I don’t agree there, I think he’s captured much of the essence actually. I always liked the LP crunch tone but hated the guitar. It’s taken a long time for me to barely come around. I’d need a Custom Shop to get on board, I’d only want a real expensive LP. I have and Love a hugely overhauled and modded SE245 and it’s LP all over. It’s the final corksniffing part and I’m not sure I could even tell blindfolded on a bad day.
I also personally (just me) don’t give a toss about their heritage. They’re a huge company that’s changed several times over the last 100 years. Who they were in the 50s is dead and gone and what is it really to say that they’re spending all their time looking backwards trying to repeat the past anyway..? Fact is that we know more about making guitars than the guys in the 50s did, it’s a matter of choice that impedes them.
Neck pickup tone, clean, strumming clean tone, tuning, weight, balance, comfort - all things I can do without from a Gibson. PRS have that all solved.