Round cam design creates linear acceleration which is a major advantage for many hybrid techniques. The drive cam and beater hub are streamlined into a single unit for low mass and carefully calibrated for perfectly balanced strokes. Other than the pedal’s folding and mounting mechanism, all adjustments such as spring tension, footboard height and beater angle are classic, industry standard solutions. Due to careful design and perfectly balanced linear action any non-vital adjustments are obsolete and omitted on purpose. The main philosophy behind this pedal is to achieve perfect harmony and interplay between the pedal’s moving parts and your foot. The Perfect Balance Pedal is a carefully calibrated system that optimizes the linear translation of your foot movements and makes many adjustments expendable.It was designed with a principle in mind that reflects ultimate sophistication to me: Simplicity.Įssentially, it could be described as the soul and feel of a vintage pedal reincarnated in the technology of a 21st century body. At that point SONOR joined the project and contributed their German precision engineering and an innovative solution for the folding mechanism and self-mounting hoop clamp that works at the push of a button. Other than the action, easy portability and quick set up was a main concern to me. For about six years I experimented with different parts,drive systems and footboards until I had the blueprint for the pedal that you have in front of you. So I started my quest to put together a perfectly balanced pedal that matches the requirements of today’s music. Many pedals try to compensate for this problem with elaborate adjustability but only with limited success.
Like an unbalanced stick, this becomes a considerable disadvantage to execute many of my pedal techniques which allow me to generate effortless speed without sacrificing power. Once the original vintage designs were altered to meet the demand for more striking power, the perfectly balanced action got lost and became top heavy. I found that compared to some legendary vintage pedals from the fifties, most contemporary pedals have plenty of speed and throw on the forward motion, but sluggish response on the beater return. Unfortunately, I could never find a pedal that really worked for me. Over the past two decades, I acquired and played pretty much every pedal on the market.
Here's what Sonor say about the Perfect Balance by Jojo Mayer
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