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serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2011-09-02 by jesper

Hi,

here's the results of the Simmons owners inventory... with comments from 
yours truly. I decided not to go for a database but to include the 
highest and lowest serials known. Brackets indicate model number 
included in serial.

SDS-I (prototype)	1
SDS-1			(1)0405-2290
SDS-II (prototype)	1
SDS-III			0098-0160
SDS-IV			(4)193
SDS-V (MusicAid)	0002-0078
SDS-V			581-6624
SDS-6			109
SDS-7			(7)0001-2536
SDS-8			(8)0362-4133
SDS-9			208-3928 (7090?) (misread 1 for a 7?)
SDS-200			2809
SDS-400			1143
SDS-800			1420-2347
SDS-1000		(M)4025-7898
SDS-2000		397-734
SDX			19-170
MTX-9			0523-2159
Trixer			1464
TMI			1029
MTM			114-846
ADT			370
EPB			665-880
SPM 8:2			771-2640
SDE			3085
Portakit		197
Silicon Multimallet	366
ClapTrap (mk1)		007-384
ClapTrap (mk2)		713
ClapTrap (mk3)

So, a few of my guesses was way off it seems. But some quite good. 
SDS-III and SDS-IV were not as rare as expected but I guess we can 
assume many are lost today.

Cool to see the second SDS-V and the first SDS-7 ever on the list!

Very few SDS-6 out there. WT, we need your digits too...

EPB's have a suspiciously narrow span. Anything lower available?

ClapTrap mk2 has a typewriter typed label below. Same as early wooden 
pads and it's hard to read but I'm quite positive it's 713.

Keep'em coming and I'll update the list...

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
www.electronic-obsession.se

RE: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2011-09-02 by Jenna

Ok, here are my numbers:
Musicaid Claptrap Mk1 : 265SDS-V : 1805SDS-IV : (4)174
btw I could possibly see myself selling the SDS-IV (with wooden pads) if someone is interested. I�m located in Sweden.
/Jenna

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      Hi,



here's the results of the Simmons owners inventory... with comments from 

yours truly. I decided not to go for a database but to include the 

highest and lowest serials known. Brackets indicate model number 

included in serial.



SDS-I (prototype)	1

SDS-1			(1)0405-2290

SDS-II (prototype)	1

SDS-III			0098-0160

SDS-IV			(4)193

SDS-V (MusicAid)	0002-0078

SDS-V			581-6624

SDS-6			109

SDS-7			(7)0001-2536

SDS-8			(8)0362-4133

SDS-9			208-3928 (7090?) (misread 1 for a 7?)

SDS-200			2809

SDS-400			1143

SDS-800			1420-2347

SDS-1000		(M)4025-7898

SDS-2000		397-734

SDX			19-170

MTX-9			0523-2159

Trixer			1464

TMI			1029

MTM			114-846

ADT			370

EPB			665-880

SPM 8:2			771-2640

SDE			3085

Portakit		197

Silicon Multimallet	366

ClapTrap (mk1)		007-384

ClapTrap (mk2)		713

ClapTrap (mk3)



So, a few of my guesses was way off it seems. But some quite good. 

SDS-III and SDS-IV were not as rare as expected but I guess we can 

assume many are lost today.



Cool to see the second SDS-V and the first SDS-7 ever on the list!



Very few SDS-6 out there. WT, we need your digits too...



EPB's have a suspiciously narrow span. Anything lower available?



ClapTrap mk2 has a typewriter typed label below. Same as early wooden 

pads and it's hard to read but I'm quite positive it's 713.



Keep'em coming and I'll update the list...



-- 

electronically yours, jesper



- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -

www.electronic-obsession.se






    
     

    
    






   		 	   		  

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Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2011-09-03 by Chris Cronin

I've just checked and I have:
SDSV - 300SDS7 - 2601 (highest so far?)SDS2000 - 553
I have an EPB as well but its not here. I'll check the serial later.

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      Hi,



here's the results of the Simmons owners inventory... with comments from 

yours truly. I decided not to go for a database but to include the 

highest and lowest serials known. Brackets indicate model number 

included in serial.



SDS-I (prototype)	1

SDS-1			(1)0405-2290

SDS-II (prototype)	1

SDS-III			0098-0160

SDS-IV			(4)193

SDS-V (MusicAid)	0002-0078

SDS-V			581-6624

SDS-6			109

SDS-7			(7)0001-2536

SDS-8			(8)0362-4133

SDS-9			208-3928 (7090?) (misread 1 for a 7?)

SDS-200			2809

SDS-400			1143

SDS-800			1420-2347

SDS-1000		(M)4025-7898

SDS-2000		397-734

SDX			19-170

MTX-9			0523-2159

Trixer			1464

TMI			1029

MTM			114-846

ADT			370

EPB			665-880

SPM 8:2			771-2640

SDE			3085

Portakit		197

Silicon Multimallet	366

ClapTrap (mk1)		007-384

ClapTrap (mk2)		713

ClapTrap (mk3)



So, a few of my guesses was way off it seems. But some quite good. 

