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Re: Dave Stewart and a modded SDS-V

2010-07-02 by monzarottie

It's greater than 2500. My highest one is 002551. My other is 002355.



--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70" <superwolle70@...> wrote:
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> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@> wrote:
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> > superwolle70 skrev:
> > > I remember about a year ago a red SDSV pad set which was supposed to be 
> > > owned by Dave Stuart: Beside 4 common red SDSV tom pads it had a very 
> > > tiny moon shaped bassdrum which reminded me of the Roland KD-7 floor 
> > > kick pad.
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> > Was it a crescent moon? Mounted on the floor in some odd angle then?
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> exactly 
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> > Cool - that might very well be the one behind the liner note. I wonder 
> > what happened to that set then...
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> > > How many Musicaid SDSV units had been built? How many Simmons SDSV 
> > > brains? Interesting question. I would estimate 100 Musicaid + 3000 Simmons
> > 
> > Sounds very reasonable. Thanks Wolfgang!
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> That's just a guess, but the highest serialnumber on an SDSV which I have ever seen was something around 2500 or 2800. If somebody has a higher number: Please let us know. BTW: The main difference between a Musicaid and a Simmons SDSV is (as far as I can say): The Simmons has a zink-coated chassis, the Musicaid not :-) http://www.simmonsmuseum.com/p/blog/musicaid_sdsv3.jpg
> It's going to be hard work...
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> > electronically yours, jesper
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> > www.electronic-obsession.se
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