Gwyn Clarke skrev:
> I had an SDS8 set back in the 80's, bright yellow, and they were truly
> awesome. Whilst I understand they were inferior to the rest of the
> Simmons range in that they were analogue,
You mean _superior_! :D
> Of course the SDS8 pads just had a flat back, whereas I reckon that the
> SDS7/SDS9 3-dimensional shape looked much better.
The next thing you got wrong... ;) But I guess it's a matter of taste. I
love the mk 1's.
> I can understand why that guy's asking the price he is: cos he's the
> original owner, so is emotionally attached to them. They look to be in
> good condition, but the market will decide what they are really worth.
Very good point. And... it's a full, working setup too. Sold, one by
one, it could fetch a good price still though this is rediculous. There
was a music store in Stockholm who wanted 800 euros for a standard SDS-8
set, and it sold...
> I truly cannot believe why someone is not making them in their original
> form, but with today's electronics. And not the Guitar Center type,
> either. As in, hexagonal, with the rubber or similar modern surfaces;
> and modernised selection of all the sound parameters, etc.
I think/know that part of the problems are patents and rights to the
name. But who knows what the future might bring?
> You guys that are trying to build 'clones' from scratch are legends
> too. bring back the 80's!!!
That's the spirit! And you call analogue inferior... ;)
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