Bass Musician Magazine just ran a review of the Boulder Creek EBR acoustic/electric bass I've been using and loving for the last six months.  Based on AEBs I've played in the past I hadn't felt any urgency to own one myself, but this one was too good to pass up for all the reasons I gave to the reviewer.  I use the 4-string model with D'addario XL Chrome flatwound strings for extra warmth and wooliness.  Here's the bass in action during a Tom Jones performance at the Bridge School Benefit Concert from last October: