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uOpt · 04-07-2008, 09:26 PM

Buying a classic as an investment piece is not a good move. Next year nobody will pay good prices for all these chambered/holed LPs that Gibson made. Not that everybody hates the chambered/holed ones, but the number of people who like them is much smaller than the number of guitars made. Used prices will plummet.

The 500T/496R sounded a lot better in my Explorer than my in Les Paul.

At least at the neck you need something else. And since you get, in all likelihood, two-conductor pickup you can't even split them or do a JP mod.

04-07-2008, 09:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
uOpt Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 366 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Les Paul Classic with 496 and 500 pickups Buying a classic as an investment piece is not a good move. Next year nobody will pay good prices for all these chambered/holed LPs that Gibson made. Not that everybody hates the chambered/holed ones, but the number of people who like them is much smaller than the number of guitars made. Used prices will plummet. The 500T/496R sounded a lot better in my Explorer than my in Les Paul. At least at the neck you need something else. And since you get, in all likelihood, two-conductor pickup you can't even split them or do a JP mod.