Henry J. is not without his faults. He forced a bunch of crap nobody wanted like his robo-tuners fiasco and then forced dealers to stock the shelves with them. He pulled authorized distributions away from a lot of mom and pop stores, essentially putting them out of business, for not playing ball. Prime example; Center City Music in San Diego had a thriving business selling nothing but Historic-collection Les Pauls, and for prices significantly less than GC/MF/SA. The owner didn't want to hang a bunch of robo-tuner garbage on his walls so Henry pulled his license. This means no more warranties.
Henry J. did a lot of great things for Gibson. Gibson Guitars today are putting out the best instruments they've ever made (if you're willing to pay Custom Shop prices for them). A problem however is, Gibson players don't want much innovation. They want the classic guitars that were made during the Ted McCarty era. They don't want robo-tuners. They want sunburst Les Paul Standards, black Les Paul Customs, and wine red 335s and SGs. They want them made to McCarty-era specs and sold at inflation-rated prices.
And there's fewer and fewer of this demographic each year.
I am definitely in the traditionalist camp with not much interest in anything but the classic designs. To me all the meaningful innovation happened in the ‘50s and ‘60s and at this point it’s a mature industry from a design standpoint.