[stevedenver]

well if i had to pay down under prices id think very carefully about alternative options to my favorite Gibson (and you can get pretty close to PG out of phase middle postion sound simply by wiring for an out of phase -have this on one of my LP's and it sounds pretty close to Greenie to my ear-less hassle than flipping a magnet and allows for the standard middle sound as well)

there are many guitars that can get you close without the LP price-sg, explorer, hamer, heritage, etc

havent tried an epi elite-

all that being said its hard not to like a Gibson LP once you decide its right for you

and

i have to say that PG playing his strat doesnt sound like PG playing his LP- (but i know there are other factors at play as well)

as for ed roman and set necks-(mr roman has his own agenda)
-there are an awful lot of martin and gibson accoustics that seem to have fared well for many decades with set necks-as have Gibson l-5s and so many others-

LPs are heavy and if you are careless and knock it over or drop it you can break the headstock-same with a violin, cello, mandolin, or lute-LP's are built like a traditional stringed musical instrument, not a sledge hammer-no reason to not own a LP because it has a set neck