Hi abelljo,
(tery too, missed yer tribby Blueboy post)
Welcome and would love to see pics of your parts casters. I am a HUGE fan of MFD's as well and have a few G&L projects, another one soon to be posted.
Since you "hardly ever play solid bodies", you could look at this as an opportunity to get a solid body and expand your guitar options. Or get a semi-hollow with f-hole and that way you still won't have a "solid body" guitar. We can be enablers round here.
Be sure to jump in often, lots of knowledgeable members who can any answer G&L questions you may have.