Here are a few prices I have ;
( prices in France in 1986 ... )
SDS1000 £1078
Eprom £34
T.M.I £350
SDE £ 659
SDS1 £240 ( everything in blue included pads ...)
SDS200 £425
SDS400 £665
SDS800 £760
SDS9 £1550
SDS7 £2550
hh module £410
Cymb module £360
Tom module £360
When these following ones were new...
the SDS8 was about £1380
Trixer £1100
SDS2000 £1400
I personnally paid £3000 for a new10 piece kit full option SDX in 1994
& £1500 for a few extras Syquest full of multisampled kits...
The XRack was out of reach for me at £4500
I don't know for the early SDSIII & IV ...
Hope that helps .
Bye.
Patrice.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Maddox (Mail LIsts)
To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Simmons drum original prices
Mike,
> Would anyone happen to know what any of the models of Simmons drums
> cost when they first came out back in the 80's? A friend of mine who
> has a kit vaguely remembers his parents getting him two pads and an
> SDS5 brain for about 2 grand US, but he's not sure since he didn't
> personally make the purchase. Were they really expensive back then?
I believe they were.
It would be nice to find the original prices, we did this for the PPG CDROM.
Paul
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