Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

phil:

> I've taken a collar from one of the mounts and it seems a little small
> to fit round a Peavey arm I tried in a local music shop.
>
> Any advice would be be appreciated.

Weird... An old Ludwigstand came with my SDS-8 pads and I've used that for
the SDS-1s too without problem...

Keep searching. I guess drum makers are like synth makers; why follow a
standard when you can create your own?! ;)

electronically yours, jesper
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Assuming that the size of the mounting collar for the SDS-1 is the same as other Simmons pads, there should be plenty of choices that will fit.

I have SDS8, SDS7, and SDX pads. I've used them with tom mounting arms from Ludwig, Slingerland, and Pearl,

Vince

> Hi,
>
> I recently won a Simmons 1000 and drum rack on ebay
> (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3715426122). It
> works great and I now have an SDS-1 to go with it.
>
> The trouble is I'm finding it a bit hard in London to find a tom arm
> to mount the SDS-1 on the Original Simmons drum rack.
>
> Does anyone know what compatible tom arms and kit I need to buy to
> mount the SDS-1 ?
>
> I've taken a collar from one of the mounts and it seems a little small
> to fit round a Peavey arm I tried in a local music shop.
>
> Any advice would be be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Phil B.
>
>
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>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>

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--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, vlegrand@c... wrote:

> Assuming that the size of the mounting collar for the SDS-1 is the

same as other Simmons pads, there should be plenty of choices that
will fit.

>
> I have SDS8, SDS7, and SDX pads. I've used them with tom mounting

arms from Ludwig, Slingerland, and Pearl,

I've just tried it on a Pearl tom arm and although very snug, it fits.
I'll order one of those. I did some digging on the web and I believe
that the arm is 7/8" in diameter. I now just need to measure the rack
for the end fitting.

Thanks for the help.

Regards,
Phil B.

Phil,
When Simmons put out the SDS-5 in '81 the standard they followed was
Pearls. Almost all Simmons pads will fit pearl mounts. I say 'almost' to cover my
ass because I'm sure Jesper or Patrice are gonna dig up from their
collections some Dave Simmons design that has the Musicaid name on it that uses all
violin parts or something.

Greg


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greg:

> Phil,
> When Simmons put out the SDS-5 in '81 the standard they followed was
> Pearls. Almost all Simmons pads will fit pearl mounts. I

So then, solved! :) I had some Tama pads that had some crappy special design
that didn't fit on anything else... BAAAAD!

> say 'almost' to cover my
> ass because I'm sure Jesper or Patrice are gonna dig up from their
> collections some Dave Simmons design that has the Musicaid name on it that

uses all

> violin parts or something.

Oh, you mean the Simmons/Stradivarius collaboration?! ;)

Well, I've only had a few Music Aid things and they live either with Lasse
or in NY these days. Cannot remember who bought them, but it was SDS-V cards
anyway...

electronically yours, jesper
www.electronic-obsession.se
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