Matthews Guitars
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My best friend and amp guru, the man who taught me enough about tube amps to be a competent amp tech, died this morning and I was the first one to see the body.
He'd been in poor health for a while but just this last week he took a turn for the worse, probably from a stroke (undiagnosed but probable) that seemed to have affected his body's ability to regulate his heart rate and blood pressure. He refused to call an ambulance or let anyone call one for him. He was always more stubborn than any mule and he hurt himself by doing that. He was eligible for government benefits that he could not be bothered to apply for, though they would have effectively doubled his income and would have allowed him to live far more comfortably. As it was he lived in his workshop. (Illegally.)
When he did not answer the phone this morning after several tried, I contacted another mutual friend and had her try. Same thing. We both went over to check on him and as luck would have it, his door was unlocked. And there he was, dead and cold in the bed. At least he seems to have died peacfully in his sleep. He was just 65.
He was my best (surviving) friend I had, and we'd known each other since 1985.
His name is Lars Jacobson and he made a small number of amps he made under the WOLF name, but he did not trademark or copyright the name and there are certainly not more than 20 of them in existence.
He lived and worked in Melbourne, Florida.
He died with no heirs, no will, and no next of kin. I know of no surviving family. No doubt there must be somebody but if so the relation ship is distant, beyond cousins.
I've ended up being the informally appointed executor of his "estate", such as it is. Which is a messy shop full of a lot of junk and a few amps that just need to be returned to their owners, even in their current condition.
He'd been in poor health for a while but just this last week he took a turn for the worse, probably from a stroke (undiagnosed but probable) that seemed to have affected his body's ability to regulate his heart rate and blood pressure. He refused to call an ambulance or let anyone call one for him. He was always more stubborn than any mule and he hurt himself by doing that. He was eligible for government benefits that he could not be bothered to apply for, though they would have effectively doubled his income and would have allowed him to live far more comfortably. As it was he lived in his workshop. (Illegally.)
When he did not answer the phone this morning after several tried, I contacted another mutual friend and had her try. Same thing. We both went over to check on him and as luck would have it, his door was unlocked. And there he was, dead and cold in the bed. At least he seems to have died peacfully in his sleep. He was just 65.
He was my best (surviving) friend I had, and we'd known each other since 1985.
His name is Lars Jacobson and he made a small number of amps he made under the WOLF name, but he did not trademark or copyright the name and there are certainly not more than 20 of them in existence.
He lived and worked in Melbourne, Florida.
He died with no heirs, no will, and no next of kin. I know of no surviving family. No doubt there must be somebody but if so the relation ship is distant, beyond cousins.
I've ended up being the informally appointed executor of his "estate", such as it is. Which is a messy shop full of a lot of junk and a few amps that just need to be returned to their owners, even in their current condition.
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