Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi,

I writing on behalf of a friend who has an SDS 9 kit.
 The Drums and controller have been stored in a loft for about 14 
years in a relativly dry enviroment. He recently took the drums out 
to see if they still worked but after hearing some distorted sounds 
the unit eventually made no sound at all. The circutboard appears to 
be OK with no signs of errosion.
 Could it be (not surpprisingly) that the internal battery is dead? 
The fact that it made some sounds which eventually died away makes us 
think that the small white disk(the battery?) is kaput. Or is it more 
likely to be somthing fatal like the circuitboard or ROM chips being 
damaged and we can't see where the damage is?
 Is it too much to hope that he could replace a component and have 
those wonderfull sounds back or is 14 years of storage just too much 
for the poor thing.

I would be very greatfull for any feed back, even some abuse for 
having left the thing alone for so long. I haven't had much luck 
finding info about Simmons on the web.

Cheers,

mike

I have a guy in Hollywood CA who has repaired 2 of my Simmons brains 
for about $100.00.  He doesnt even charge for a diagnosis (free 
estimate of repair cost).  He 's great and very reasonably priced and 
has access to replacement parts.
E mail me ( cssappliance@...) and I can give you his name 
address phone and e mail if you are interested.
good luck
Scooter
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "mookinx <mookinx@y...>" 
<mookinx@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I writing on behalf of a friend who has an SDS 9 kit.
>  The Drums and controller have been stored in a loft for about 14 
> years in a relativly dry enviroment. He recently took the drums out 
> to see if they still worked but after hearing some distorted sounds 
> the unit eventually made no sound at all. The circutboard appears 
to 
> be OK with no signs of errosion.
>  Could it be (not surpprisingly) that the internal battery is dead? 
> The fact that it made some sounds which eventually died away makes 
us 
> think that the small white disk(the battery?) is kaput. Or is it 
more 
> likely to be somthing fatal like the circuitboard or ROM chips 
being 
> damaged and we can't see where the damage is?
>  Is it too much to hope that he could replace a component and have 
> those wonderfull sounds back or is 14 years of storage just too 
much 

> for the poor thing.
> 
> I would be very greatfull for any feed back, even some abuse for 
> having left the thing alone for so long. I haven't had much luck 
> finding info about Simmons on the web.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> mike