Niccolai said:

and I have HUGE issues with gibson as a company and as a guitar. I would play a fucking hondo or jay turser before I'd ever play a gibson.

Funny thing is? The ONLY two 6-string Gibson-esque guitars I've ever gotten my hands on, and liked?

Were Jay Tursers. Not even kidding. One was SG copy, this thing had a nice thin neck (for an SG) and great action. The pickups weren't anything to write home about, but that's an easy fix. I still wish I'd bought it. The other was a double-cutout hollowbody, not at all appropriate for metal, but sounded fucking great for punk and rockabilly stuff, with less feedback when distorted than any other hollowbody I've played like that. Stolen, I wish I still had it.

I can respect someone liking the tone of a LP, but I'm just not into fighting with a guitar. I want something that lets me do what I want to do with as little effort as possible, hence my ESP/LTD fanboyism.

Oh, and one more thing:

LOL, wut?