R.I.P. Chef

[MAJOR METAL]

Our beloved Chef is gone. Rock in Peace, Alan.

 

[SgtHulka]

Terrible news. Life is so precious. RIP.

 

[JKos]

I'll miss you, Chef.

 

[Roxbororob]

Terrible terrible, sad news.
RIP Alan

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

He was a highly valued member of the moderator team, and he was funny as hell. It’s a real loss to TalkBass. RIP Alan

 

[TomB]

A loss to us all. RIP Alan.

 

[beaglesandbass]

Chef was always very kind when I spoke to him. His loss as a forum member is not one that will be easy to fill.

 

[alack]

His posts were one of the best reasons to frequent this place. It’s an understatement to say he’ll be missed. RIP

 

[spiritbass]

Oh, man. We were neighbors, but didn't visit very often. Cancer is from hell.

 

[agedhorse]

This is some of the saddest news I have received in quite some time.

I have to say that Chef’s (Alan) contributions to the development of the Mesa Boogie WD, TT and one other model not yet released, as well as the significant changes in the fundamental way that we approached the owner’s manuals on these products (from a player’s perspective) will live on for many years. In fact, the bright switch (starting with the D-800+) on the Subway amps is a nod to Alan’s tonal preference for a bass to sit better in a mix… the Alan filter. Great player, great ear for tone and a great guy.

Working with he and Al Kraft on the feature sets and manuals (as well as the wonderful off topic diversions) was always enlightening and a privilege.

We were all proud to have him as part of the Subway development team.

We had hopes that he would be successful in his ongoing battle. Godspeed my friend, wishing you success in your next gig adventure.

 

[SJLee]

Wow, so sorry to hear this. My condolences to family and friends. Chef was a great TB’er and someone who I learned quite a bit from when I first started here in ’07 and only owned one bass. We had a few exchanges and found we liked similar gear (G&L, Sadowsky and Mesa) among other things. I’ve been enriched knowing him. I'll lift my glass this evening to you Chef. You will be missed.

 

[ajkula66]

Oh wow.

Great sense of humour and a knowledge of many bass-related things to match.

RIP, sir. You'll definitely be missed by many around here.

 

[Nino Valenti]

Rest In Peace Alan. Give your mom a great big hug.

 

[twinjet]

I didn't know him outside of TB or interact with him much here, even, but this will still take a minute to process. This hurts. Rest in peace, Alan.

 

[Haroldo]

This is truly sad to hear. His knowledge, good humor, and even temper will be sorely missed.

 

[scubaduba]

A great guy leaves a hole here in Talkbass land. Goes to show what kind of community we have here. Life is short. Appreciate each other, learn from each other and befriend each other.

 

[Mike N]

Chef was a fellow Mod and a truly great guy. We swapped PM's thru the years on gearhead related stuff, he was into hot rods and 4x4's as much as I am.

RIP, Alan.

 

[IvanMike]

I just had a brief exchange with him Monday.

I interacted with him since probably about 2002. Really great guy. He got diagnosed right in the middle of my girlfriend struggle with cancer before she passed away in December. I had my daughter make this poster for him when he was asking for any kind of trinkets to help him in his fight.

When he started posting the details of a recurrence I knew it wasn’t good but I didn’t think it would be this fast.

 

[hrodbert696]

A huge loss. RIP.

 

[5StringBlues]

A TB cornerstone is gone..........


RIP sir.