Honestly: The seller of the SDS3 just told me he wanted to give it to
the bulk garbage. So this was in fact a last-minute deal
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, <jesper@e...> wrote:
> superwolle:
> > Hm (... enviously crying rivers ...),
>
> Like me of your SDS-3 then. ;)
>
> > was it a lucky punch or was it
> > declared as a "Simmons SDS2"?
>
> Very much so... NOT! Don't remember, but I think he called it
Simmons in the
> description since it says Simmons on the unit itself. But as I
recall it, a
> lousy picture (if any) and two lines of "info". The PSU was shaken
out of
> place and had bounced around inside, but managed to fix it even
with the
> old PSU and there was no other harm done - magically...
>
> > Was it before Ebay broke through the magic barrier of 1000 members?
>
> Oh no, as mention, two years ago approx... I had already bought a
lot of
> stuff there and was probably over 100 feedback points myself. But
these days
> the gear tend to go more expensive I guess...
>
> > Who was the former owner? Do you know
> > anything about its history?
>
> Cannot remember his name, but I think he told me he picked it up at
a local
> 2nd hand dealer and thought it was nothing special. I have had help
from
> this list and google to find out two things;
> ∗ Dave Simmons bought one (1!) unit called the SDS-2
> ∗ Stephen Morris of Joy Division/New Order used to own one but hated
it. ;)
> There are some indications that he sold or dumped it while on a
german tour.
>
> That's about it... ∗piouuuuuw∗, ∗fwonk∗
>
> electronically yours, jesper
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