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. Overall, it's a good pedal, but with some quirks.Over the past two decades, I acquired and played pretty much every pedal on the market. And I do still like the smooth, even action of the pedal. It's my favorite beater I've ever played. Its large, round felt beater gives a nice, loud, full sound. I told this story in another thread, but when I switched to the Jojo from a Speed King, my band mates immediately noticed and thought I had mic'd my bass drum at our rehearsal (I had not). Still, I love that it can be packed up compactly and is relatively lightweight. But again, I imagine the strap is not adjustable so that the pedal can fold. I like a shorter stroke so my foot doesn't have to push down quite so far. But I suppose this isn't possible due to the folding feature.Īlthough I have mine set up to have the shortest stroke possible, I still find the length of the strap to be just a little too long. I awkwardly have to reach around with my right hand and press in on the button. Most people's left hand is their weakest. I really don't like that you have to disengage/unlock the pedal with your left hand. Not fun! I'd much rather they use a normal hoop clamp mechanism. Once during a recording session and once on stage playing a backline kit. The pedal has folded up on me a couple times, even though I swore it had been adjusted/secured properly and clicked into place. Not an overly huge deal, but annoying nonetheless. Now I always check them before packing it up. One of the black hoop grips fell off mine, too, but luckily I found it on a dark stage. billĬlick to expand.I like my Jojo pedal a lot, BUT I'd love to see some things changed. but, i had a spring break on mine.never had a spring break in a lot of years of playing. Interesting how the best thing about the Perfect balance is the stuff that Jojo "went back to the basics" to achieve. If all of the fancy folding bits and hoop clamp silliness were removed and build quality improved I would almost certainly switch back, although I may have found my life mate in the Tama Speed Cobra. That said: Best feeling pedal I have ever used. The last time my friend's pedal collapsed was on a session and it went into the garbage after that. ![]() After a few months of constantly adjusting the pedals to work on different bass drums the posts became very wobbly and the pedals would often fold up during practice and performance. We tend to switch between lots of old bass drums with hoops of varying thickness and depth. But the real issue:Ī friend and I both bought these pedals at about the same time. ![]() Maybe if it was just a bit sturdier, it would be a winner in my books.Ĭlick to expand.There is a known issue with the black plastic parts of the hoop grip falling off. Jojo-pedal was something that I really would have liked to like since I really dig his dvd's and concepts, bit now I have bit mixed feelings about the pedal. The other pedal was Dw 6000, a light weight pedal too, that you can collapse for transport just as well, and that pedal felt much more stable than Jojo's. Had a bit uncertain feeling during the gigs because it always felt that it's about collapse. I did actually sort of liked the action of the pedal, especially the smooth foot board, but I didn't like the fact that the pedal felt bit spongy/rubbery when played, I could actually see the pedal flex a bit to the left direction, probably the light weight one post-structure made if bit too flexible to my taste. Luckily we had back up pedal, so it didn't stop the show, so no hard feelings, just bit of lost trust towards that pedal. You could have changed a damaged screw, but since it was the counterpart, we couldn't fix in on the fly, but the pedal owner had to order a spare part from Sonor. It wasn't mine, but included in the backline of one tour, and the screw that attaches the beater (or actually the threads of the counterpart, what ever you call that) stripped, and the screw just started spinning loose, and the pedal was useless after that. Click to expand.I had issue with one of these pedals, not at the sections you described, but nevertheless.
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