SDS-III and SDS-IV were not as rare as expected but I guess we can 

assume many are lost today.



Cool to see the second SDS-V and the first SDS-7 ever on the list!



Very few SDS-6 out there. WT, we need your digits too...



EPB's have a suspiciously narrow span. Anything lower available?



ClapTrap mk2 has a typewriter typed label below. Same as early wooden 

pads and it's hard to read but I'm quite positive it's 713.



Keep'em coming and I'll update the list...



-- 

electronically yours, jesper



- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -

www.electronic-obsession.se





    
     

    
    


 



  










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Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2011-09-03 by jesper

Chris Cronin skrev 2011-09-03 11:48:
> I've just checked and I have:
> SDSV - 300SDS7 - 2601 (highest so far?)SDS2000 - 553
> I have an EPB as well but its not here. I'll check the serial later.

...and lowest Simmons SDS-V on the list. :)

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

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www.electronic-obsession.se

Re: serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2016-12-13 by pwend@...

Hi Jesper,

First of all thank you very much for allowing me to participate in this forum. As I am new to Simmons drums, I wanted to know how you knew that the SDSV with serial no 581 is the second one? Are there any differences down the road?

Best regards,



Peter

Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2016-12-16 by jesper

Hi,

The list? We were only listing the span of known numbers. So that's just 
a list of confirmed numbers (assuming none were skipped in the series).

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
www.electronic-obsession.se

---

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Den 2016-12-14 kl. 00:16, skrev pwend@... [Simmons_Drums]:
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>
>
> Hi Jesper,
>
>
> First of all thank you very much for allowing me to participate in this
> forum. As I am new to Simmons drums, I wanted to know how you knew that
> the SDSV with serial no 581 is the second one? Are there any differences
> down the road?
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Peter

Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2016-12-16 by Peter Wendling

Hi Jesper,

OK, thank you! Actually, my question was not correct as I intended to know how many units where built under the Musicaid label before they switched to Simmons… What’s funny is that I just bought an SDS V with serial n° 000583… close but no cigar.

Just another question: can pads of an SDS 1000 be used for an SDS V?

Thanks so much,


Peter
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> Le 16 déc. 2016 à 11:13, jesper jesper@electronic-obsession.se [Simmons_Drums] <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com> a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The list? We were only listing the span of known numbers. So that's just 
> a list of confirmed numbers (assuming none were skipped in the series).
> 
> -- 
> electronically yours, jesper
> 
> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
> www.electronic-obsession.se <http://www.electronic-obsession.se/>
> 
> ---
> 
> Angaudlinn on iTunes:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650 <https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650>
> 
> Angaudlinn's playlist på Spotify:
> http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo <http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo>
> 
> Angaudlinn on facebook:
> https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn <https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn>
> 
> Den 2016-12-14 kl. 00:16, skrev pwend@... <mailto:pwend@...> [Simmons_Drums]:
> >
> >
> > Hi Jesper,
> >
> >
> > First of all thank you very much for allowing me to participate in this
> > forum. As I am new to Simmons drums, I wanted to know how you knew that
> > the SDSV with serial no 581 is the second one? Are there any differences
> > down the road?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter
> 
>

Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2016-12-19 by jesper

Hi,

I think they made 100 under the MusicAid logo... Wolfgang probably knows 
best (and owns a couple of these).

And I think (again) that you need to modify either pads or SDS-V.Pads I 
think... Have you searched the archives for info? Otherwise I know 
Wolfgang to be your man here as well. :)

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
www.electronic-obsession.se

---

Angaudlinn on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650

Angaudlinn's playlist p� Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo

Angaudlinn on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn


Den 2016-12-16 kl. 15:21, skrev Peter Wendling pwend@... 
[Simmons_Drums]:
Show quoted textHide quoted text
>
>
> Hi Jesper,
>
>
> OK, thank you! Actually, my question was not correct as I intended to
> know how many units where built under the Musicaid label before they
> switched to Simmons\u2026 What\u2019s funny is that I just bought an SDS V with
> serial n� 000583\u2026 close but no cigar.
>
> Just another question: can pads of an SDS 1000 be used for an SDS V?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>> Le 16 d�c. 2016 � 11:13, jesper jesper@...
>> <mailto:jesper@...> [Simmons_Drums]
>> <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>>
>> a �crit :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The list? We were only listing the span of known numbers. So that's just
>> a list of confirmed numbers (assuming none were skipped in the series).
>>
>> --
>> electronically yours, jesper
>>
>> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>> www.electronic-obsession.se <http://www.electronic-obsession.se/>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Angaudlinn on iTunes:
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650
>>
>> Angaudlinn's playlist p� Spotify:
>> http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo
>>
>> Angaudlinn on facebook:
>> https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn
>>
>> Den 2016-12-14 kl. 00:16, skrev pwend@...
>> <mailto:pwend@...> [Simmons_Drums]:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Jesper,
>> >
>> >
>> > First of all thank you very much for allowing me to participate in this
>> > forum. As I am new to Simmons drums, I wanted to know how you knew that
>> > the SDSV with serial no 581 is the second one? Are there any differences
>> > down the road?
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Peter

Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2016-12-19 by hexabug@yahoo.com

To use sds1000 pads with the SDSV I believe you need to add a 1k ohm resistor across the terminals either in the pads or in the cables.

Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone

------ Original message------
Date: Mon, Dec 19, 2016 2:07 AM
Subject:Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

Hi,

I think they made 100 under the MusicAid logo... Wolfgang probably knows
best (and owns a couple of these).

And I think (again) that you need to modify either pads or SDS-V.Pads I
think... Have you searched the archives for info? Otherwise I know
Wolfgang to be your man here as well. :)

--
electronically yours, jesper

- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
www.electronic-obsession.se

---

Angaudlinn on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650

Angaudlinn's playlist på Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo

Angaudlinn on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn

Den 2016-12-16 kl. 15:21, skrev Peter Wendling pwend@ymail.com
[Simmons_Drums]:
>
>
> Hi Jesper,
>
>
> OK, thank you! Actually, my question was not correct as I intended to
> know how many units where built under the Musicaid label before they
> switched to Simmons… What’s funny is that I just bought an SDS V with
> serial n° 000583… close but no cigar.
>
> Just another question: can pads of an SDS 1000 be used for an SDS V?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>> Le 16 déc. 2016 à 11:13, jesper jesper@electronic-obsession.se
>> :jesper@electronic-obsession.se> [Simmons_Drums]
>> :Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>>
>> a écrit :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The list? We were only listing the span of known numbers. So that's just
>> a list of confirmed numbers (assuming none were skipped in the series).
>>
>> --
>> electronically yours, jesper
>>
>> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>> www.electronic-obsession.se <http://www.electronic-obsession.se/>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Angaudlinn on iTunes:
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650
>>
>> Angaudlinn's playlist på Spotify:
>> http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo
>>
>> Angaudlinn on facebook:
>> https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn
>>
>> Den 2016-12-14 kl. 00:16, skrev pwend@ymail.com
>> :pwend@ymail.com> [Simmons_Drums]:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Jesper,
>> >
>> >
>> > First of all thank you very much for allowing me to participate in this
>> > forum. As I am new to Simmons drums, I wanted to know how you knew that
>> > the SDSV with serial no 581 is the second one? Are there any differences
>> > down the road?
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Peter

Re : Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)

2016-12-19 by Peter Wendling

Hi Jesper,

Thanks for your mail and sorry for all those (obvious) questions as I am new to all this. So, regarding the pads, what I should do in order to make SDS8/9 pads work with a SDS5 is adding a 1k ohm resistor in Parallel to the piezo, right? At least, this is what I found in a thread on the forum. I already tried some mesh pads but of course, they sounded whacky :-/

Thanks so much for your help,


Peter

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From: jesper jesper@electronic-obsession.se [Simmons_Drums] ;
To: ;
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] serial numbers (now with compiled list)
Sent: Mon, Dec 19, 2016 10:06:58 AM

Hi,

I think they made 100 under the MusicAid logo... Wolfgang probably knows
best (and owns a couple of these).

And I think (again) that you need to modify either pads or SDS-V.Pads I
think... Have you searched the archives for info? Otherwise I know
Wolfgang to be your man here as well. :)

--
electronically yours, jesper

- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
www.electronic-obsession.se

---

Angaudlinn on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650

Angaudlinn's playlist på Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo

Angaudlinn on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn

Den 2016-12-16 kl. 15:21, skrev Peter Wendling pwend@...
[Simmons_Drums]:
>
>
> Hi Jesper,
>
>
>; OK, thank you! Actually, my question was not correct as I intended to
> know how many units where built under the Musicaid label before they
> switched to Simmons… What’s funny is that I just bought an SDS V with
> serial n° 000583… close but no cigar.
>
> Just another question: can pads of an SDS 1000 be used for an SDS V?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>> Le 16 déc. 2016 à 11:13, jesper jesper@...
>> [Simmons_Drums]
>>
>> a écrit :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The list? We were only listing the span of known numbers. So that's just
>> a list of confirmed numbers (assuming none were skipped in the series).
>>
>> --
>> electronically yours, jesper
>>
>> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>> www.electronic-obsession.se
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Angaudlinn on iTunes:
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/angaudlinn/id582356650
>>;
>> Angaudlinn's playlist på Spotify:
>> http://open.spotify.com/user/simplyanalogue/playlist/540Srd3zA15pK7G1S8qLHo
>>
>> Angaudlinn on facebook:
>> https://www.facebook.com/Angaudlinn
>>
>>; Den 2016-12-14 kl. 00:16, skrev pwend@...
>> [Simmons_Drums]:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Jesper,
>> >
>> >;
>> > First of all thank you very much for allowing me to participate in this
>> > forum. As I am new to Simmons drums, I wanted to know how you knew that
>> > the SDSV with serial no 581 is the second one? Are there any differences
>> > down the road?
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Peter

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