For what it's worth,. I played for a time with Bill Chinnock, in the early 70s. Bill was very excited because he had ordered a custom LoBue guitar. Bill had specified a guitar shaped like a Gibson ES 335, but made of solid maple, not semi-hollow. It had two DiMarzio humbuckers in it. I remember looking the guitar over closely when Bill received it. The craftsmanship was very fine. I could tell it was handmade from observing little details, such as a spot on one of high points of the carved top where the stain had just been sanded slightly away before finishing. The point of my story is that Bill told me if he didn't like the guitar he could return it for a full refund. I thought that was a noble but dangerous promise for LoBue to have made, since he (LoBue) had not designed the guitar himself, but built according to the customer's specifications. Bill played the guitar for a couple of gigs, and then returned it, saying it was too heavy, and shrill sounding. Just what one would expect of a solid maple behemoth like that. Eventually I built a few guitars for people, but I never forgot what happened to LoBue that time. He took responsibility for the flaws in someone else's design. I never met LoBue, but he must have been a warm-hearted guy.