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I have had many many ugly/plain guitars, some were great players some not so much, but the best playing and sounding guitar I have ever owned also happens to be the "prettiest". Does the woods beauty make it play better? No, but the wood used sure makes it sound better... the fact that it is absolutely gorgeous to my eyes is just frosting on the cake... and I play the devil out of it. Would I play a pretty guitar if it didn't sound good... nope. Would I play an absolutely butt ugly guitar if it sounded great? Yep... It is the sound, tone and playabilty that make a guitar a great player... the looks of it are secondary.
My main guitar is one of those flame maple "pretty" guitars and it sounds sweeter than any guitar I have ever owned. It sings and screams and looks dang good doin it... and I ain't affraid to play it. If the way a guitar looks keeps you from playing it all out, you got some work to do. I don't care which guitar I am using, ugly or pretty, I am going to play it with everything I have.
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