CURVED AIR Simmons SDS8 Drum Kit (This is a lot of kit. Not flimsy
like today's output, but a very solid six piece hexa-pad electronic
drum kit, complete with module/mixer and very heavy duty aluminium
metal stands & rack. The hexa-pads include a bass drum, three toms,
a snare & a spare. Each can be configured through the module/mixer
with parameters for volume, pan, click, balance, decay, bend, pitch,
filter and sensitivity, as well as sequencer triggering. This kit is
supplied with XLR cannon jack leads for connection to the module &
sufficient mounting units to set the toms and snare hexa-pads up on
the mounting rack as you'd prefer them. For one of those classic
eighties drum sounds, this unit is hard to beat [not literally, of course,
as it's designed to be beaten!]. This particular kit comes directly from
Curved Air drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa as a genuine
piece of Rock History. The kit has been AUTOGRAPHED by
him, both on the back of the module and on one leg of the support
rack. If you want to know what it sounds like, it was used on the
Curved Air 1990 Alive Album as well as on Francis Monkman's 'Jam'
CD. Not only that, but this kit also comes with a letter of provenance
from Florian as previous [and only] owner. Condition wise, it's used
but well kept and not battered about. It is untested but is believed to
still be fully functional. There are a few strips of omnipresent Gaffa
that let you know that this kit has been owned by someone who could
use it. Rome had its water systems. Musicians have Gaffa. That's just
the way it is. No Gaffa anywhere and you would doubt its history.
There is no doubt about this. A superb vintage musical instrument and
a classic sound of the eighties, directly from the drummer of Curved
Air to you!)
Complete with hand written letter of provenance
from Florian Pilkington-Miksa
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