Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Berk Aarts skrev:
> Jesper
> if I may ask, what did you pay for it??

No problem. But first... It was in horrible condition (and still is in 
part). There was no guarantee as far as the functions were concerned. 10 
of the 21 slider shafts were broken and the pads (which is originally 
hard foam) suffered from foam rot so they were sticky and generally 
disgusting.

As I remember it being described in the auction; "...large hitting 
surfaces that you could dance on, and this one looks like somebody did 
just that!" :D

So... I won it at something like 60 pounds which I consider one hell of 
a bargain. I saw a Synare 2 (basically a sonically stripped version but 
with sequencer) being sold on ebay at 1200 USD or so. The Synare 3 which 
is just a pad with knobs around the rim often trade hands at 300 euros 
here in Europe.

All sliders do work and there was a short circuiting issue in one of the 
pads but that was it. I've cleaned it, added Kenton Kadi (in a spot that 
was especially badly scratched WT! ;) ) to it and removed the sticky 
foam in favour of new pads, courtesy of IKEA (mousepads originally!).

But I still need to find new sliders, I'd like to change all of them and 
add some slider tops. As it is now I have a small screwdriver lying 
beside it to program it (to reach the broken slider shafts). :S

Here it is in it's natural habitat. :D
http://www.electronic-obsession.se/studio/studio_sting_synths_n_pads_web.jpg

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