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Yes, in the long term. Classics from that era are becoming rare in unmolested condition, and today’s trend against ceramic pickups and ‘snot’ inlays are short term, like quartz countertops and LVP flooring.
Forget guitars. Warren Buffet suggested for the average guy to invest in an S&P 500 index fund, and let it ride. I’m paraphrasing, obviously, but he did mention the S&P specifically.
Funny, my #1 guitar is a 2001 Classic PP, and the serial number has no space between year and serial designation (gasp), and the font isn’t identical to a real burst! Holy cow!
Excuse my derailing this discussion by asking the question, but why would anyone buy parts to modify the sound of an instrument before even plugging it in to hear it? I don’t get it. How do you know you won’t like the stock pickups?
I have a new (to me) G0 in lemon burst on the way from a Reverb seller.
I’m very excited!
While I wait for the brown truck to arrive, here’s a seller pic.
let’s see yours please!
Classics are great guitars, from 1990 till 2003, they were nearly identical in terms of specs, with the exception of silkscreen, inlay color, and binding detail in cutaway. You’ll never notice these differences unless you’re a nerd and care about such things. The necks on my 2000-2001 examples...
The original pickups in that guitar are the much desired ”Tim Shaw” humbuckers. They sound great. Your first move is to pit them back in, and have a complete setup done, asking the tech to pay careful attention to pickup height. try Changing strings, too, before replacing parts.