If you get one of those...rewire it. A lot of those come with single strand wire that is brittle. Yeah, I got a model like that to test the waters after trying some other wannbe swiss..I liked this one over the fake-swiss. It's quiet, very light, as the one I got is a polymer body and a-bar. The best results I achieved so far, is with gray wash and color layering. Solid packing of color is a pain with this one...for me anyway. I'll probably mod it when I make some time.