A Lenco! Actually, the plinth is near-identical: MDF layers piled up. And the Lenco will astonish for a few bucks and your pick of finish. FYI I'm a Well-Tempered fan, being also a Decca fan (they go together), but the Lenco, like the Garrards, majors on speed, slam, bass and timing. They're also better at detail than anything I've heard, with the caveat that I'm not certain what's going on at the tippy-top frequencies. But if it's good enough for Sugano, I figure it passes muster. It won't cost much money, and allows you to play at "bricolage" (arts and crafts as well as a tiny bit of carpentry) while seeing why the idler-wheel business is still booming (check the prices of Garrards these days, and the Thorens TD124 is going for a couple of grand these days). If its slam you're missing, then this is the way: typically, it subjectively seems to double the output of any cartridge mounted on it (Lenco/Rega pairing).
