Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I want a set of original black toms to go with my bass pad. The bass is 
original, but the toms are rather SDS-8 I think... Works well though and I 
often go via the TMI anyway...

electronically yours, jesper
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <michael.buchner@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDSV Crosstalk


> It is a good idea to get the original SDSV pads. Because the surface is 
> very hard, the trigger pulse has another shape than on rubber pads. So the 
> click sound of SDSV is much more precise, sharp like a needle. This I 
> found out more than 20 years ago, when all drummers were crying because of 
> the too hard pads. Simmons immediately offered flat rubber hexagons to be 
> glued on top of the pads. But: that changed the sound! The impact was not 
> like before. From that time on I played these pads only on the rims.
> I don't have these pads anymore. But sometimes they are on eBay.
> Regards
> Michael
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