Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi!

> yes his name is joe ... about three years ago i began a search to acquire a couple
> of syndrums, someone on the web saw my notice and the next thing i know is that joe
> pollard himself contacted me ... we spoke on the telephone for about an hour, he is
> a very fascinating man ... in the end, however, he let me down. he had a few
> prototype units that he told me he would sell to me but they were in storage
> somewhere in california ... he kept promising but whenever i would contact him about
> it he told me that he was very busy and couldn't get to the storage facility ... he
> ended up donating everything that he had to an electronics museum. i wasn't angry,
> just disappointed

The one in Canada maybe? I was via a friend in contact with a UK guy who promised to
sell me his SDS-III rig. It turned into nothing. You can imagine me being
disappointed at that too... :(

> because i am sure the condition of his rig was perfect, whereas on eBay the
> condition of these amazing drums vary from drum to drum and module to module. might
> you have a photo of your syndrum rig that you can share with me?

The former owner still has pictures up; http://www.tictokmen.com/7/index-may04.html
But my site lacks any recent update: http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/

It lacked the "hats" for the slider, otherwise it's close to mint. I've replaced
them with Odyssey style soft slider caps.. One pad misses it's sticker, but even the
cables are originals and marked with "syndrum". I'd like a pedal though and have bid
on a few sets just to nick the pedal and resell. There was an amazing set sold just
recently with a twin, CM pads etc. Yummie:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Syndrum-Twin-278-Pedals-7-head-electric-drum-set_W0QQitemZ150009875718QQihZ005QQcategoryZ10175QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

> any for sale?

Nope... I sold the Twin just weeks ago at circa 450 USD and that was just the "brain".

> thanks

Thank you - it's not often I run into other Syndrum lovers. ;)

electronically yours, jesper