Hi Waraba
thanks for your kind comment.
Your guitar sounds very good - a strong and thick tone. Did you add compression? The boomy thing with those hollow bodies can be a challenge and amp setting may be different from other solid bodies. This is absolutely right. The advantage of the Variax thing is that you can edit the pickup position etc to match everything to your taste. I really like a good clean sound when it comes with this woody element. The look of jazz guitar is also very nice but to be very open .... the Variax is so light and easy to play ...so I prefer when I need this solution. The real sound A/B comparison the Variax would loose of course but in the mix it gets more difficult to distinguish. Strange worlds somehow...
I play usually with a pick and fingers (mixed) and usually play most notes with both hands. Depends on style of course
Cheers and good luck with your L5 copy
Sacapuntas