When Guitar’s stop being, well, guitars to be played by guitarist and more collectors items, and collected by collectors for the sake of collecting expensive things. I kind of knocked the wind out of what a guitar is really meant for, and that is to be played and to be heard, and in my humble opinion, not on some wall just to be started at. it defeats the purpose but it’s your stuff and you could do what you want with it as for me, I can make a guitar that sounds and plays just as good if not better than any last Paul ever made and yes I will keep on rockin

I bought a new 1999 Les Paul Classic plus from the ill fated Mars Music in Atlanta. I've put this poor thing through the ringer with different pickups and wiring scenarios. Almost sold it a couple of times because I hated it, but 10 years something amazing happened. I actually learned how to play and realized that the dammed thing was amazing. I've settled on Mojotone low winds and 50's style wiring. So happy I held onto this one.

I consider them to be collectors items. I had a friend with one from the early 90s. It was the best playing, and sounding LP I've ever touched. That's including his 05 Standard, or any of the ones I played at stores. Something about that combination of 50s style specs, and 80/90s style metalhead pickups just works.

Lol tenyins and potencheemeeters

I bought a 95 classic, new in 95. I will never sell it. I just take the pickups way beneath the strings to get a more vintage sound, or close to strings for high gain screaming. It’s by far the best guitar I have. I am amazed they still don’t cost that much to buy second hand

I have reason to believe this guy has no idea what he’s talking about

The 500T pickup is the best pickups EVER. I'm very paranoid about pickups I've tried all sorts of duncan's, DiMarzio's on my gibson les paul claßic and 500T is an absolute winner, highly responsive and can create all the tone you need by controlling amp settings and tone/volume setting on your guitar.

I have a 2004 version of this exact guitar in honeyburst, I bought it new! I have just swapped out the original ceramic pickups for SD Pearly Gates, and am totally delighted with the results, it gives it a more vintage sound/feel/look.👍👍 I was interested in the wiring change you made in the video as that could further enhance the sound & would be a good match for the pickups! Thanks!👍👍🎶

iN my opinion, is the neck tenon. I cannot understand why it would make any cost difference to have long tenons in all LP's. It is primary to sustain. Everything else can be swapped, hardware, pickups, etc. But, a tenon cannot be replaced to changed. That is some BS.

I’m looking at a 2001… is this the same quality? Or could the advertisement be a typo?

I own a 1995 Les Paul Classic. bought it from sam ash in NYC.

I really liking that up grade for my 97 classic LP

I own a 2000 one and it’s my main guitar. They are the best les Paul’s ever made other than the originals.

Interesting stuff. I feel like I’m watching a science documentary from the 1950s! At any rate my father gave me a 1990 LP classic in cherry sunburst in 1990 when I was a sophomore in high school. Quite a gift I know! My father is a guitar player and I was getting pretty good at the time so he spoiled me for sure. I had only ever played his LP copy before that. Decades later I finally played a LP with a 50s neck profile and found that much more to my liking. I now have a 2020 Gibson LP slash signature (November burst) and a 2022. Wildwood select standard in honey burst. While I love my old classic I have to say I really don’t care for that super thin neck (I have average sized hands). I have considers selling it but it has some sentimental value. It’s a solid piece of wood.

Almost broke character at the end there.

I think gibson hit it spot on in 2005 just before the VOS.. the R8/9s were simply amazing,, and true spec. Much more detailed guitars i think

One thing I recently noticed on my 1999 LP classic is the nitro finish on the headstock is starting to crack, adding character to the guitar.

I had one of these in tobacco sunburst , had 490 pickups that were mediocre at best… great case!

I beg to differ, to some of us these are very collectible I have 4 from 95 alone premium plus tops and one quilt, another 3 being plain tops.

I have a 2000 Gibson Classic with a flat top and a one-piece mahogany body. The guitar comes with its brown case with a pink interior, like all the Gibson Classics from the 90s. This detail changed in later years of the 2000s, but I always had a doubt. Does my guitar belong to the decade from the 90s to the 2000s? (Decade that I understand as golden for the Gibson Classics for the good woods). Or does my Gibson belong to the next generation? That is, from 2000 onwards... 🤔