The Indian bowlers picked me for sledging when I was batting well. They called me school boy. But I was enjoying it and I had answered it with my bat.
While other guitars may have more twang or an esoteric atmosphere, the Les Paul is like a T-Rex thampling everything in it's path. . it can be subtle if you want it to be, but it works best if you have an 'armadillo in your trousers' and you want to articulate that