Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

On 9/26/06 1:22 AM, "jesper@..."
<jesper@electronic-obsession.se> wrote:

> What if we all register all our gear... I wonder what they'll say?! =)
> 
That is seriously the greatest idea I¹ve heard.

This whole thing is questionable.  Who is it being marketed to?  Us?!
Anyone who¹d actually buy it probably could care less what name is on it,
and anyone who wants a Simmons kit would be disappointed for the obvious
reasons (stock round pads and typical sound banks ­ though I can imagine
there¹s - at the very least ­ a ³classic hex² bank, you know in between the
³ballad kit² and the ³metal kit²).

Also, is anyone else bothered/confused by their decision to use the old
logo?  Wouldn¹t the later one make more sense?  Or a new one?

I can nit-pick all day, but the issue really seems to be GC¹s perception of
the Simmons brand ­ not as innovators, or even evolutionary milestones in
the development of electronic drums.  ³Simmons² to them means obsolete,
low-tech, entry-level, and not for ³serious² musicians (maybe a little
flimsy nostalgia thrown in), which has been the position of music retailers
ever since Roland, Yamaha, etc. rose to the top of the e-drum market in the
90¹s.

It¹s going to go one of two ways:  Total flop (fingers crossed), or
³Simmons² becomes the leading maker of toy kits.








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