Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

if you want to stable with a gun 
keep a piece off cardboard between the surface and the stablegun
after stabling (is this correct English) you remove the cardboard
this keeps the impact of the stablegun low

good luck
BERK!
>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: sovereigng@...
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:15:58 EDT
>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Opening SDS9 Pads.
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>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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