Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "jesper" <jesper@e...> wrote:
> Hi Jesper,
I'm really curious about that SDS2 you found & would like to hear & 
see it ...
What could you say about the sound compared to a SDSV for example ?
Any picture you could send ?
Please advise & CU soon .
& ENCORE BRAVO !!!!!
PAtrice.



 
> Hi dudes!
> 
> I know the net mentions it as a prototype and also that one once 
belonged to
> New Order. But that is just about all the info there is about this
> mysterious unit.
> 
> A few weeks ago it (or one of them) surfaced on Ebay and with some
> mysterious luck/divine intervention, I won the auction at a 
ridiculous price
> (63 euro).
> 
> Upon arrival it didn't light up and when I opened it (prepared to 
find a
> totally destroyed unit) I realised the PSU had bounced around after 
breaking
> loose from its soldering points (bad idea not to screw it tightly 
to the
> board). Anyway, today I had some time and my daughter was sleeping 
so now
> the PSU is back in place, a fuse replaced and some new wires hooked 
up and
> the SDS-2 is working!
> 
> In addition to the two drum cards inside there is also a headphone
> amplifier. Was it fitted there 'cause there were space left or (or 
am I
> dreaming now?) 'cause Stephen Morris needed it? ;)
> 
> I'm still curious to find out more about this weird little unit. 
How many
> were made? Was this the only one maybe?
> 
> Pictures will appear on my site in the near future, but more about 
that
> then...
> 
> electronically yours, jesper
> www.electronic-obsession.se