Speaking primarily as a bass player and then as a guitar player; I really don't like acoustic bass guitars. If I want an acoustic sound I want to use my double bass.
These are my reasons against acoustic bass guitars:
1: Lot's of feedback when plugged in.
2: Almost no useable volume unplugged.
3: I wasn't a fan of the tone of the ones I have played, solid bodies do electric bass better and double basses do acoustic better.
4: The ones I've played have all had really bad neck dive due to the lengthy neck and hollow body.
5: A double bass in inherently more versatile; being able to be played Arco or Pizzicato.
Edit:
6: The piezo sound can be found with solid body instruments that can have piezo pickups and electromagnetic pickups; as well as on double basses.
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