Imagine Guns 'N Roses rejecting Les Paul after an audition. The lead guitarist in the band plays Gibson Les Paul guitars, but you're not what we're looking for. Les Paul was an amazing guitarist in his own style but it would be a question of fit, not ability.
Is creating homebrew really even that amazing? Seems like nothing too complex.
Les Paul guitars are actually nothing amazing either, and suffered from poor sales early on. Their success is mainly in the marketing, not in the engineering.