bignorm

photek

Maybe not the right place for this but I know he was really poorly earlier this year, he hasn’t been on for a while and am hoping he is ok rather than fearing the worst?

Barrivee

Sadly he passed away a while back. 

photek

Ahh man, that is terrible news. Thank you for letting me know.

Kebabkid

That's really sad to hear.

I sold him a guitar a couple of years ago and what a lovely guy.  He was from the south-west but happened to be visiting in Surrey and so I met him and his wife at their hotel and he was real gentleman.

I could see then that he had some health issues

RIP Big Norm

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guitargeek62

Ah jeez, that’s really sad I met him years ago when he bought an EG II off of me, lovely guy and very knowledgable!

Barrivee

No worries @photek ;

I didn’t know him that well, but a band I was in for a while knew him very well, and did a couple of decent size gigs with his band Kiss This in Exeter. He was a nice guy, always friendly and up for a chat. He’d been playing locally (and beyond I think) for years and years and knew pretty much everyone. He also had an encyclopaedic knowledge of tunes having played nearly everything ever played by covers bands over the years. I know he’s sorely missed by those that knew him well. 

skunkwerx

Sorry to hear this. I didnt know him but always sad to hear of a fellow member passing

Kebabkid

guitargeek62 said:

Ah jeez, that’s really sad I met him years ago when he bought an EG II off of me, lovely guy and very knowledgable!

Yep, he knew and liked his PRS guitars and it was an EGII that I sold to him. Good player, too, and I was saddened to read this

Roland

Moved to Tributes

ZenOvertone

Sad news, another from the MR forum days.  Did he have something to do with the "Lemonrock" websites too? 

rockmonster

Very sad. Nice bloke did a deal with him on a Les paul years ago. RIP big man!

DefaultM

Aw what? He sold me my PRS CE24 which I play every day. When it got broken in the post and they wouldn't pay out he sent me his own money to go towards repairs.

stonevibe

I didn't know he had passed, gutted. Was a top bloke and local to me.

Deadman

Man this is sad. A few Fretboarders have passed now. Is it wrong of me to think a sticky would be befitting in this section in their honour?

RIP Bignorm.