Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Rodney" <hotrodb70@...> wrote:
>
> A brain that only controls 1 pad????  And it has 2 knobs (1 is JUST
> volume, nothing else) & 1 button...gotta be a confusing son of a gun
> to use that UI (and I thought the DM Pro had a small LCD screen 
lol)!
> 
> And I can see that the pad has multiple zones, but for what it does,
> and for the price, doesn't seem much to it...I'll let Danny Carey 
suss
> it out for me, I am sure he has the extra grand to blow on toys!  
And
> from the looks of it, he is only using the 1 pad, not a whole kit 
like
> the SDX...maybe replaced his wave drum with a "new toy", i dunno. 
> Chances are he got it free just so they could use his name as an
> endorsement...that's the way it goes...
> 
> In no way, shape, or comparison will this replace the SDX...ever.
> 
> Just my opinion.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, allen edmonds <tommygun421@>
> wrote:
> >
> > $999+ s&h For one pad ??? I'll stick with simmons
> > 
> > --- meadowpatrol <meadowpatrol@> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey Boys,
> > > 
> > > The SDX is now the grandfather. Check out this site
> > > synesthesiacorp.com.
> > > Danny Carey of Tool is now using these drums. We can
> > > leave our SDX 
> > > systems at home now!! I'm getting mine after X-mas.
> > > 
> > > Check em' out.
> > > 
> > > ciao,
> > > 
> > > TMC
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > So many freaks in the world........so few circuses!
> > 
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I wonder what drummers said when simmons first hit the market......
maybe some of the same B.S.  Change is such a bad thing!!
Oh yeah, Danny Carey is smart enough to know the SDX will NOT last on 
the road/studio forever. Step into the light.
Or turn it off.

tmc