Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Yes, the Maidenhead ones, very surprised at the price.  Both in 
physically good condition (I know what you mean Jesper about some of 
the kit with history being in a mess !) but "Thumper" (ex-Howard 
Jones) doesn't boot...another one for the workshop...

Well done in getting your 2nd one, and at a great price.  I do 
wonder how many of them are still in existence...

Fortunately I have a VERY understanding girlfriend...!!

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70" 
<superwolle70@y...> wrote:
> I am a poor boy, I only have two.
> I had also been thinking about bidding on these (the ones from
> Maidenhead, right?). But I got my second one two days before for
> 400EURO 12 ZI pads included from German Ebay and picked it up 60km
> away ;-)
> My first SDX (#019) I picked up in Hamburg from the third owner, it
> was originally owned by Simmons product manager Sibi Siebert from 
my
> home town Leverkusen/Germany. I accidently got him to know when 
buying
> an SDSV from Ebay. He still (or again after the Simmons disaster) 
has
> a distribution of acoustic drums and parts. His SDX #019 was the
> showroom kit on the Frankfurt music exibition in 1987.
> 
> The second (#170) was originally owned by a turkish pop band 
(please
> don't ask me for the name). The brain needs some service but I
> contacted Sibi, he gave me the contact to the former Simmons 
service
> point which is 20 minutes by car from me.
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Murray" 
<philmurr@y...> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Just picked up my 2nd and 3rd SDX's at the weekend, one working, 
one 
> > not.  The non-working one is apparently ex-Howard Jones, which 
joins 
> > my ex-Brian Bennett (The Shadows) machine.
> > 
> > I was just wondering if 1) anyone owns more than 3 SDX's (!) and 
if 
> > anyone else out there knew any of the history of the Simmons kit 
> > they now own ?
> > 
> > And on the other point, I take the hint Patrice !  Let me know 
your 
> > address (lost your email :-( ) and I'll get a CD with the ADT 
> > schematics sent over.
> > 
> > Phil.
> > 
> > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Patrice JACQUOT" 
> > <Jacquot.Patrice@w...> wrote:
> > > Hi Al, 
> > > I have the same problem , one of my friends should copy me the 
> > ADT's schematics ...IF YOU HEAR ME PHIL...
> > > Good Luck ...
> > > Patrice.
> > > PS , no room for the SDS2000 ??? Arggghhh .....
> > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >   From: moxleydrums 
> > >   To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
> > >   Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 4:09 PM
> > >   Subject: [Simmons Drums] ADT
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   hello there
> > > 
> > >   Last week in London I was pasing what used to be argent's 
music 
> > and 
> > >   they had thrown out a load of dusty, bent stuff. in amongst 
it 
> > were two 
> > >   ADT's. 
> > > 
> > >   Now, I used to have one of these years back and it was an 
> > incredible 
> > >   open ended flexible bit of kit [way ahead of anything now as 
a 
> > stand 
> > >   alone trigger unit - midi layering, cross fades, chords, 
delays, 
> > >   sequencing you name it]. So I tucked both of em under my arm 
and 
> > went 
> > >   home with them..... [I didn't have room for the SDS 2000] 
> > > 
> > >   However: one's [seemingly] dead and the other simply says 
Patch 
> > 01 and 
> > >   flashes away at me. Opening them up, nothing obviously 
wrong, 
> > though 
> > >   the batteries are surely no good any more....
> > > 
> > >   ANY THOUGHTS??? these would be great if I could get them up 
and 
> > running
> > > 
> > >   cheers
> > >   Al
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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