I'm going to toss my opinion into this--I'd suggest trying to find one of the (relatively rare) "Limited" ones that came with brushed-nickel 53/10 pickups. Those are about the closest in my experience to the really good old PAF pickups in the early LP's. These might be a little more pricey, though, as they were a limited run and I'd expect they will hold their value quite well (those pickups are almost unobtainable anymore).
I don't think that that one is a 53/10. From what I've read & seen, I believe the 53/10 pickups in the Bernie Marsden models were the actual US-pickups with a brushed finish (not the shiny/mirror covers) and the "53/10" etching clearly marked in the corner.
The 53/10 models came out at he end of 2012 for 2013 so feature the older design headstock and were limited in just 50 for the UK, the one pictured in the link shows a S serial number which makes it a 2018 model with the satinized neck.
Truth! I put a set of BK Abraxas in mine. Sublime!
I’d love to try those in a guitar sometime. Especially since I’ve already done the SD Antiquity hummers in my SE245, finding a donor for fun stuff would seem appropriate.
I think that's a mission you should undertake.
That is close to $1k US, not counting shipping. That is close to cost of the one in France, and that one has covered pups. Thank you for the effort, but I don’t want one that badly.
