hi jesper
i got a sds9/mtx9 combo for £1500 in '86
- my first bank loan
i recall sdx's going for £6-10000 depnding on specs when they first appeared
bear in mind fairlights were £100000 when they were first built
i can't recall exactly what sds5's went for but i did play one regular when i worked in a music shop over a summer at university - would have beeen the £1000 mark
sadly when my first simmons kit got stolen years ago i threw out all the manuals and press..................and i had most of from 86 - 92ish
dp
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From: jesper@...
To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Simmons drum original prices
mike:
> > Would anyone happen to know what any of the models of Simmons drums
> > cost when they first came out back in the 80's? A friend of mine who
> > has a kit vaguely remembers his parents getting him two pads and an
> > SDS5 brain for about 2 grand US, but he's not sure since he didn't
> > personally make the purchase. Were they really expensive back then?
paul:
> I believe they were.
> It would be nice to find the original prices, we did this for the PPG
CDROM.
I recently bought a Ddrum+ from a guy here in Sweden who testified to what
he payed for that. In those days electronic drums were EXPENSIVE! The prices
on rare stuff today is still just a fraction of the original price in those
days.
electronically yours, jesper - without price list though...
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Re: [Simmons Drums] Simmons drum original prices
2005-02-01 by david pinnington