Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

superwolle70 skrev:
> You are right. There are also analog sound generators

OK, maybe good with an update to clarify it? And no, I haven't forgotten 
that I would look into scanning one of my two SDS-3 manuals.

>  > Also cool with the "avoid it on the road" warning since my SDS-7 have
>  > done quite a lot of touring with it's previous owner (Tony Holmes of
>  > Ultravox, 90's edition). But as always with old gear I guess it depends
>  > on the quality of each unit. Machines that have survived 20 years
> have a
>  > tendency to last at least ten more...
> 
> I can only say that my two units are poor quality. Moreover the SDS7
> was internally called the "Simmons Cabasa" because of the none
> reliable module slots: The modules do not stick tight in the slots. It
> was the unit with the most returns

I can imagine. It _feels_ cheesy. I only meant that those which were 
destined to break down did that fairly early in most cases. So for each 
passing year unit survives it only proves it's a good example. Not a 
"måndagsexemplar" ("monday copy") as the expression is in Sweden...

One of my other passions, british synth maker EDP, had a lot of returns 
of the Wasp. As much as they referred to it as a flood of returns. 
Still, most copies today on the market are really good ones. I bet the 
crappy units were sorted out back then... *avoiding Darwinistic 
similarities*

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