Don't be stupid. I never liked Alexi's guitars at any point in time. I was never really a fanboi either. The only reason why I was listening to the band is because I mainly found the neo-classical parts interesting.
His guitars have always been pieces of shit, and there are much better guitars out there unless you like having a castrated setup. Otherwise, customize it to be better.
I switched to 7s a long time ago only because I wanted to do some techniques that required the extra string. I didn't give a shit if whether or not it was the new trend. Sure, it's quite difficult to use it with it's fatter fret scale and shit, but I still use 6 strings from time to time if I don't need the 7th string. I wasn't saying it was wrong to use a 6. I just hate RR's.