Peter was my oldest friend. We were the same age, born in 1949, and first became friends at school aged about five. We were also "blood brothers" from about the age of eight; we'd read how to do it in the book Last of the Mohicans and we took our sheath-knives to school, slashed our thumbs and mingled the blood. We really got it in the neck from the headmaster when word spread around the school!
In later years we would spend hours at each others houses listening to kit and swapping stuff around, as you do. Peter had very strong views on things and we would have the most spectacular arguments and stop talking to each other for a few weeks, but always remained friends. Like Mik says, he was extremely generous and he gave me loads of bits of kit over the years much of which I still have and use. My Jadis amp was his originally. We also used to play chess together and he was much better than me! I will miss him hugely.
RIP Peter.