FWIW, I live just outside of a major city (Philadephia) and the only Big Al I've ever seen in the flesh is my own. Although it's probably safe to say that the liklihood of seeing one in my area would be significantly high than seeing one in yours.
I can say that a lot of musicians but especially guitarists and bassists ask me about mine at every show I play it. Most are surprised that it's a Musicman because they never heard of that model (though a few have heard of the Albert Lee signture guitar), let alone seen one in person. But they're always intrigued by it and I get a lot of questions about it.
I only know of one other in my area and that's only because a TB'er very close to where I live was selling one and I commented that if it was a five string I would have driven to his house (about 20 minutes away) that afternoon to buy it. Glad I commented on it because the guy I bought mine from said he saw my post and he contacted me about his five string. A week later it was mine!
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