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SDS8 serial number 84133

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, brian walker <brian1075us@...> wrote:
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> Hi All
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> SDS III  serial number 111
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> only a little more than 100!
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> SDS 7 Serial number 0001
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> I will check the numbers on the rest of the instruments over the weekend
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> Brian
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> --- On Thu, 8/18/11, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
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> From: jesper <jesper@...>
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] number of units of each model?
> To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 2:51 PM
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> Hi list,
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> Jenna and I spoke in a swedish synth forum about the number of SDS-IV's
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> produced. This led me to think about the rest too... Does anyone
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> share? Please fill out this list with models, confirmed numbers or
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> comments, guesses are OK too if well-educated. ;)
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> I'd like to see a compilation of the highest serials ever seen...
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> Here are a few assumptions and guesses from your humble moderator:
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> SDS-I (the original prototype): 1 unit
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> SDS-II (afaik a slaughtered test): 1 unit
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> SDS-III (has anyone seen numbers above mine? (98)): 100 units?
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> SDS-IV (has anyone seen numbers above mine? (19X))? 200 units?
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> SDS-V (MusicAid, mk1, I think I've read 100): 100 units?
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> SDS-V (Simmons, mk2, four digits at least): 5000 units?
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> SDS-6 (I've never owned one and they're scarce): 1000 units?
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> SDS-7 (four digits at least): 5000 units?
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> SDS-8 (many! The best seller maybe?): 5000+ units?
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> SDS-9 (also many, but I see the 8 more often): 5000+ units?
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> SDS-200
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> SDS-400
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> SDS-800
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> SDS-1000
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> SDS-2000
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> SDX
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> MTX-9
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> Trixer
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> TMI
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> MTM
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> ADT
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> EPB
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> SPM 8:2
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> ClapTrap (mk1 - a few hundred): 200 units?
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> ClapTrap (mk2 - a few hundred): 200 units?
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> ClapTrap (mk3 - thousands): 1000+ units?
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> So, archeologists... give us your best guesses but do peak at figures on
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