Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

it's kind of funny that this was posted today ... earlier this morning i went to my local guitar center looking for a pearl modular stand for a couple of simmons toms ... i picked one out and the sales person, who i have gotten to know pretty well, asks me if i just bought a pearl kit? i told him what i wanted it for and he proceeds to tell me that guitar center bought the "simmons" name and new electronic drums under the simmons moniker are now being developed as we live and breathe. i immediatley asked about the brain and the hex pads but he didn't know specifics, only that they are being manufactured now and will be called simmons electronic drums. they'll probably be pieces of crap, no doubt.

monodist <monodist@...> wrote:          Sounds like the old hayman brand that disappeared in 75 and is now back with low budget 
acoustic and electronic kits. The electronic kits are also avalaible with the 'Fame' brand on 
it and are just crap. I wouildn't be surprised to see the same kit with a simmons logo. 
There seems to be a trend to use old, more or less succesfull, brandname and make it 
appear as a resurrection from the grave. (I very much doubt the new Lenco productline 
having anything to do with the old swiss turntables from the 70's). If this Simmons stuff 
was for real, I think it would have introduced itself somewhat more spectacular than in a 
forum where it was spotted by someone in a Guitar center (of all places!!)

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70" <superwolle70@...> wrote:
>
> It's more likely to meet Elvis alive and kicking
> http://www.elvislives.net/
> 
> Honestly:
> Generally it's not impossible that there will come an electric drum
> set that will be named "Simmons"
> BUT: Who cares? It will definetely have nothing to do with SDSV, SDS7,
> SDX & co. as it will have definetely nothing to do with Dave Simmons
> himself, therefore I wouldn't freak out and become horny meeting a new
> kit with the old logo but round pads (uhhh....)
> 
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "dajmando" <dajmando@> wrote:
> >
> > Someone posted that they saw a new inexpensive Simmons kit in a GC???
> > Posted here at Vdrums.com : 
> > http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26796
> > I actually joined this group to see if this has been descussed... I 
> > see no info by browsing the web... Is this just a rumor/mistake? Jman
> >
>



         

 		
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