Looks vs Sound

Wondering if anyone in here has experienced this before. If so, how did you move forward or what did you do about it?

I’ve always loved the look of gold top les pauls. Today I tried a Gibson R7 and a Gibson R4. Gorgeous looking, but I didn’t love the sound.

I have a Suhr Classic T, with stock single coils. Love the sound on all positions.

Someone might say just get both. But that’s not po$$ible for me at this time. So if I sell my classic t to get a les paul, I will be missing the sounds I love.

I see that fralin has some p90’s with alnico rods, and I wonder how close can one of those in the neck position of a les paul, get to the neck position of a tele pickup.

I was thinking about p90 alnico on the neck, and regular p90 on the bridge of a LP.

I like playing blues and funk mostly

What are your thoughts? Any suggestions?

Cheers