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Subject: Re: The gear.....Oooohhh ..... feel that Simmons quality

From: "sevebc" <seve.bc@...>
Date: 2003-03-30

I am however getting my sds6 out of the shop
> in the next couple days and maybe I can get some more flexability
out
> of the 7 whilst I have the 6 play it for me as I change one sound
> around a bit.

Now Graham's really trying to make us all jealous with mention of his
SDS6 sequencer!!!

I've just purchased a Tama TSQ-1000 6 output drum sequencer from
Patrice (who should be joining us shortly) but I do crave an SDS6
(both from a collecting point of view and for its usability) but
they're pretty scarse here in the UK.

The point made about "well looked after SDSV's" is well made as I
believe some early models had weak power supplies and noise could
also be a problem. I was going to purchase an SDSV unit recently
until it seemed in worse condition than first represented - three
missing knobs (Jesper do you have that source of knobs in Sweden?)
and a non-funcioning slot which could have simply been down to those
funky plastic locators or something more ominous.

The consequences of a car crash and heavy medication have forced me
to adopt a more pragmatic approach to timing and anyhow its fun to
experiment.

On another note has anyone any experience of changing the power
supplies in any of the earlier SDS Simmons units?

Stephen