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34 pounds for a fuxxing eprom - damn! ;)
BTW, great to see some activity on the list...

Regarding the 70's, I guess it was even worse. The Pollards, early Simmons
and customised units must've been expensive since very few were sold and
only the biggest artists could be seen using them.

Pollard made a 4-channel unit but soon cut it down to 2 and 1 channel
versions. Circuits were expensive gadgets then... If you do a search for
Pollard Syndrum today you get few hits and many point to the same addresses.
But if they turn up on Ebay the japanese collectors are there like crows on
a corpse... ;)

electronically yours, jesper - proud owner of a Quad 478
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrice JACQUOT" <Jacquot.Patrice@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Simmons drum original prices



Here are a few prices I have ;

(  prices in France in 1986 ... )

SDS1000   \ufffd1078
Eprom        \ufffd34
T.M.I             \ufffd350
SDE              \ufffd 659
SDS1            \ufffd240                                       ( everything in
blue included pads ...)
SDS200        \ufffd425
SDS400        \ufffd665
SDS800        \ufffd760
SDS9              \ufffd1550
SDS7              \ufffd2550
    hh module      \ufffd410
    Cymb module \ufffd360
    Tom module    \ufffd360

When these following ones were new...

the SDS8 was about \ufffd1380
Trixer                           \ufffd1100
SDS2000                    \ufffd1400

I personnally paid \ufffd3000 for a new10 piece kit full option SDX in 1994
& \ufffd1500 for a few extras Syquest full of multisampled kits...
The XRack was out of reach for me at          \ufffd4500

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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