I have had 3 ballistiks, still have 2. Not that bad to string in my opinion. Did have a limb break once (I think I wore it out). I have a Verawood riser and Bacote riser, have currently 57" limbs, both sets bamboo, one 60# and one 65# at 28". Very fast, very smooth, and very very quiet.
Once I slammed a bow handle in the rear door of a suburban 5 days before an elk hunt. I called John immediately, had a new handle before the hunt.
John's #1 priority was his family. I never had a phone conversation that lasted less than an hour. A fine man.
The thing I always notice about his bows is that when I've been shooting another bow for a while and switch to a ballistik, the bow is so much quieter, and it shoots 20" higher at 40 yards with a heavy arrow!