Strange.. I personally didnt care for the color, but with the flame in the maple showing thru, its actually quite beautiful.
Congrats on a great new toy! I had (sold her.. wah!!!) 2012 "2008" model that had the motherboard in it. The negative to it, is if you want to change pups, then you have to buy Gibson pups or gut it. Its good that you like the pups! I searched high and low for connectors for them to add to other pups with no luck.
I have a bad back and should play light guitars, but I like my LPs heavy. They just feel right and sustain nice!
Looks like Gibson has taken a que from PRS on the knobs!
Enjoy that beast!