Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

pa21@... skrev 2013-06-10 23:22:
> my first ebay bid, maybe 5 years ago I saw an SDS 3 for sale thought ooo
> might be nice to have a spare, it was around 250£ so I bid thought meh
> i'll spend a little more for what I bought mine for maybe ten years
> previously so I placed a bid of 450.. last day of auction arrived.. I
> learned about about snipe bidding that day and how out of touch I was
> with the current value of things.
> It sold for over 1k.. mine cost 50£ around 1996.

SDS-III is a different breed. Circa 200 units made and first commercial 
product from Simmons. Stylish as hell, rare as hen's teeth and wanted 
like few other analogue drum brains.

SDS-8 was a commercial success. Thousands were produced. It looked 
boring, is common and often the poor man's entry to the analogue drum world.

Well, something like that anyway. :) I have owned three SDS-8's and sold 
every one. I have a SDS-III and it sure stays here since it's so bloody 
amazing!

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

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