I agree with yalls about the les paul thing. my guitar player has a super nice gibson & at least once a week something goes wrong with it. its always little shit too, a toggle switch, a nut, bridge piece, output jack, whatever.
the problem is, gibson still makes their guitars just the way they did 50 years ago. while manufacturers like ibanez are doing all they can to stay ahead of the curve wile offering reasonably affordable instruments.