I bought this guitar so that I could continue to play while stationed in Iraq. I was very impressed with the quality of manufacturing. It has a decent neck and action but it moves around a lot when you play it due to it's extremely light weight. The clean sound is a bit anemic (also due to the light weight and single pickup) but with heavy distortion, you will hardly notice the difference. My biggest disappointment was with the instability in tuning. After playing a set of strings for over 10 hours or so, the guitar goes out of tune very easily. Overall, this guitar is no substitute for a full size, but it does what it is meant to do (allow you to play guitar away from home) very well.

I bought the Speedster to practice on a commuter rail I take every morning to work. As a very traditional-vintage guitar buff, I at first didn't know what to make of the odd tuning peg arrangement in the body of the guitar. The tuners are very sturdy and it was very quick to tune the guitar. The pickup sounds great and is much hotter than I expected as well, when plugged into an amp. This guitar is so light, you forget it is there. The action on the neck is good, it still is a joy to play.Btw, the Speedster in black looks very slick.