Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi folks,

just joined this group as i have come across a SDS III and might be 
looking to sell it. Believe it or not someone GAVE me this synth many 
years ago when i was younger when i didn't really know what i had in 
my hands TBH so it lived in my loft for about 15 years. I had 
forgotten all about it over the years and discovered it again a few 
months ago. 

Its got the Musicaid logo on the back and is in ok nick, a few 
scratches and one nob missing along with two of the little gray 
plastic screw covers off the top of two other nobs. It is fully 
working apart from that.

NOW i know what a truly great/classic piece of gear this is and the 
sheer lack off information out there on the web on them shows how 
little of them are around that are still working. The number of 
people trying to clone them suggests this too. I've looked all over 
the net and have yet to find one for sale or that has been sold 
recently. The closest i have come to finding a potential price was 
one guy in Europe who was prepared to pay 800 to 1000 euros for one?!?

Really i have no idea so im putting this out there to see what the 
situation is before i decide whether to sell or not.

Bubbleman77

bubbleman77 skrev:
> Hi folks,

Hi and welcome!

> just joined this group as i have come across a SDS III and might be
> looking to sell it. Believe it or not someone GAVE me this synth many
> years ago when i was younger when i didn't really know what i had in
> my hands TBH so it lived in my loft for about 15 years. I had
> forgotten all about it over the years and discovered it again a few
> months ago.

Cool!

> Its got the Musicaid logo on the back and is in ok nick, a few
> scratches and one nob missing along with two of the little gray
> plastic screw covers off the top of two other nobs. It is fully
> working apart from that.

Good news too, but be prepared... it'll start to break down just about 
now. 30-35 years seems to be the life span of many of the internal IC's. 
Not that they're that rare, but it's good to know. I've fixed up two 
SDS-4's and have a broken SDS-3 I'm about to dig into...

> NOW i know what a truly great/classic piece of gear this is and the
> sheer lack off information out there on the web on them shows how
> little of them are around that are still working. The number of
> people trying to clone them suggests this too. I've looked all over
> the net and have yet to find one for sale or that has been sold
> recently. The closest i have come to finding a potential price was
> one guy in Europe who was prepared to pay 800 to 1000 euros for one?!?

Might have been me. ;) Thanks to this list I'm now a owner and maybe 
you'll find another buyer here. If not, I bet Ebay will prove that the 
interest is great in this wicked machine!

> Really i have no idea so im putting this out there to see what the
> situation is before i decide whether to sell or not.

Since you know it's valuable there's no need to try to rob you of it. 
Selling below 400 quid would be stupid indeed and the SDS-3 is the most 
wanted beast among the oldies so I'd say at least 600 if it's in the 
condition you say and has all four pads to go with it.

*ooooh* I really feel the urge to fix mine now - where's that soldering 
iron?! ;)

Who's the first to mail an offer offlist?

-- 
electronically yours, jesper
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www.electronic-obsession.se
www.myspace.com/machinepop
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--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> bubbleman77 skrev:
> > Hi folks,
> 
> Hi and welcome!
> 
> > just joined this group as i have come across a SDS III and might 
be
> > looking to sell it. Believe it or not someone GAVE me this synth 
many
> > years ago when i was younger when i didn't really know what i had 
in
> > my hands TBH so it lived in my loft for about 15 years. I had
> > forgotten all about it over the years and discovered it again a 
few
> > months ago.
> 
> Cool!
> 
> > Its got the Musicaid logo on the back and is in ok nick, a few
> > scratches and one nob missing along with two of the little gray
> > plastic screw covers off the top of two other nobs. It is fully
> > working apart from that.
> 
> Good news too, but be prepared... it'll start to break down just 
about 
> now. 30-35 years seems to be the life span of many of the internal 
IC's. 
> Not that they're that rare, but it's good to know. I've fixed up 
two 
> SDS-4's and have a broken SDS-3 I'm about to dig into...
> 
> > NOW i know what a truly great/classic piece of gear this is and 
the
> > sheer lack off information out there on the web on them shows how
> > little of them are around that are still working. The number of
> > people trying to clone them suggests this too. I've looked all 
over
> > the net and have yet to find one for sale or that has been sold
> > recently. The closest i have come to finding a potential price was
> > one guy in Europe who was prepared to pay 800 to 1000 euros for 
one?!?
> 
> Might have been me. ;) Thanks to this list I'm now a owner and 
maybe 
> you'll find another buyer here. If not, I bet Ebay will prove that 
the 
> interest is great in this wicked machine!
> 
> > Really i have no idea so im putting this out there to see what the
> > situation is before i decide whether to sell or not.
> 
> Since you know it's valuable there's no need to try to rob you of 
it. 
> Selling below 400 quid would be stupid indeed and the SDS-3 is the 
most 
> wanted beast among the oldies so I'd say at least 600 if it's in 
the 
> condition you say and has all four pads to go with it.
> 
> *ooooh* I really feel the urge to fix mine now - where's that 
soldering 
> iron?! ;)
> 
> Who's the first to mail an offer offlist?
> 
> -- 
> electronically yours, jesper
> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
> www.electronic-obsession.se
> www.myspace.com/machinepop
> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>
cheers mate thanks for the info. i dont have the pads with it which 
is a shame. That would be too good to be true!!

