Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I agree that EVERY Simmons isn't gold, but it seems that the most common model, the SDS-V is. Every one I find on ebay always seems to go for huge amounts of money, and this is usually JUST the brain, nevermind the pads! And yet the SDS-7, the most sophisticated, expensive, and uncommon one seems to not be worth nearly as much, sad to say. 

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Jacquot.Patrice@... wrote:
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> Fully agree Jesper, 
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> every SImmons isn't Gold. we can't expect a great price of every single model released. 
> Not that simple.  Otherwise buying & selling that brand could be a full time job in itself.
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> De: jesper <jesper@...>
> À: Simmons Drums <Simmons_Drums@...m>
> Envoyé: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:19:36 +0200 (CEST)
> Objet: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: sds8 price
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>  pa21@... skrev 2013-06-10 23:22:
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> > my first ebay bid, maybe 5 years ago I saw an SDS 3 for sale thought ooo
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> > might be nice to have a spare, it was around 250£ so I bid thought meh
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> > i'll spend a little more for what I bought mine for maybe ten years
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> > previously so I placed a bid of 450.. last day of auction arrived.. I
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> > learned about about snipe bidding that day and how out of touch I was
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> > with the current value of things.
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> > It sold for over 1k.. mine cost 50£ around 1996.
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> SDS-III is a different breed. Circa 200 units made and first commercial 
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> product from Simmons. Stylish as hell, rare as hen's teeth and wanted 
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> like few other analogue drum brains.
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> SDS-8 was a commercial success. Thousands were produced. It looked 
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> boring, is common and often the poor man's entry to the analogue drum world.
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> Well, something like that anyway. :) I have owned three SDS-8's and sold 
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> every one. I have a SDS-III and it sure stays here since it's so bloody 
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> amazing!
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