Re: Sonor Perfect Balance Pedal (JoJo Mayer)
$299-$349 my guess. No thanks.
It might be even higher than that. I play a
center pedal design, when I play double. Years ago, the only contenders (that I could get my feet on), were the Sonor (I didn't like it) and the Off-Set (that's the one I bought). A few years later, Sleishman found their way into the NAMM show. I got to try out their pedal, and fell in love. Sold the Off-Set, bought a Sleishman. Now, the Sonor
http://www.indoorstorm.com/Sonor_Drum_Pedal_Giant_Step_Double_Bass_Middle_Right_Gmp-p-2270.html costs over $1300. MSRP $2689.95. Sheeeesh! Drum sets cost less than $1300. My Off-Set pedals
and my Sleishman pedals combined price, came in at under $1300.
Now, Sonor makes top notch stuff, no doubt. But reality .... of all the drummers I know, not one plays a Sonor pedal. Axis, Trick, DW, Iron Cobra, Speed King, Pearl, Yamaha, Gibraltar .... yup, I know guys who own them, play them, and I've played them ! But not one cat I know plays a Sonor pedal. They just don't seem to sell well, in the US. Overseas, maybe a different story.
And, I'll stand by my marketing BS statement, VG. If harryconway had come up with this same idea, Sonor wouldn't give a rats a$$ about it (or me). But Jojo is their "golden boy", so he comes up with an idea, and Sonor thinks it might sell, and bam. New pedal on the market. I've seen Jojo play. At a NAMM show, I was so close to his feet (he was up on a 5' drum riser, doing a pedal demo) I coulda touched his right heel. Of course, he was playing Giant Step pedals. But, you know what, he coulda been playing vintage Camco pedals, and he woulda been just as good. The guy is simply a monster. So .... time will tell. If this pedal takes the world by storm, or not. It took about 5 years, for the Axis to really "hit its stride". I have nothing but time on my side. And I have a feeling this pedal, like all Sonor pedals before it, will remain fairly obscure.