Re: I HAVE MONEY, mwhahaha!!!
Uhh... to my ears, the SGs are a bit brighter, or more aggresive sounding, or whatever, prolly because of the thinner body. A les paul sounds darker, IMO. Never really messed around with customs much, but i bet with their mahogany cap (versus maple on nearly all other LPs), they'd be even darker still. Although, they have an ebony fretboard, which is brighter sounding than the rosewood on other models...
My best advice is to go play a ton of guitars, of all different makes and models, till you find the right one, the one that grabs you by the cajones. Make sure it feels good physically on your body, make sure it plays like you like, make sure it sounds the way you want, both unplugged and plugged in. Playing unplugged is a very important process, IMO, because it really reveals sonically dead peices of wood, whereas this is sometimes harder to detect when playing through an amp, especially one in a store that you aren't familiar with. And when you find 'the one', don't let it go, if at all possible. If cost more than what you've got, see if you can talk em down at all, or get some money from your parents temporarily, or see if you can put it on layaway long enough to get enough money....
but if you want a great guitar, it'll be worth it. Be picky. See if you can't go to some sort of mom-and-pop stores, they tend to take much better care of their instruments than the big chains.
Good luck!!
