CandidPicker
Tone Matters. Use It Well.
You know, I've bought and sold four Les Paul's over the years so looking forward to finding a keeper solid humbucker. What about the SC245? Too much an LP relative?
Consider the neck profiles and fretboard radii of the Santana and DGT, please, if you're including these in your search. Santana has a flatter neck radius; DGT has a thicker neck carve.
594 has a 50's style neck with a variable taper up the neck. Doublecut might be easier weight-wise. Singlecuts in 2020 will mimic the old-style '59 LPs.
Can't go wrong with a 408. Might tick all the boxes, check one out.
McCarty has a thicker neck carve, rounder fretboard radius than a Santana. Voiced rounder, deeper, slightly more lower-mid friendly.
SC245 might be too much like the LP in weight and profile, but very close in tone.
Cu22 and Cu24's are voiced differently, weigh less, and tend to be more upper-mid friendly.
Hope this will be a starting point. View some YT videos for more comparisons, with a variety of choices.