Hi
A few weeks ago I rediscovered my first guitar. I got that one for Christmas, when I was 12 or 13. I'm talking about a cheap Yamaha Pacifica 112X (I think, but I'm not quite shure) and I had to face the fact that I still love it.
So, my question is (you might call me insane): Does it worth pimpin'? I thought about some SD Pickups in higher quality or stuff like that. Does it worth in a econmical way.
cheers
Jonny
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k o y l
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I always heard Yamaha Pacifica were good guitars for the price..
Yeah I'd upgrade it.
I mean, if you like it why not make it better... and if one day you buy a new guitar, you could still take the upgraded parts and put them in the new guitar or if you like the new guitar in its stock form, resell the parts.
I upgraded a Squier Jagmaster with Seymour Duncan and it made a really great sounding guitar... I'm sure it would have put to shame some guitars costing way more $$$.
Yeah I'd upgrade it.
I mean, if you like it why not make it better... and if one day you buy a new guitar, you could still take the upgraded parts and put them in the new guitar or if you like the new guitar in its stock form, resell the parts.
I upgraded a Squier Jagmaster with Seymour Duncan and it made a really great sounding guitar... I'm sure it would have put to shame some guitars costing way more $$$.
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If you like the guitar, everything is worth. 
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I second that.Gordon wrote: If you like the guitar, everything is worth.
Someone knows where I can find the nearest woodchipper to throw my pieces of junk into?
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I do it all the time. Cheapo's that play nice are even nicer after upgrades. I'm mostly looking arround for used parts that I can use on those project guitars. Sometimes even really nice parts can be found for little money due to wrong ordered parts. I'm now in the process of doing a full refin + upgrades on two guitars. Sure is fun and educating 
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