I like them, although shed tears when they develop abrasion lines. Coating (Pedulla Pentabuzz) seems to give a slight boost to the amount of treble and a hard-to-define 'crispness' to the attack. As an aside, I once witnessed some guy destroy a coated board on a fretless during an impromptu (mine's bigger than yours) slap-fest in Sound Control. The board resembled a broken window, so don't if you're primarily a whakka-whakka bod, would be my advice.