yes, come to think of it ... the sound of a good Les Paul is impossible to hate.
if you love Slash's tone, yep... Les Paul. Jimmy Page? Les Paul
Eric Clapton, SRV and Hendrix? OK, not a Les Paul, but a good Les Paul can get really close to that territory.
OK, so you are one of those "modern guys" and you like bands that dont play slower than 180 bpm ... still, a good Les Paul can nail those Nile, Dream Theater, insert whatever modern band here cause i am too old to find any of those technical acts exciting.
Besides, with genres like that, it has a lot more to do with the amp than the guitar (they cover their sound with so much gain, what you have left is a guitar's response and whether its using a single coil or humbucker PUP)
now, the Les Paul isn't infallible, cause there are other things you could dislike about it:
1.) shape = its a "classic" shape
2.) neck = i prefer the strat neck too
3.) your very very unique taste in tone and music (you know, you are the type who hates stuff people like). it wont be a surprised you'd like the extreme fuzz pedals (i like them too, but i like the sound of a Les Paul as well).
same thing with good stratocasters.
I guess i am just a very mainstream guy, and every song ive liked that has a guitar in it has Les Pauls and/or Strats in it... i might also wanna sneak in a Tele.
i think some people hate them because they have not heard the good ones, or well, because of the stuff i mentioned.
funny though, i have not owned a good Les Paul ... i did own a very good Orville Firebird (it can sound like a Tele!).
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and another +1 to the stuff about Floyd Roses ... those stuff we complain about only happen to the bad floyd roses (there are so many of them, sadly)i.e.
1.) hard to set-up
2.) gets out of tune often
3.) kills sustain
those stuff are from bad Floyd Roses. if you have a good one ... man, its amazing.
i have only owned one guitar with a really good Floyd Rose, and i couldnt use its features. it was a 1996 USA Dimebag Signature i sold to a guy from France.
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sadly, a lot of us are not experienced enough to really hate the way something sounds (me included).
as for looks and playability though, we all are entitled to that