Models
2 models
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Simmons SDS-V
The hexagonal pads of the 1980s
Electronic drums · United Kingdom
The SDS-V put hexagonal playing surfaces and an analogue drum synthesizer in front of drummers in 1981, and its pitch-swept toms are so tied to the decade that using one now is a period reference. The pads were also famously hard on wrists.
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Simmons SDS-8
The affordable Simmons
Electronic drums · United Kingdom
The SDS-8 brought the hexagonal pad and analogue voicing to a price home studios could reach, and is the Simmons most often found today.