I wouldn't touch one for years just because of how they look... then one day I spotted the trans walnut and something about it made me sit down and play it...
Within 5 minutes of actually playing one it all made sense! As you can tell, the Albert Lee model quickly became my favorite solid body guitar...
Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm really stoked about all the fun I'm going to have with this instrument. I've already been wringing some new song ideas out of it.