Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi Roger!
I have a sds8 fully working with 5 white pads.
AND  i'm looking for a sds1000!
my e-mail   superbenzine@...
cheers
Le 30 juin 09 à 03:51, roger.marchi a écrit :

> Hello everyone,
> that's my first post here and - of course - it's a request of help.
> I am from Italy and I'm not sure if my english is correct and  
> clear...hope it is enough.
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> I play in a new wave cover band and we use a SDS 8 brain with three  
> Dynacord pads for occasional '80 drum sounds, such as the classic  
> electronic Simmons tom with a very long decay (which can be heard  
> for example on Visage's "Fade To Grey": it's that "tsciuuuuuuuuuuu"  
> sound).
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> A couple of weeks ago, our SDS8 brain had a problem with the  
> internal electric transformer, which seems dead.
> When the SDS 8 broke down, we bought a Simmons SDS 1000, because we  
> thought we would've got the SDS 8 sounds we needed.
> We tried to get that kind of electronic tom with a very long decay,  
> but the decay control on the SDS 1000 allows just a quite short decay.
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> Well, the ways to solve this problem are several and here start my  
> requests of help:
> 1) does anyone have a SDS 8 internal electric transformer as spare  
> part, or do you know if there are non-Simmons transformer compatible  
> with the SDS 8?
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> 2) do you know if it's possible to obtain that kind of sound with  
> the SDS 1000?
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> 3) do you know of a reliable drum module/racks which can reproduce  
> that kind of sound (and more in general the SDS8 sounds?).
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> Of course, we are also interested in buying a SDS 8 brain in working  
> consditions.
> We also have a damaged SDS9 brain useful maybe for spare parts to  
> sell/exchange.
> And if the SDS 1000 proves not to be the right stuff for us, we'll  
> sell it too. More info and photos of the SDS9 and SDS1000 on request.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Ciao from Italy
> Roger Marchi
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