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good luck! and be careful

Berk


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>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: Nick Laquintano <spindrum@...>
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:12:01 -0700
>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS-8 bass drum no longer triggering
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>Hi everyone - Thanks for the replies on this.
>
>Yeah I'm pretty sure its the pad.  This happened right in the middle of
a
>packed and crazee show, so i did not have much time to get it figured out.
>We did switch out the cord real quick, and that did not work.  I did move
>the chord around in the jack to see if that was the issue, and it wasn't.
>The pad also did not trigger in any of the other outputs of the module.

>For
>a quick fix that night i removed the bass drum from the setup and angled
>the
>pad I had been using as a floor tom down low by the bass drum pedal to use
>that as the kick drum.  I plugged that small pad into the bass drum part
>of
>the module and it worked perfectly....so i was able to get through the show
>that way.
>
>Tonight I will crack open the pad and see what I find.  Again, I have never
>done this before nor any type of soldering in my life, so this should be
>interesting  :-D
>
>Nick
>San Francisco,CA
>
>On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Berk Aarts <B.E.R.K@...> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> don't wanna be a jerk, are you sure it's the pad (did you plug it in
>> another
>> input on the module??) Did you check the bassdruminput with another  pad,
>> so it's not the channel??
>> Sorry but I know most drummers are better with their sticks then with
a
>> soldering
>> iron.
>> If it's the jacksocket, it should trigger sometimes when playing and
>> wiggling
>> with the jack.
>> Perhaps the legs off the connector are a bit open so you have contact
all
>> the time.
>>
>> remember, construction edrumpads ain't no rocket science!
>>
>> groet Berk
>>
>> >-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>> >To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>> >From: "spindrum" <spindrum@...>
>> >Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 06:55:29 -0000
>> >Subject: [Simmons Drums] SDS-8 bass drum no longer triggering
>> >Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>> >
>> >
>> >Hello everyone -
>> >
>> >Last night in the middle of a show I was performing at, my SDS-8 bass
>drum
>> >stopped triggering.  I checked the chord and the module and both were
>ok,
>> >so I know it is the bass drum.  I have had these pads for about 4 months
>> >and have performed live with them probably 4 or 5 times with no problems.
>> > I know very little about how these were constructed, so not sure how
>to
>> >further diagnose the problem, what to look for, and even how to fix it
>> once
>> >I find out what the problem is.  Can anyone help or point me in some
>> direction?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Nick
>> >
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