Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi vince ,

thanks for sharing your experience with us ...

Yep I tryed that sort of both sticks you're mentioning ...
The first one (sort of carbon ones) could break badly on cymbals, but  
they were reducing impact of SDX pads & older Simmons pads...
The rubber cushions (?) over the stick tip (Pro mark maybe... ) did  
make  them a little more bouncier but still ...
the stick wood was too hard I suppose...
I didn't get very satisfied with these both type of sticks ... I would  
say "Less worse "...

even the hexaheads Simmonsare not for me, (I don't like much Remo  
practice pads ...)...
even Ddrums with regular remo skins are blocked  by the foam under the  
skin so it's absorbing a part of the vibration but not really ...
Like the tama ones Roland mentioned earlier...

but all these pads with Mesheads are much better !
I could say there is twice much triggering dynamic..

The thing is , it's not easy to find some 11' Mesheads for the  
Hexaheads pads ...
I never saw any ...  :- (((

Patrice.




Le 30 mars 08 à 18:19, VinceL a écrit :

> The newer Simmons pads that came with the later models have some  
> give built
> in to them that absorbs enough energy for me that I don't have a  
> problem
> playing them with regular sticks. But the older pads (in my case  
> SDS8 and
> SDS7) are very hard on my hands and wrists after playing for awhile.  
> Many
> years ago, I found a pair of drumsticks made out of some kind of  
> semi-clear
> plastic (they don't have any company name on them) that flex just a  
> bit. I
> find these to be much easier on my hands and wrists and I don't have  
> any
> trigger problems with them. Although, I don't like using them on real
> cymbals.
>
> Another solution is using cushions that slide over the tip of a  
> regular
> drumstick. The ones I have look like they are made from surgical  
> tubing.
> They make it very comfortable to play the older pads. However, you  
> do lose
> some trigger sensitivity. If the music you are playing doesn't  
> require any
> subtle touches, then these cushions work great.
>
>
> 



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