I had two sets of elevators for my Columbo Andersen E300. I flew precision with the NON-counterbalanced elevators, they were less sensitive at the same throws as the counterbalanced ones.
With counterbalances part of the elevator is like a full-flying stab, very effective.
My 3D stabs were amazingly more effective than the non-counterbalanced precision stabs. I can't explain it better than that, and experience doesn't lie.
Now, if you have large enough control surfaces, then you won't have any problem pitching that plane with authority.
Good luck!