Need a password reset? Please access our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GuitarGearForumOfficial and message me through it.
'78 Les Paul Pro / '89 SG Special/ '04 Gibson Les Paul Classic 3 pickup / Jackson Star/ Endres Tele / Fernandes Rhoads/ ''74 Hohner MIJ strat/ 2 Partscasters
Amps:
Depends on when you ask. I got tired of constantly updating this section lol
Cabs
Marshall 1960A w V30s/ Seismic 2x12 w Redback and V30.
Questions about the forum: please PM here. Can't access the forum? Need a password reset? Please access our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GuitarGearForumOfficial and message me through it.
Re: A friend of mine passed
Condolences. Losing good friends is nearly as hard as losing family...
I Love the smell of nitrocellulose in the morning.
It smells like........Victory
It smells like........Victory
- Ostinato Rubato
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 35812
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:14 pm
- Location: Fruitville, TX
Re: A friend of mine passed
I'm very sorry to hear it man. My condolences.
EBMM Stingray Tobacco and Tort
Marshall 2555X Jubilee
Marshall 2536 2x12
CS Deja Vibe mkii > SupaTrem Jr. > Xotic Wah > OCD v2.0 > Fulldrive 2 mkii > TB Jailed Pitchblack > (Alter Ego x4)
Marshall 2555X Jubilee
Marshall 2536 2x12
CS Deja Vibe mkii > SupaTrem Jr. > Xotic Wah > OCD v2.0 > Fulldrive 2 mkii > TB Jailed Pitchblack > (Alter Ego x4)
- greatmutah
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7306
- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:57 pm
Re: A friend of mine passed
Thanks all. I’m sure we’ll get together in some capacity soon. Just been thinking a lot of all the dumb shit we all used to do together. Getting old sucks.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix
-
- Hall of Fame Member
- Posts: 3733
- Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:50 pm
- Location: Coventry, UK
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry for your loss dude, best wishes.
- spawnofthesith
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 10856
- Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:13 pm
- Location: Denver, CO
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry to here, my condolences 

