Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I am not 110% sure but I assume that the front was made of foam (it pretty much looks like on this scan: http://studio.cordiboy.free.fr/images/Simmons%20SDC200.jpg) which disappears after almost 30 years. I recently got an SDC200 as well and I decided to restore the front with this particular material: http://www.tundtmusic.com/product_info.php/language/en/info/p241_Fender--174--style-schwarzer-Frontbespannstoff.html

I already got it but work is not finished yet. During the last 10 years I have only seen a hand full of SDC200s on Ebay & co. and none of them still had it's front or even the blue hexagon. So some improvisation is demanded.
Does anybody know something about the blue hexagon? Material? Weight?

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "philmurr" <philmurr@...> wrote:
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> I managed to get the SDC200 amp that was on ebay UK last week, for the princely sum of £10.50.
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> Picked it up last night, a huge and heavy beast, and it's in pieces today.  Basically a fairly simple ILP 200W amplifier design driving an ILP bass and Celestion midrange speaker.
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> Only a couple of channels currently work so I'll need to get the rest of them fixed up.  In pretty good cosmetic condition but will need to fabricate a new cover for the front.
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> Don't see many of them around...does anyone have any close-up photos ? Even Google hardly has any, and there's almost no information on the unit itself...
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