Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> bubbleman77 skrev:
> > Hi folks,
> 
> Hi and welcome!
> 
> > just joined this group as i have come across a SDS III and might 
be
> > looking to sell it. Believe it or not someone GAVE me this synth 
many
> > years ago when i was younger when i didn't really know what i had 
in
> > my hands TBH so it lived in my loft for about 15 years. I had
> > forgotten all about it over the years and discovered it again a 
few
> > months ago.
> 
> Cool!
> 
> > Its got the Musicaid logo on the back and is in ok nick, a few
> > scratches and one nob missing along with two of the little gray
> > plastic screw covers off the top of two other nobs. It is fully
> > working apart from that.
> 
> Good news too, but be prepared... it'll start to break down just 
about 
> now. 30-35 years seems to be the life span of many of the internal 
IC's. 
> Not that they're that rare, but it's good to know. I've fixed up 
two 
> SDS-4's and have a broken SDS-3 I'm about to dig into...
> 
> > NOW i know what a truly great/classic piece of gear this is and 
the
> > sheer lack off information out there on the web on them shows how
> > little of them are around that are still working. The number of
> > people trying to clone them suggests this too. I've looked all 
over
> > the net and have yet to find one for sale or that has been sold
> > recently. The closest i have come to finding a potential price was
> > one guy in Europe who was prepared to pay 800 to 1000 euros for 
one?!?
> 
> Might have been me. ;) Thanks to this list I'm now a owner and 
maybe 
> you'll find another buyer here. If not, I bet Ebay will prove that 
the 
> interest is great in this wicked machine!
> 
> > Really i have no idea so im putting this out there to see what the
> > situation is before i decide whether to sell or not.
> 
> Since you know it's valuable there's no need to try to rob you of 
it. 
> Selling below 400 quid would be stupid indeed and the SDS-3 is the 
most 
> wanted beast among the oldies so I'd say at least 600 if it's in 
the 
> condition you say and has all four pads to go with it.
> 
> *ooooh* I really feel the urge to fix mine now - where's that 
soldering 
> iron?! ;)
> 
> Who's the first to mail an offer offlist?
> 
> -- 
> electronically yours, jesper
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cheers mate thanks for the info. i dont have the pads with it which 
is a shame. That would be too good to be true!!