Still have my '76 Les Paul Custom. Heavy, yes, but its supposed to be and you gotta suck it up. Action is fantastic, but you need to adjust rythm pickup relative to lead as the rythm is so much louder. (Minor issue.)Recently got rid of my '82 American strat. Nice action, but I never got the "right sound" from that guitar.
I am still kicking myself for letting the candy apple red telecaster go to pay for the SG. I miss both of those guitars.
Ed