I've had a triple threat for about a year. Its design features were probably to make it apeal to LesPaul guys. Being a Les Paul guy I love it. Its not as heavy sounding as an Gibson R9 historic, but it excells in other ways. I like the double cut body, its more comfortable to me than my Les Pauls are. The neck is just about perfect, again from my perspective. Workmanship, fretboard, nut, etc all surpass Gibson. Its a keeper.