Hello Mrs. Maria,
we are sorry, but we have nothing to do with the company where you bought the drumset from. To explain this: Many years ago, Simmons was the leader in drum synthesizers and this is the newsgroup for these old beauties. Two years ago, some people from guitar center adopted the well-sounding name "Simmons" and now sell their products under this flag. This made us very upset and angry; may be you can understand, why my friend Jesper was reacting a bit rough in his answer.
But we are all friends in Jesus, aren't we?
To solve your problem: Have you tried another pad on the bassdrum input of the control unit? Is this working, if whacked with a stick? Then my advice would be to replace the pickup in the bassdrum pad. This is easy and can be made by any radio technician. And it is cheap.
Bless
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: jesper
To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:50 PM
Subject: Crappy chinese shit - revisited (was: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDE cartridges)
Please read the group description:
"This is a forum for users of the original Simmons electronic drums,
made in the UK in the 70's, 80's and 90's. It's for sharing information,
tips, tricks etc. Since info on Simmons drums is extremely limited,
let's make this the most informative place on the Web!
However, this list is _NOT_ for the digital drums named Simmons and
marketed in the US by Guitar Center and sold in Europe by Thomann and
others. If you own a SDHB2, SD5-K or SD7-K drum set or similar, please
read this;
- You've been fooled by Guitar Center who sell cheap China made sets
under the Simmons name. They bought the rights for the name but the
products they offer have nothing to do with the high-end drum equipment
produced during the 70's, 80's and 90's by british firm Simmons.
This mailing list is dedicated to the real thing and noone here is
interested in discussing these cheap excuses for drum sets that GC
offer. If it doesn't work - please return it to GC and demand your money
back. I sure hope your warranty is still valid.
If you're interested in what we talk about and enjoy on this list, feel
free to hang around, join in the discussions and learn about the
legendary drum systems of the past. -"
I'll put you under watch from now on. But since I'm such a cheerful chap
I won't throw you out on the double. :)
--
electronically yours, jesper - moderator
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IVAN ANDRASIK skrev:
> Hello,
> Has anyone idea how much is the entire kick unit without the pedal. The kick pad what we have had wiring detached, however, sodering did not do the job. Is someone having a working kick unit without the pad that I could buy cheaper. We have this Chinese "Simmons SD5K drum set. The drum is utilized in the church for young people Mass and operated by an excited drummer. I am the director of the Music Ministry just trying to help to make the drum set functional. I aapreciate your gracious input.
>
> Mrs. Maria
> Not the drummer
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