There aren't many bass players that use an acoustic bass guitar as their main instrument. In fact, you can count them on one hand—if you know of some let me know. The first person that comes to mind for me is Violent Femmes bassist, Brian Ritchie. Although there are many options available today, at the time the Femmes started just about the only option was the Ernie Ball Earthwood bass (which is what Ritchie played). The Earthwood bass was (excuse the pun) based on the Mexican guitarron.
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