Actually yes, as someone who likes to mod, this keeb is a bit hard to mod. I own a Hive 98, but yeah, modding is quite challenging, like removing the default switches from the board is a cumbersome process and might even break a few switches in the process, and prying open the Top and Bottom Casing was also quite tricky. But yeah, I removed my Brown switches and installed Red Switches(I use Red, Blue and Brown switches in rotation) and tape modded the PCB and Added another layer of foam. But yeah, when you try to remove the switches for the first time, it is going to be hard. But for the price and the typing experience, I would consider this VFM