Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Does he have any plans to make new drums and did he win the name back from guitarcenter??

From what I know, the win back only has credence in the UK. Guitar center was found under UK law not to have complied with the legislation thus they have no hold on the mark within the UK. As to the US and elsewhere this may not apply. Again from the info I have seen he is more than happy carrying out his current business with no intention at this point to re-enter the electronic drum sector. Others here may be able to clarify or correct me.

warlandr63@... said on 12/02/14 17:17:

> From what I know, the win back only has credence in the UK. Guitar
> center was found under UK law not to have complied with the legislation
> thus they have no hold on the mark within the UK. As to the US and
> elsewhere this may not apply. Again from the info I have seen he is more
> than happy carrying out his current business with no intention at this
> point to re-enter the electronic drum sector. Others here may be able to
> clarify or correct me.
>

I've just been reading up on the background to this, and the interview
with Dave Simmons in Digital Drummer magazine is quite illuminating:

http://issuu.com/digitaldrummer/docs/digitaldrummer_may2011issuu

It mentions that at that point in 2011 he was considering some further
adventures in the world of electronic percussion if he could win back
the rights to the Simmons brand name. It would be very interesting as
having recently played my brother's Roland electronic kit, the current
state of the art seems to be a much more affordable but quite limited
version of the Simmons SDX!

Chris

I think the UK rights in a way had effect throughout Europe since we're
one market these days. It sure helped get the plastic crap off the
german online stores at least (or was it the mails from some of us in
this group that did it?).

Good that the digital drummer interview surfaced 'cause then it's no
secret anymore. Dave have been thinking in the line of e-drums again.
But as the hexaheads we are, we can probably assume that it won't be as
cool as it once were. The market is different these days...

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Chris Wareham skrev 2014-02-12 23:18:

> warlandr63@... said on 12/02/14 17:17:
> > From what I know, the win back only has credence in the UK. Guitar
> > center was found under UK law not to have complied with the legislation
> > thus they have no hold on the mark within the UK. As to the US and
> > elsewhere this may not apply. Again from the info I have seen he is more
> > than happy carrying out his current business with no intention at this
> > point to re-enter the electronic drum sector. Others here may be able to
> > clarify or correct me.
> >
>
> I've just been reading up on the background to this, and the interview
> with Dave Simmons in Digital Drummer magazine is quite illuminating:
>
> http://issuu.com/digitaldrummer/docs/digitaldrummer_may2011issuu
>
> It mentions that at that point in 2011 he was considering some further
> adventures in the world of electronic percussion if he could win back
> the rights to the Simmons brand name. It would be very interesting as
> having recently played my brother's Roland electronic kit, the current
> state of the art seems to be a much more affordable but quite limited
> version of the Simmons SDX!
>
> Chris

 It would be very interesting as

Hi Chris,
For what it's worth, this is my opinion.
The SDX is a far more flexible machine than ANY other machine on the market.
It is capable or WARPING sound to a point where the original sound can be altered to be something totally new and fresh.
The sound quality and authenticity of sound leaves the Roland gear sounding like drum machines / toys IMO.
I own Roland TD-10, TD-20. they do not inspire me, they live in a box.
While I understand their appeal as practice kits, they are not personal in any way, whereas the sounds I create with SDX feel as though they are my own and contain something of my own personality and choice/taste in creating them.They have an identity which is personal.
The SDX really does work despite any bad publicity, all of the issues with the software can be worked around in my experience.
I have used SDX since 1991 and own several units. I run the system using external ZIP drives and the sound quality is wonderful.
I am familiar with ddrum3/4/2BOX etc ...the ddrum3 is a great machine, but all of these lack what the SDX has.
The 2BOX requires a computer to do any serious editing...so if on a gig and you want to edit something you had better have a laptop with you.
The ddrum3 is great,  but when the sounds are selected by playing across the pad 'positionally' you simply get the next sample across.
You cannot alter the pitch or filter brightness or pan position simply by playing a different area of the pad...SDX plays and manipulates sounds as if you have a separate 'whammy bar' on all of these functions simultaneously. NOTHING ELSE on the market does this to my knowledge...not in 1987 , not in 2014...it is peerless in this particular feature. Buy one if you get the chance.
Regards, Bruce