...to calm everyone down here, you can still get great bargains ;-)
I just bought a Tama Techstar for € 110.- from Ebay !
Best and let's get back to really interesting Simmons things !!!!
Thomas
On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:27 AM, jesper wrote:
> brian walker skrev:
>> Then there is the speculator and the investor and the tax man!!!
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>> Get on and off when you feel you can afford it
>>
>> At the moment I am sitting it out and enjoying playing with the gear
>> that I have
>
> Good summary Brian. These days I don't buy as much as I did, but
> when I
> did, I went for the machines with bad rep and those described as
> "quirky" since it gave me a lot for my invested cash and also expanded
> the sonic horizon.
> In the Simmons world this "quirkyness" can be applied to SDS-7
> which has
> a reputation of breaking down if you just look at it. In my experience
> it's not true, and therefor still an OK deal on the 2nd hand market
> compared to a workhorse like the SDS-8. Amazing how these two machines
> cost about the same today compared to 1. - what they can do. 2. - What
> they cost new.
>
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Thomas P. Heckmann
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