Here's a brand new youtube presentation/discussion...
I just watched it and consider it to be one of the best summaries of Gibson's problems
out of the many I've viewed in the last couple of years..

...since I bought a 2015 Les Paul special at a hugely reduced clearance price...

2015 was Gibson's 'annus horribilis', a year of sudden dramatic business suicide which they have not recovered from,
the year of the much hated design and components changes imposed upon their most popular lines of classic electric guitars...

It's 40 minutes, but the 3 guys on screen deliver an intersting and informative video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Xi9GQ48iY