Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and i've also Just bought an SDS9 and pads. I had the same head 
scratching moment, as externally the pads look identical, so i reasoned I was missing a 
snare pad, so i peeked inside and spotted some extra wiring. I've yet to hook up the full 
rig, though i've tested the brain, and apart from a few electronic niggles and noisy pots it 
works. I'm assured the pads trigger ok. On the outside it looks a little shabby though with 
all the discolouration of off white.beige plastic, I was thinking about re-spraying, so i'd 
appreciate it if anyone had any comments on this. I intend to restore 'her' to former electro 
glories.


Carl


--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "ken_evans_99" <tycho33@...> wrote:
>
> My SDS9 kit had no identifiable snare (no pad with a grey "o"). I 
> only knew which was the snare after opening the pads for restoration, 
> externally it's identical to the toms. The piezo for the rim was 
> broken anyway, aparently by an abusive previous owner, but since I 
> use it with an SDS8 brain it's no problem but easily fixable if 
> required :-) I stuck a little "S" sticker next to the jack input so I 
> could tell which pad was which.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ken. 
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70" 
> <superwolle70@> wrote:
> >
> > The SDS9 came with a special stereo pad with an extra rim trigger 
> and
> > a stereo jack. The stereo pad can be easily identified by the grey
> > colored "o" in "Simmons" on the ruber surface. If you don't have any
> > pad with a grey "o", you don't have a snare pad.
> > Bye
> > Wolfgang
> > 
> > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" <jbospunk@> wrote:
> > >
> > > REcently purchased an SDS9 brain and also a few SDS9 pads 
> seperately. 
> > > How do I get the snare/rim to trigger from the same pad? Did 
> Simmons 
> > > have a special "dual zone" type of pad made for this function? 
> > > 
> > > regards,
> > > Jim
> > >
> >
>