So long...it's been good to know you!

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Thank you Bruce for sharing here. Lew was a special guy that I and many others had interactions and internet “friendships” with over the years on this forum and several others that he frequented. He definitely had his own ideas and was free about sharing his knowledge. It was a pleasure to know him, even just from his online presence. My take is that he was a larger than life kind of fellow with a lot of knowledge and a giant heart. He is and will be missed but we are glad he has found peace. Condolences and thanks to all family and friends. RIP brother Lew.
 
Bruce Collins said:
Hello folks, I am Lew Collins' brother, Bruce, from Mission Amps / Stage 5 Amps.
So, you all know by now, my brother Lew passed away on Dec 19th, 23 from this God awful lymphoma cancer.
He made a fantastic fight of it for over 12 years.

My wife and I were with Lew, at his bedside, in his home for the last hours here on Earth and he passed way peacfully.
Exactly the way he wanted it,
But I must tell you all that right up to the very late evening before he passed away, this group was on his mind and he wanted to let you all know how much he greatly enjoyed this forum. He was going blind that last few weeks and had a very hard time reading and typing.
He was sorry he was not able to respond to any late comments. He really wanted to, ut just couldn't do it.
Beleive me, he was a difficult person to satisfy or to respect and stay with any self help guitar or amp groups!
So you guys must be something really special and the family and I want to let you know how much we appreciate the
wonderful relationship you all shared with Lew...

He left me rather loose instructions on what to do with all his musical collection (even mentioning this PRS group).
I have been going through all his gear over the last few weeks.
I recently got all his amps and guitars home and there is a fair number of PRS guitars here. Some are in various stages of being hot rodded and some are gig ready with some hot pickup, volume and tone mods. He had "mod" notes of what he was doing, in most of the guitar cases.
I thought I was bad about never being 100% happy with my amp mods but as you might guess, Lew was quite the guitar mod guru
and has some seriously killer guitars.
He was a fabluous player and his instrumentation background is amazing and was friends with some of the most popular pickup builders and guitar builders you proably all know!

Bottom line:
There are boxes and boxes of parts....PRS, Fender and Gibson ... pickups, pickguards, necks, bodys and a few nearly completed PRS guitars here that I need to figure out what to do with.
I will come back sometime in the early-mid spring to list what he had and or what ever I can get put back together.... as he thought there might be a few players here insterested in his modded guitars.

Thanks again for all the nice comments and condolances!
Cheers for now and Play LOUD!

Bruce
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I’m very late to this post…but my sincere condolences. I read a great deal of Lew’s knowledge over the years.
 
Me neither. We paid our condolences. I don’t see anything else that we should of done. I feel very hurt by your comment. We were very respectful.There is nothing I can say or do that would rectify this situation. That cuts to the heart. Those were very unnecessary comments and very unkind. You painted us in one fell swoop. The same exact colour.
 
Did he have dementia? I understand exactly what you are saying.
 
Lew was a true people person.
I mentioned I was fitting new pups into an axe and he immediately offered to guide me through the wiring etc as I had never done this myself before.
We conversed a little (probably not as much as I would have liked but I did not realize how poorly he truly was).
I bought a pedal from him that's in use every time I practice.
A simply great guy all round and a cruel loss to everyone who remotely knew him.
 
dmatthews said:
I have absolutely NO IDEA wtf you are talking about!
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Steve, I don’t get you, man. You’ve admitted here that you didn’t know Lou. So maybe he mentioned the Forum or coming here since you bought a PRS guitar or something, but it’s not like you guys were longtime friends or something and it’s obvious that many here knew him better than you did.

You seem to have dug yourself into a corner here and instead of backing off and fitting in you just keep doubling down. Bringing up Lou is a cheap move, especially in the context that you did it.

I’ve said this so many times that I know you get it, which makes people feel that it’s obvious you just don’t want to fit in here. But you don’t come into a group where you’re the new guy and keep criticizing the group and telling everyone else how they should be doing it. I’d say your ice is very thin and the campfire you built is turning into a bonfire.
 
Max Headroom said:
Lew was a true people person.
I mentioned I was fitting new pups into an axe and he immediately offered to guide me through the wiring etc as I had never done this myself before.
We conversed a little (probably not as much as I would have liked but I did not realize how poorly he truly was).
I bought a pedal from him that's in use every time I practice.
A simply great guy all round and a cruel loss to everyone who remotely knew him.
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He was active on her right up to a week before his passing. He was always more than willing to help someone mod a guitar. It was a true love of his.
 
JasonE said:
I miss Lew every week. He and I were talking a lot when he turned for the worse. I was able to see enough to know who was making comments that they have no idea what they are talking about. I have this person on ignore for a very good reason. You are all seeing why. The forum has been much better for me after making that move.
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I can see how those comments would deeply offend the people who were close friends with Lew. Incredibly insensitive, presumptuous and just generally bad form.
 
The original comment was deleted, JasonE and others had to drag it on, instead of leaving it be and laying it to rest. I am not surprised, this is typical for the trolls of the forum. In the name of Lew, **** all of you!!!! (except Lew, of course) I feel so sorry for his family members and those who actually care for him. Damn shame, yes'sum.

You all will burn in hell for this too!!!!
 
SteveGlitch said:
bull**** lol

It's the truth, what I said. Can you honestly disagree? I know I suck at getting along or how I write sometimes. Look at the comments, everyone calls me the victim and now that I've made Lew the victim, members here are along me out to be the victim. It's a great cop out to own up for the truth. Everything in the last comment is realistic at least. The forum is the cancer indeed.

So I am leaving and in my leaving, you have all failed Lew.... Not much else I can say. His legacy won't be this forum.
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Yes I can honestly disagree.
 
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