Yes. That's important because our guitar tone is shaped by a combination of the pickups, pots, cable capacitance and the input impedance of the first...
Cant speak for the majesty but I have two guitars a Luke II and a Cutlass with gold hardware and no problems so far. I do not gig so that most likely...
They are the same plates to the best of my knowledge. Chrome plating will always flake off if it gets rough enough treatment. I hope the seller told...