Any instrument can become an un-favorite! Just remove the soul of its player, or play it without confidence, or play it while you wish you were somewhere else... All instruments have their time and place, and often it it precisely the time and the place that is irritating/missed. Too much touting and not enough practicing/passion can make a villan out of the most lovely instrument...

'Les Pauls' were the industry standard for many years. I hated them and would not go near them... way too heavy, trademark "Zepplin" sound, clitche ridden. I played an ES150, and I loved it till I was bored with electric guitar... It was the most "acoustic electric" I could find, and the warmth of tone was made famous by Pat Metheny (who played a comparable ES175)... Electric guitar is my most unfavorite instrument now... I consider it the "sell out standard", the hit parade banner.ttr