Re: les paul slash signature
If market research has suggested that large numbers of people would willingly pay, Gibson will willingly manufacture.
Some obsessives want to buy a guitar of a specification that is as close as humanly possible to what the signature endorsee plays. Some customers just want the look in a package that they can handle and afford. To the latter, the fact that the skinnier neck might detract from their imitation of signature endorsee's sound is of no importance.