Jamstik Studio MIDI Guitar (White Matte) - Portable Electric Guitar for Music Production, MIDI Controller for DAWs, Perfect for Home Recording & Live Performances

This guitar is really cool! From researching Jamstik in the past, I was worried that the guitar would feel more like a MIDI controller, or even more like a toy. However, taking it out of the package I was immediately put at ease. It has the look and feel of a high quality regular (albeit headless) guitar. And as I discovered after that, it has the sound and playing experience of a regular guitar, too!The lack of head on the guitar gives is a very modern and sort of edgy appearance. It's also smaller than all my other guitars, but only by a little bit. Enough to make it more portable and easier to not knock things over in the studio, but not so much that it feels like you're playing a miniature instrument.So, for studio work or traveling, it's really nice, and it holds its own with a lot of good normal (e.g. non-MIDI, non-headless) guitars. But on top of that, you get an entire world of MIDI connectivity and accurate tracking that opens up so many possibilities that it's almost mind-boggling.The tracking is really accurate, and controlling other virtual instruments (or even FX) with it is a really unique, and really awesome, experience. This is great for guitarists in the studio, and it's also great for studio musicians in general who want a new type of controller that offers new possibilities.If I were playing out at a gig, and if I just needed a regular guitar, then I would probably just take one of my normal guitars, but that being said, if the Jamstik Studio is your primary guitar, then there is no reason you couldn't use it as a normal guitar for playing out. Where it really shines is in the studio for any combination of recording, jamming, or sound design.Tuning the guitar is pretty simple, but it does require a tool and could be just slightly easier. Still, it's much easier to tune my Jamstik (and keep it in tune) than with my floating bridge guitar, you don't need to keep the tension balanced across the strings, you just need to tune each string correctly using the provided tool.I haven't had to re-string the guitar yet, and I'm not even sure if it uses normal strings or not, so I will update my review if I run into any challenges when the time comes.If you're looking for a MIDI guitar, or if you're a guitarist looking to inject some fresh sounds into your songs without learning a new instrument, I really can't recommend the Jamstik Studio highly enough.