hi
the riot shield plastic pads were sds5's and are pretty damn rare in
fact i only iever saw two sets in the 80's when i worked in a music
shop
the sds9/1000/800 etc's with black rubber surface (also have a
deeper hexagonal casing below..........there are lots of these
puppies around some are jack plug and some are xlr's used these from
around '87 to '94 and they were pretty bombproof but a little dead
to play in terms of bounce
sdx pads look the same audience side as sds9 etc pads but have a
grey surface and the pickups are totally different as they were for
sdx system (not tried them with other gear yet!!) yet to find how
durable these are
i also recall the late model simmons pads which used a drum head and
the bass drum had a beater bar across the top but can't recall the
name but i think they were pretty rare as it was around the time
simmons shut up shop finally and when i stopped playing when my kit
was stolen...........
most of the pads you'll see for sale are the black rubber type
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Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "omons43612" <omons@h...>
wrote:
> i am in the process of getting rid of my yamaha drum pads to
replace
> them with simmons pads to add a bit more character to my rig. The
> only thing is, i DO NOT want the simmons pads with the hard
plastic
> playing surface. would someone be kind enough to enlighten me as
to
> model #'s of simmons pads with the gum rubber playing surfaces?
>
> thanks in advance for any help,
>
> STB