It’s still lightweight and buttery smooth too, so if you don’t feel you either need or want the additional features of the Signature model, this could be for you. To me, it has the same feel and movement of the Signature version. Again, not deal killers when it comes to why you might be interested in the pedal to begin with.Īnyway, just to sum up, the Perfect Balance Standard model is everything its older sibling is in the only way that really matters – feel. Other cutbacks include no laser engraved heel plate, no high gloss polished footboard and no leather carrying bag (you get a nylon bag instead). I don’t think either of these aspects themselves – being the main practical differences between the two pedals – are deal killers as they make no material difference to the playability or feel of the pedal. Secondly, the hoop clamping system is of a more common/generic design in that it clamps onto the hoop and you tighten it via a wingnut (the original pedal has a self mounting clamp system). The centre post is rigid and like virtually every other pedal around, does nothing more than hold the cam and spring assemblies. I think there are two obvious differences between the two pedals which you’ll see straight away.įirst off, the Standard version isn’t collapsable like the original model. Ok, so what’s different between the Standard and Signature versions? The smooth foot plate was designed by Jojo Mayer to be able to facilitate easy movement over its surface. Some of these have a multitude of features and adjustable parts and some, namely this one and the aforementioned very vintage one, have virtually no frills at all.Īs you’ll see from the video, the Perfect Balance pedal is a single post, round cam, strap-driven single spring design with a smooth foot plate. These range from one around 100 years old (OK, I don’t actually use it, but I do have it), to examples from the 1980s/90s, 2000s on up. It had some cool features to it, was quite smooth but still remained basic by intention. The original Perfect Balance pedal was itself designed to reflect simplicity and ease of use. Ok, so using the term ‘frills’ in this instance might be a bit of a misnomer. If you know the original pedal, the best thing I can say about this one is that it’s like the ‘lite’ version of that the same basics but with less frills. This pedal has been out for a little while now. That may mean this review is a little less unbiased than usual, so sorry about that. While I can’t really remember that much about doing that review, I obviously liked the pedal itself as I bought one years later and it’s become one of my favourites. I’m pretty sure that many many years ago I reviewed the original Perfect Balance pedal.
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