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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Resurrect that SDS7

From: jesper <jesper@...>
Date: 2008-01-07

Rob skrev:
> Not sure if there is juice in the battery or not- I'll have to get an
> ohmmeter- I'm just
> getting started.

OK, a cheap one works well for those tricks too...

> I'm surprised that the thing is soldered right onto the card- I would
> have thought
> Simmons would have made it easier to change. Unless they expected the
> SDS7 to just be
> disposable...

Well, back in the early 80's everyone did this. All synths are designed
like this and as you say, in a way noone expected them to last more than
6-8 years maybe which is a normal life expectancy for a battery soldered
in place.

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