Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Here are a few prices I have ;       

(  prices in France in 1986 ... )

SDS1000   £1078
Eprom        £34
T.M.I             £350
SDE              £ 659
SDS1            £240                                       ( everything in blue included pads ...)
SDS200        £425
SDS400        £665
SDS800        £760
SDS9              £1550
SDS7              £2550
    hh module      £410
    Cymb module £360
    Tom module    £360

When these following ones were new...

the SDS8 was about £1380
Trixer                           £1100
SDS2000                    £1400

I personnally paid £3000 for a new10 piece kit full option SDX in 1994
& £1500 for a few extras Syquest full of multisampled kits...
The XRack was out of reach for me at          £4500

I don't know for the early SDSIII & IV ...


Hope that helps .
Bye.
Patrice.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Maddox (Mail LIsts) 
  To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Simmons drum original prices


  Mike,

  > Would anyone happen to know what any of the models of Simmons drums
  > cost when they first came out back in the 80's? A friend of mine who
  > has a kit vaguely remembers his parents getting him two pads and an
  > SDS5 brain for about 2 grand US, but he's not sure since he didn't
  > personally make the purchase. Were they really expensive back then?

  I believe they were.
  It would be nice to find the original prices, we did this for the PPG CDROM.

  Paul



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