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Vintage Simmons SDS7 Pads and Brain ORIGINAL OWNER Complete Setup
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Description Brand: Simmons Model: SDS7
VINTAGE SIMMONS SDS7 I am the original owner of this vintage analog/digital synthesizer drum kit. In 1985 I was 14 years-old and received this brand-new kit as a Christmas present. I played with them for a while and then they went into storage. They have been carefully stored in a dry environment since the late 80's early 90's. These drums were never abused or packed around to gigs. Used sparingly for a few years only by me. I recently retrieved them from storage, tested them and all the unique sounds only made by these legendary drums still work!All pads are in excellent shape, function as they should, and the playing surfaces are solid. There are minor scuffs and a few minor scratches on the shells, but they look great considering they are 31 years-old. The hardware looks great and the only major flaw is one nut has a chip (see photo). The Brain works and is complete with all the original knobs. The unit has never been opened or modified in any way. The memory holds programming, however most of the kits were programmed by me 30 years ago, unfortunately the factory settings are gone. I did reprogram a few kits to make sure everything worked.The only issue I can find is the multi selector pad ( the external pad that allows you to choose 1 of 16 pre-programmed kits with the touch of a drumstick) does not seem to work selecting 4,8,12,16 (the right side). Everything else with this kit seems to work as it should.Also included is the original manual.This is a rare kit that is complete and original with VERY LITTLE USE.Kit will be carefully packed into three new boxes and shipped via UPS. The weight of the entire kit is 76lbs.
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| Brand: | Simmons | Model: | SDS7 |
VINTAGE SIMMONS SDS7 I am the original owner of this vintage analog/digital synthesizer drum kit. In 1985 I was 14 years-old and received this brand-new kit as a Christmas present. I played with them for a while and then they went into storage. They have been carefully stored in a dry environment since the late 80's early 90's. These drums were never abused or packed around to gigs. Used sparingly for a few years only by me. I recently retrieved them from storage, tested them and all the unique sounds only made by these legendary drums still work!All pads are in excellent shape, function as they should, and the playing surfaces are solid. There are minor scuffs and a few minor scratches on the shells, but they look great considering they are 31 years-old. The hardware looks great and the only major flaw is one nut has a chip (see photo). The Brain works and is complete with all the original knobs. The unit has never been opened or modified in any way. The memory holds programming, however most of the kits were programmed by me 30 years ago, unfortunately the factory settings are gone. I did reprogram a few kits to make sure everything worked.The only issue I can find is the multi selector pad ( the external pad that allows you to choose 1 of 16 pre-programmed kits with the touch of a drumstick) does not seem to work selecting 4,8,12,16 (the right side). Everything else with this kit seems to work as it should.Also included is the original manual.This is a rare kit that is complete and original with VERY LITTLE USE.Kit will be carefully packed into three new boxes and shipped via UPS. The weight of the entire kit is 76lbs.