im the one who said slash brought back the gibson in the eighties and he did. It was him and perry from aerosmith which used gibson in the eighties. He had more of an effect because he was in a more popular band at the time and he was inspired by joe perry before. Fenders were the most popular in the early eightes especally because of van halen, but slash and perry were pretty much the mainstream les paul users. There are some blah blah details here and there but thats the main picture.