[jdietrich]

Gibson guitars are notorious for broken headstocks, due to an archaic and inherently defective design. Modern scarf-jointed headstocks do occasionally break, but they're more prone to cracking around the machine head holes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=gibson+broken+headstock&tbm=...

http://jacksinstrumentservices.com/why-do-les-paul-headstock...

[eyeJam]

I stand corrected