Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, sovereigng@a... wrote:
>   The original Simmons cymbal "pad" was made of some super dense 
injection 
> molded polystyrene. What a clangorous pad it is! If you thought the 
> clickity-click of the "V" pads was annoying......... Anyway, the 
cymbal is somewhat of 
> an oblong hexagon running 13.5 inches from front to back (viewed 
from the 
> played position as it is hung on a stand) and 11.5 inches from left 
to right. As 
> for triggering, there are in fact two piezos wired to the same XLR 
connector. 
> The pad is basically three pieces of plastic screwed together. The 
first piezo 
> is hot-glued to the camber or first piece beneath the bell 
assembly. This gives 
> you the basic cymbal sound that some of us who own the cymbal 
module have 
> come to know. The second piezo is hot-glued to the bell assembly, 
under the dome 
> and appears to have additional electronic components wired and 
glued in place 
> on top of the positive element."

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