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Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS-9 repair

2014-01-21 by Nick Zampiello

I will add that the SDSV is great to work on if you never need to work on anything but the cards !

i had to save an enclosure last year and the boards were riveted to the chassis! You also need to desolder a 20+ pin header that connects the mix/power board to the back board thats riveted to the chassis.
total PITA.

Once you are there you had better do all the caps and such because it's total bullshart.

I actually popped the rivets and used screws and detachable headers so the unit will come apart in 20 years when it's time for another cap job.

lol.

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On Monday, January 20, 2014 3:21 AM, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
Malte Rogacki skrev 2014-01-17 00:08:
> Last but not least: I think the Simmons enclosures are pretty good
> contenders for "worst mechanical design" in terms of disassembling and
> assembling. The SDS-8 was pretty bad and the SDS-9 is not much different...

Ever been inside a Roland SH-101? 32 screws on such a basic synth. ;)
And I think both the SDS-III and SDS-IV are a delight to get into. They
even stand wll "undressed" for testing.

But yes, I got the point! :D

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