I don't think the low price on these is due to Henry J's desire to compete with pacrim stuff as much as these guitars sat in Sam Ash's warehouse for a couple of years. These feel different from a classic Gibby, so l hear, but l like the wider fretboard. To me, this is the equivalent of a Telecaster - barebones. The G-Force was an error, but you can bend the pee out of it without getting blood on the fingerboard.
Let's see: In 2017, I've acquired 3 new Gibsons. 1 SG for a son and 2 LP's for myself. For those 3 new Gibsons, I spent less than one-thousand dollars.
Maybe Henry J. is dumping. Dunno. It's a good time to be a buyer though.
Only the Special (like you have), has the wider neck. It has a titanium nut too - which I like.
(*BTW, I'll take your G-Force if you don't want it BTW. I'll pay removal and shipping. I'll even send you the manual Klusons from my Les Paul Faded. I want to put G-Force on it too.)
All 3 are keepers. The SG I got for a son and the Les Paul both have very nice necks - especially the Les. I took it to my local guy who diagnosed the ailments on the NS Starfire III (cleared by inspector #11 at the Korean factory). He hardly touched it. He said it already had a nice set up.
The P90's LP Special does have the wider neck. But I can navigate it fine. Fretwork is very nice, as is the binding and the titanium nut. Maybe one day I'll figure out how to use a guitar that sounds like a Tele. You're correct in your conclusion about that one.
This Les is a nice guitar. A bit heavy @ 6.5 lbs. But I really like it. It lives in the gold case that came with the Special. 490 R&T pick-ups.
The price was really right on this one $0.
Sweetwater replaced the Korean NS SF 3 with it and gave me a $150 credit for my trouble.