If you manage to save just over 1k I recommend the Godin A4. Of all the acoustic basses I've played it's by far the best, not so much unplugged although I managed in my duo alongside one acoustic guitar and a belter of a singer, but amplified this bass totally comes alive, so many tonal variations, it's a killer. Having said that it was too long for me (I play short scale almost exclusively now) and it is a tad heavy but unsurpassed imho.