Acoustic bass guitars, as opposed to standup basses, are either too big or too quiet or both. They generally need to be amplified to be heard along side a firmly picked acoustic guitar with vocal.
The U-bass can be amazing, I heard one played by a great musician recently and he killed, but it does require some technique and it's a bit trickier to tune and keep in tune and play in tune compared to a conventional electric bass.
Fran
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