OldGit

[wateroftyne]

Oh my goodness - what awful news.

RIP Si, and best wishes to family and friends.

[fumps]

A great loss, As said previous all my thoughts go to his friends & family.

Horrible news.

[Tinman]

I can barely see to make this post and I was the same last night when I found out. I'm devastated and my thoughts and sympathies go out to his family and friends.

I have warm memories of Si's visit. I took him around the RAF base where I am stationed (he loved aircraft) and as you can see from the photos that my good lady posted; we had a lot of fun.

Si was one of the reasons I went for a Shuker, he even phoned Jon while I was there to make sure I hadn't got lost in the famous wood store.

He is sorely missed.

Rest in Peace friend.

Pete

[EBS_freak]

Horrible news - I wish his family all the best at this difficult time. I never met him but he seemed like one of the good guys.

[Noisyjon]

Another shocked & saddened BC'er here.
I met Si/OldGit once at the same Bass Bash that Nash took his Sunn amp to (Northampton?) and he was good fun and really nice.

Condoloncies to his Family & Friends.

R.I.P.

Jon (thebass)

[ironside1966]

Thoughts and prayers to his loved ones and all of you who knew him. RIP

[simon1964]

Dreadful news.

I only knew Si through the forum, but as others have already said, he will be very sorely missed.

[BigRedX]

I only knew hi though his posts here and couple of PMs and a phone call when he was helping me out by buying a bass from Ishibashi on my behalf.

Extra helpful, knowledgeable and an all-round nice bloke. We'll all miss him...

[Stu-khag]

Gutted. Such a friendly man. We've exchanged a few pms over the last few months and he'd invited me to pop in if I was ever east of the taff. All my love and best wishes to his family and friends.

[The Bass Doc]

So sad.

Exchanged many a PM with Si during my time on here.

Always thought I'd meet him in the flesh one day.

Sincere condolences to his nearest and dearest.

[Clarky]

Can only endorse everything else written about him here. A witty, knoledgeable, helpful and basically vital part of the BC community, he will be missed sorely. Condolences to his family, friends and loved ones.

RIP OG

[witterth]

Oh god,...
I'll miss you, Si
good journey.
you allways made me "laugh out loud"
peace.
W

[Hutton]

A great loss. Thoughts and prayers to Si's family.

[warwickhunt]

Unfortunately I never got to meet Si, I'm just another one of those 'imaginary friends' (as SWMBO refers to BCers) but I exchanged many a PM with him and my thoughts go out to his family and friends (imaginary or otherwise).

[wotnwhy]

I was fortunate enough to have Si come to one of my gigs in Cardiff a few years ago. He didn't know who i was and we had only had brief chats on here, but still he made the effort to come out on a tueseday night to see us play. Full of fantastic advice and a level of observation that made clear he took an active interest in helping others. A very rare gem that will leave a noticable hole both on this forum and in many of our lives. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.

[KevB]

Just to echo the thoughts of many before. I have been busy over the weekend and this morning was the first time I'd really got to look at the site fpr a couple of days. This is terrible news. I only met Simon once at one of the Northampton bassbashes though I've exchanged Pm's and recently had a pedal off him, always seemed a thouroughly straight and helpful guy. My sincere condolences to his family.

[johnny_frog]

Was never lucky enough to meet him, this is terrible news.
Condolences to his family.

Rest in peace OldGit

[dlloyd]

Never met him, didn't know him in the slightest, but found his posts interesting and illuminating. Sad news.

Like everyone else my thoughts are with his friends and family.

[tombboy]

Absolutely speechless!
Although this place is essentially an online community you get the feeling that everyone has lost a true friend.
This news really puts things into perspective and personally shows me what is truly important.
RIP Si.... My thoughts go out to your firends and family.

[Wil]

I hope you're holding up ok Rich.

[stevie]

Such a shock - Old Git seemed like a permanent fixture on Basschat. I never met him but always enjoyed reading his posts, which were many and varied and always interesting. So sad. He's going to be missed around here.

Edited August 16, 2010 by stevie

[JTUK]

SHOCKED...

I left this topic alone as I thought he was just not going to be able to post for a while as originally suggested.
I never knew him personally but we bantered a bit on here although I know we were coming from the same direction.

Truly shocked and such a shame as he was an excellent contributor who will be sorely missed here.

Condolences to all who knew him.

[spmills]

Well said Rich

I have become a member just to say so long to a dear, dear friend.
He started on the bass a couple of weeks behind me, when we were at school.

Later, we both wanted to know how Wishbone Ash got that bass sound on the early albums with a Gibbo' . . only to find years later that they hired in a Precision.

My last memory . . . having him sat right in front of Wishbone Ash Live at my very own private party in June . . . My goodness we had a grand time!

The world, my world, was so much better for having had you in it SiCco . RIP

In deep shock

Simon

[Raggy]

Such sad news, and a very big loss to our community here.

[thebeat]

Very shocked and very sorry to hear this news. RIP Oldgit.