Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

hi
the riot shield plastic pads were sds5's and are pretty damn rare in 
fact i only iever saw two sets in the 80's when i worked in a music 
shop

the sds9/1000/800 etc's with black rubber surface (also have a 
deeper hexagonal casing below..........there are lots of these 
puppies around some are jack plug and some are xlr's used these from 
around '87 to '94 and they were pretty bombproof but a little dead 
to play in terms of bounce

sdx pads look the same audience side as sds9 etc pads but have a 
grey surface and the pickups are totally different as they were for 
sdx system (not tried them with other gear yet!!) yet to find how 
durable these are

i also recall the late model simmons pads which used a drum head and 
the bass drum had a beater bar across the top but can't recall the 
name but i think they were pretty rare as it was around the time 
simmons shut up shop finally  and when i stopped playing when my kit 
was stolen...........

most of the pads you'll see for sale are the black rubber type 



--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "omons43612" <omons@h...> 
wrote:
> i am in the process of getting rid of my yamaha drum pads to 
replace 
> them with simmons pads to add a bit more character to my rig.  The 
> only thing is, i DO NOT want the simmons pads with the hard 
plastic 
> playing surface.  would someone be kind enough to enlighten me as 
to 
> model #'s of simmons pads with the gum rubber playing surfaces?
> 
> thanks in advance for any help,
> 
> STB