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clarified....

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> superwolle70 skrev:
> > You are right. There are also analog sound generators
>
> OK, maybe good with an update to clarify it? And no, I haven't
forgotten
> that I would look into scanning one of my two SDS-3 manuals.
>
> > > Also cool with the "avoid it on the road" warning since my
SDS-7 have
> > > done quite a lot of touring with it's previous owner (Tony
Holmes of
> > > Ultravox, 90's edition). But as always with old gear I guess it
depends
> > > on the quality of each unit. Machines that have survived 20 years
> > have a
> > > tendency to last at least ten more...
> >
> > I can only say that my two units are poor quality. Moreover the SDS7
> > was internally called the "Simmons Cabasa" because of the none
> > reliable module slots: The modules do not stick tight in the slots. It
> > was the unit with the most returns
>
> I can imagine. It _feels_ cheesy. I only meant that those which were
> destined to break down did that fairly early in most cases. So for each
> passing year unit survives it only proves it's a good example. Not a
> "måndagsexemplar" ("monday copy") as the expression is in Sweden...
>
> One of my other passions, british synth maker EDP, had a lot of returns
> of the Wasp. As much as they referred to it as a flood of returns.
> Still, most copies today on the market are really good ones. I bet the
> crappy units were sorted out back then... ∗avoiding Darwinistic
> similarities∗
>
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