I have had a GSR for over a year now and never really swung the bat besides off a tee and some BP practice. I heard the bat was hot but when I picked it up the bat seemed like a dud to me. Last week the bat went from being a dud to plain stupid!!! After maybe 500 cuts on the thing the feel and the sound of the bat changed completely. I love it. Its my new gamer along with my DS Plague and Z1000 Bal. Now I know what everyone was making over on this bat!