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As a result they can't actually be practically used as an acoustic instrument with guitars etc because they just aren't loud enough and so they are essentially an electric bass with a largely useless soundbox meaning they are unwieldy and prone to feedback.
One theory I've heard is that they got popular due to MTV unplugged because you weren't allowed to play an electric bass so unless you could play upright you needed one of these just for the looks.
https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbo_850_bass_black.htm
He got it during the first lock down for a bit of fun.
Not sure how much use it gets though.
I don't own one, but I've played a few nice ones that I would have been happy to own.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
All good for thought... thanks again.
Uke basses are practical - as is the Ashbory.
I've now got a little rubber-band uke bass, which I use for a music club where everything else is unamplified, and it's completely inaudible when even one guitar is being played, but sounds great through my little Roland Micro Cube amp. I did briefly have a full-size acoustic bass too, but essentially it was exactly the same other than being about five times the size and a massive pain to carry.
I prefer fretless for acoustic basses - I just think it suits the sound better, and you need flatwound strings on them. If you want a fretted one, get rid of the awful bronze strings they all come with - for no good reason I can think of other than because acoustic guitars do, which is still wrong, they're different instruments - and fit normal nickel roundwounds, or also flats.
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But I got a very specific one — this fretless f-hole Aria. https://www.gcmusic.com.au/aria-febflf-f-hole-acoustic-electric-bass-guitar-w
See: https://www.stollguitars.de/en/instruments/acoustic-basses/ for the range.
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But I was pretty particular about getting a fretless. I just think it sounds better.