bubbleman77 skrev:
> cheers mate thanks for the info. i dont have the pads with it which
> is a shame. That would be too good to be true!!

Oh no, you better sell it to me at 100 quid! :D

-- 
electronically yours, jesper - with six pads, still planning that 3-4-set
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www.electronic-obsession.se
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Hi,
Just for info ,
I paid mine 3 years ago, 150� in pretty good shape with 2 pads...
O, it's quite rare but personnaly I wouldn't pay as much for it  as I  
think a few old analog synths can do the job... & much more ...
but I'm just a drummer...

Hope that helps...
Patrice.





Le 13 avr. 08 � 17:17, bubbleman77 a �crit :

> Hi folks,
>
> just joined this group as i have come across a SDS III and might be
> looking to sell it. Believe it or not someone GAVE me this synth many
> years ago when i was younger when i didn't really know what i had in
> my hands TBH so it lived in my loft for about 15 years. I had
> forgotten all about it over the years and discovered it again a few
> months ago.
>
> Its got the Musicaid logo on the back and is in ok nick, a few
> scratches and one nob missing along with two of the little gray
> plastic screw covers off the top of two other nobs. It is fully
> working apart from that.
>
> NOW i know what a truly great/classic piece of gear this is and the
> sheer lack off information out there on the web on them shows how
> little of them are around that are still working. The number of
> people trying to clone them suggests this too. I've looked all over
> the net and have yet to find one for sale or that has been sold
> recently. The closest i have come to finding a potential price was
> one guy in Europe who was prepared to pay 800 to 1000 euros for one?!?
>
> Really i have no idea so im putting this out there to see what the
> situation is before i decide whether to sell or not.
>
> Bubbleman77
>
>
> 



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Patrice Jacquot skrev:
> Hi,
> Just for info ,
> I paid mine 3 years ago, 150€ in pretty good shape with 2 pads...
> O, it's quite rare but personnaly I wouldn't pay as much for it  as I  
> think a few old analog synths can do the job... & much more ...
> but I'm just a drummer...

:D Sounds very decent indeed...

The thing is that almost all the old analogue synths are expensive like 
hell too these days. To get the punch in a bass drum like the one the 
3/4 is capable of we're talking synths like SCI Pro-One and a few more 
with envelopes fast enough. The SDS-3 have four of these channels, the 
Pro-One "just" one. Sure, not a fair comparison, but to compare prices - 
the Pro-One often cost in the region of 700 euros these days...

And - the SDS-3/4 is so great looking too. :D

-- 
electronically yours, jesper
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www.electronic-obsession.se
www.myspace.com/machinepop
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I guess .



Le 21 avr. 08 à 13:31, jesper a écrit :

> Patrice Jacquot skrev:
>> Hi,
>> Just for info ,
>> I paid mine 3 years ago, 150€ in pretty good shape with 2 pads...
>> O, it's quite rare but personnaly I wouldn't pay as much for it  as I
>> think a few old analog synths can do the job... & much more ...
>> but I'm just a drummer...
>
> :D Sounds very decent indeed...
>
> The thing is that almost all the old analogue synths are expensive  
> like
> hell too these days. To get the punch in a bass drum like the one the
> 3/4 is capable of we're talking synths like SCI Pro-One and a few more
> with envelopes fast enough. The SDS-3 have four of these channels, the
> Pro-One "just" one. Sure, not a fair comparison, but to compare  
> prices -
> the Pro-One often cost in the region of 700 euros these days...
>
> And - the SDS-3/4 is so great looking too. :D
>
> -- 
> electronically yours, jesper
> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
> www.electronic-obsession.se
> www.myspace.com/machinepop
> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
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