You're more likely to see a Volkswagen with a Apple sticker on the back window if it's the only sticker. There's double fanboy points there.
One of my bandmates is the typical Gibson fanboy. He has a Gibson tattoo and named his recent new born daughter Gibson. He has a 2008 LP Traditional, with all of the usual Gibson flaws. He can't keep the thing in tune (G string binding at the nut and what not), the finish is less than spectacular, and will put up with more from it because of what he paid for it and the name on the headstock than he would anything else. The tuning issues, he replaced the tuners with near identical replacements disregarding his setup guy and my advice that it wasn't a tuner issue. He upsized the strings and the factory nut slots were too small, hence the binding in the nut. I understand we like what we like and there are Strat guys and LP guys, but you should hear some of the things that come out of his mouth. "I couldn't play Gibsons for the longest time because the scale is different than what I learned to play on; acoustics and Fenders." :icon_scratch: A stereotypical acoustic guitar's scale length is closer to, if not identical to, a Gibson than a Fender, IIRC, which he was playing interchangeably. In a 3 or 4 hour show, I can typically counted on him breaking a D or G string at the bridge, which is fixable. His go to backup is an Epi Semi-hollow jobby. Guess what? It stays in tune and doesn't break strings. He's sold Fenders that were more dependable than his LP, but generic gear conversations of "what kind of LP is that" don't pop up as much with other guitars. He has the hots for another LP but doesn't have $2,000 burning a hole in his pocket. He knows how died in the wool buy American I am but even still, I've tried turning him onto Agile and pointed out Yamaha and Ibanez LP equivalents at GC, but they "aren't as good" to use his words. If he was intent on a similar scale length and price range, there's always PRS - who is still building a legacy instead of living off of one. I've told him about QC issues I've read on this forum (volute under the first fret anyone?), pointed out poor finish and fretwork on ones hanging on walls, told him about the Firebird X, and even about the Strat Gibson was trying to pawn off as Hendrix's Gibson signature sound. He knows I'm a Warmoth fanboy and knows they do LPs and doesn't mind a bolt-on neck. I could on, but it doesn't matter because there is an Apple like devotion.