Guitars: 2018 Gibson Les Paul Standard | Fender American Pro II Stratocaster | PRS S2 Mccarty 594 | PRS S2 Vela Semihollow | PRS CU-22 | PRS CE24 semihollow
Amps: ENGL Thunder | '76 Fender Deluxe Reverb | Mesa Boogie Roadster | Peavey XXX 40 | EVH 5153 50w | EVH 2x12 | Marshall 1960 4x12 | Madison 2x12
Music: https://linktr.ee/jawaofficialband
Amps: ENGL Thunder | '76 Fender Deluxe Reverb | Mesa Boogie Roadster | Peavey XXX 40 | EVH 5153 50w | EVH 2x12 | Marshall 1960 4x12 | Madison 2x12
Music: https://linktr.ee/jawaofficialband
- BroSlinger
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 15809
- Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:51 pm
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry to hear, man. I lost my best friend in 2007 pretty much the same way. However, they didn't know he had a heart condition. He had a heart attack at 25 y/o in the army.
Prayers, man.
Prayers, man.
POWERFUL MIDCUT CONTROL
Re: A friend of mine passed
Condolences on your loss. It's never easy, but the sudden passing always hits a little harder.
MISTER NOBODY™ wrote:STFU Dave
- Marc G
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 11089
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:07 am
- Location: Trinidad, West Indies
Re: A friend of mine passed
Condolences GM
- greatmutah
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7306
- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:57 pm
Re: A friend of mine passed
Thanks all. It’s a little more rough today. Been talking to another friend who was closer to him and sharing some good memories which has been good but also tough.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix
- ajaxlepinski
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 23723
- Joined: Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:35 am
- Location: Same town as Lindsay Lohan, Amy Fisher, Joey Buttafucco & Debbie Gibson
Re: A friend of mine passed
Very sorry for your loss. My sincerest condolences to his family and friends.
1969 Sunn Solarus ● 2x 1980's Randall RG-80 ● 2013 Hi-Tone HT103-DG (Best Rig 2014) ● 2015 Mortatone 12/15 Cab w/EV SRO's ● 2017 Jubilee ● 2019 Ceriatone Model Tee ● 2019 Randall Diavlo ● 2020 VHT D50 Dumble Clone
Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
- greatmutah
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7306
- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:57 pm
Re: A friend of mine passed
The memorial service was today. It was good. Saw everyone from our group. Told a few stories to his family. A lot of laughs were shared. Some tears too. Still sucks. But… it is what it is at this point.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix
- ***1776***
- Hall of Fame Member
- Posts: 2617
- Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:34 pm
- Location: New York!
Re: A friend of mine passed
Condolences
Yea it sucks, it just seems like we wrere all in our 20s and the world at our fingertips and happy and healthy and then BANG its just 20 tears later and things have dramatically changed over that time, it really does just fly by, cherish the good times
Yea it sucks, it just seems like we wrere all in our 20s and the world at our fingertips and happy and healthy and then BANG its just 20 tears later and things have dramatically changed over that time, it really does just fly by, cherish the good times
^ Good deals with Glizard (ADA), electricdreams (Vetta) Fat Lou (Splawn) Tubesteakfortone (Marshall 3203, Riot pedal) agreed (Hafler-Radial) twisty571 (Mosvalve 962) Orbis Mortis (egnater) ~Abstract~ (JC amp) jn062181 (AXE - FX) ^
PS - I was the owner of the 1,000,000 post on the HCAF 7/28/2006
PS - I was the owner of the 1,000,000 post on the HCAF 7/28/2006
- Tortuga
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 17174
- Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:29 am
- Location: Slow and steady, bruh
Re: A friend of mine passed
greatmutah wrote:The memorial service was today. It was good. Saw everyone from our group. Told a few stories to his family. A lot of laughs were shared. Some tears too. Still sucks. But… it is what it is at this point.
Good you got closure. Condolences, Mutah
Co-founder of the Jet Setters 2.0 (Jet ★ City Lounge Redux)
Gear
DIY
Gear
- CEOwLP (Sig T), Carvin DC135, Westone Spectrum SX (guitar) & GT (bass), Squier strat
- '66 Bassman, '61 Magnatone, Mark III, 1960AX, homebrew 2x12 (C90 / EVM12L Thiele), HX Stomp, JCA50H
- PLX GABion, SD-1, TS9, Crybaby, MXR108, Algal clone, Carbon Copy deluxe
DIY
- New workshop - Teh GRIMESHOP™!
- Bassman overhaul - G-MAN
- Home studio - GRIMESPACE Sound Lab!
Ostinato Rubato wrote:"That's the second boomery bro on this forum I've helped seduce to the greenside."
"Slow and steady gets to **** again eventually"
- JiveTurkey
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 20463
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:49 pm
- Location: Amp on a stick. Duh.
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry for your loss, GM. Mojo sent.
Trumpets and Tants
Have I Got A Place For You!™
Have I Got A Place For You!™
Re: A friend of mine passed
I went to my old drummers funeral Saturday. We went to high school together and were real tight for a couple of years before I got married. I lived at his house on the weekends for a bit, and his parents were cool. We hadn’t talked much in the last 20 years though. He had just gotten chemo for lymphoma, and caught covid right after. He couldn’t shake the rona.
fuck
- greatmutah
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7306
- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:57 pm
Re: A friend of mine passed
primeholy wrote:I went to my old drummers funeral Saturday. We went to high school together and were real tight for a couple of years before I got married. I lived at his house on the weekends for a bit, and his parents were cool. We hadn’t talked much in the last 20 years though. He had just gotten chemo for lymphoma, and caught covid right after. He couldn’t shake the rona.
Sorry to hear man. Mojo definitely sent.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix
- Pepi
- Hall of Fame Member
- Posts: 9530
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:56 am
- Location: Corn field in Indiana
Re: A friend of mine passed
My Bass player back in the time lost his life Thursday due to COVID. I'm speechless 

'The world is literally vomiting' ~~Carlos Santana
- ajaxlepinski
- Crystal Lettucer
- Posts: 23723
- Joined: Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:35 am
- Location: Same town as Lindsay Lohan, Amy Fisher, Joey Buttafucco & Debbie Gibson
Re: A friend of mine passed
Sorry to hear that Pepi. I hope his family and friends are doing OK.
1969 Sunn Solarus ● 2x 1980's Randall RG-80 ● 2013 Hi-Tone HT103-DG (Best Rig 2014) ● 2015 Mortatone 12/15 Cab w/EV SRO's ● 2017 Jubilee ● 2019 Ceriatone Model Tee ● 2019 Randall Diavlo ● 2020 VHT D50 Dumble Clone
Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
- Pepi
- Hall of Fame Member
- Posts: 9530
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:56 am
- Location: Corn field in Indiana
Re: A friend of mine passed
ajaxlepinski wrote:Sorry to hear that Pepi. I hope his family and friends are doing OK.
Thanks, man. Going to find out how they are in about 1 hour

'The world is literally vomiting' ~~Carlos Santana