I don't know what Gibson is doing with these fractional shares. Couldn't care less. But, in regards to the guitars, you ARE being too harsh. Gibson quality hasn't really been an issue for a few years now. Even before the new regime, the last couple of years of Henry J saw a pretty decent improvement in quality and that has only improved more since. The 2016 model year is when things really started to turn around. Do the guitars have PRS levels of attention to detail in regards to setup? No. No production guitar of that scale will. However, the build quality is pretty nice now. Non weight relieved LP standards are still $2500. Even if you have to figure for some tech time to more dial in the guitar, you are still very much under 3k total invested in an actual LP, where the basic 594 is at $3900ish. I've purchased 2 brand new Gibby guitars since 2018, a V and an LP and both are/were fantastic.
Moral of the story. Lets not bash the competition just to bash the competition, especially if your bashing isn't based on fact or first hand experience.