Thank you, Katrien, for your beautiful note.  Your words are, for me, deeply moving.  Thank you.

a last hello to you all from Paul TBO .....
He will be soon close to his Alembic Friends forever !
 
David

Thank you Katrien,for taking the time and trouble to post this.
 
The Alembic Forum is an amazing thing to be part of.A gathering of friends and enthusiasts from around the world brought here,initially,by a common interest.
 
Paul was one of the members here that made the forum breathe.We all love to talk basses and guitars but so often it was Paul who would take us on hilarious de-tours touching on all areas of life.Sometimes profound,sometimes crazy,but always fun.His memory and his spirit will never leave the forum,and I know we'll continue to refer to him with a great deal of affection,such was his popularity.
 
Best Wishes,
 
Simon.

Thank you also David.

Thank you David.

Thank you for sharing such deep sentiment for us that did not know Paul personally to further be in touch with the spirit he was.
Sincerely,
Art

I've got that thing-in-my-eye thing that we've all been getting lately.  Don't know whether it's happy or sad.  Think it's both.
 
Bless all.
 
dw

Strange??
I seem to have it too!?
 
G

I remember coming to this board, when I was a teenager, and just reading all these posts, and looking at all the nice pictures,..I never signed up and chatted but I was always dreaming of an alembic, but back then didnt have the money.. about a year ago I got my first Alembic, a truely beautiful instrument.. I love it, but for the moment I  might let her go.. anyway.. i remember coming to this board, and reading all these posts, and  also Pauls post.. I learned a lot from this man, despite age difference, and the fact that we never met, or even chatted on this forum.. still I always felt sort of a connection to this club and also Paul.. you have also touched my life, even if you never knew this. God bless.

This is truly sad news. I haven't posted here in a few months so I didn't see this until now. You know, I got an e-mail from Paul back in December and it didn't make any sense. Now I know why.
 
I haven't spoken with him recently, but it wasn't long ago when we talked on the phone a few times every month and he would always ask me how senior management was doing. I still remember how we started the whole Paul TGO, Paul TBO and Paul TFO joke.
 
I will keep him in my prayers. And I will do what he would want me to do, have a beer and pour some for everyone.
 
 
Paul TGO

I'm a new member but I've been browsing here for awhile...i wish I'd joined earlier just to verbally spar with Paul; we could have had great fun, as his sense of humour was great enough to cross continents,time zones,languages...perhaps NASA should have put him on a deep-space probe to look for intelligent humour...I never even got a chance to e-mail spar with him, but so wish I had...I hope someone else becomes forum jester, I'm way too new for the job...Tony.

It took a while to come here and post again, but I have to admit that Danno's announcement of his new ten string plan had me missing Paul.  There's no way a bass description like that would have gone by without a call to the stockings.
 
-bob

I have been MIA from this board for a long time. It was sad to return to such terrible news. Although I never met Paul, I remember having conversations with him. My thought and prayers go out to all of his family and friends.      Bill Payne

I too have been off of this site for a while and am devistated by this news. Paul and I conversed a lot through email although not in the past 6 months. He bought an Alembic strap from me a while back. I'll really miss his witty posts. My most sincere condolances to his family and friends.
Stoney Johnstone

Hi Paul.  One of our fellow members is selling his Alembic, but says he hopes to own another some day.  And I thought that this is where Paul will jump in and say there will always be another.  I miss you.  Thank you again for touching my life.