Acoustic-electric bass for rockabilly?

[Corndog]

Wrong. The ONLY way to get the "rockabilly" sound is with an upright.
You'd be an idiot to think an e bass could even come close.

 

[rayc]

I'm confused by all the terms.
Acoustic electric?
Semi hollow?
Is it one of those new fangled acoustic basses with a piezo?
Is it one of those old fangled semi acoustic basses (slightly archtopped, floating bridge, tail piece anchored to the bottom)?
Is it a plank with hollow wings?
I have a semi acoustic bass (arched, floater, tail piece etc) that I have flat wound strings on - it gets all sorts of tones depending on the signal chain.
I have a solid body with wound strings.
I have a cello with a bug pick up.
I could play slap bass on the cello - a little high but it works BUT the semi acoustic is cool for it - BIG fat tone, some of that semi acoutic tone &, if it's for recording, a mic near the neck/body join to pick up the strings/finger/slappin'.
What exactly are the correct terms for what we're talking about in bass bodies?

 

[mshilarious]

Wrong. The ONLY way to get the "rockabilly" sound is with an upright.
You'd be an idiot to think an e bass could even come close.

The only acceptable bass for rockabilly is one that is TWO YEARS OLD

 

[Corndog]

The only acceptable bass for rockabilly is one that is TWO YEARS OLD

Uh...O.K.
Try a Tele and a Twin in a metal band....

 

[mshilarious]

Uh...O.K.
Try a Tele and a Twin in a metal band....

I already did that, twenty years ago.

But it wasn't TWO YEARS OLD

 

[Corndog]

I already did that, twenty years ago.

But it wasn't TWO YEARS OLD

Either I'm missing something, I'm stupid or you're a jerk. Fill me in. Two years refers to...???