Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Autsch!
Simply stick your finger into the hole for the tom arm and press the
shell to the outside. If it does not come of completely, use anything
wooden or plastic to make the shell to come of without damaging the
plastic hooks of the shell, but better no metal screwdriver

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, sovereigng@... wrote:
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> Matt,
>     I think they are stapled shut. Pry back the  overlapping rubber
of the 
> head surface w/ your thumb. This will expose a staple  that is
holding the 
> plastic shell to the wood top. Gently work a mini  screwdriver or
any thin pry tool 
> between the staple and shell. Repeat these  steps until you pull out
all 
> staples. The shells are brittle near the edges so  work slow. After
you reconnect 
> the wire to the pickup (That is why you're  going in, right?) you
can recycle 
> the staples by tapping them back into  their holes or replace them
w/ new by 
> tapping them in with a tacking hammer. The  blow from a staple gun
may crack 
> the shell. Or you can drill pilot holes for  small screws and drive
some in. The 
> screw heads will be covered by the rubber. I  hope my guess is
right. The 
> SDS-1s are constructed this way and I assume your  pads are the same
build.
> 
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