Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

rick:
> Hello list. Since my snare doesn't work you all talked about a card or a
> broken something that made the snare work. To get my snare to work, what 
> do I
> need to get and where do I get it?

Remove it and have a tech looking at it...

> 2nd What card or whatever do I need for the
> high hat pedal to work and where do I get that?

You look at Ebay and will be prepared to pay rediculous amounts for a 
hi-hat-card!

> 3rd What kind of a service man
> do I look for? Would a normal guitar center be able to do the repair or 
> does
> it  take a special person? Thanks

Someone special... if you don't want them to do more harm than good.

Wasn't it you who had just kept it for your daughter? If I were you I'd sell 
it and the hardware on Ebay (with a faulty snare card) and invest the money 
in something newer. The Simmons is a classic, but on the other hand, if it's 
just to practice drums it would be like keeping a vintage stratocaster for a 
kid who just wanted to learn the start of Metallica's "Nothing else matters" 
or a Rhodes 73 for the first piano lessons to a six-year-old...

My two cents...

...and a third cent;If you care about your daughter's wrists (tell me if I'm 
mixing you up with someone else on the list, 'cause then this turns out 
weird) you should get her something that isn't that hard to hit with drum 
sticks. Newer digital sets are softer etc.

electronically yours, jesper - not a drummer, a vintage gear head and 
electronic musician
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