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That he is. I have 4 of his creations. All utterly brilliant.

The extreme version... built by our very own Alan at ACG.

I bought one of these when I had a 15% off deal through eBay, came in at £11 all in. Perfectly reasonable straps though the plastic adjuster is a bit clunky! But for £11 it was a good buy. I have WAY too many straps now so I might actually shift this one on if anyone wants it! It's still in the box with the free plectrums and plastic strap locks!

Just bought some strap locks from Alain. An excellent service all round! A great price, shipped quickly and in exactly the condition described, can't fault him! I'd be very happy to deal with @ead again, another credit to Basschat. 10/10

Woe betide something that has more than 4 strings and isn't shaped like a Fender... 🙄 These are actually very good basses I'll have you know!

I would. Looks a little odd to the eye but as a fretless I think it'd be genuinely useful and give you the range of a 6 string.

I recently bought an ACG strap, it's hand made in the UK, excellent quality leather, 3" wide with a good amount of soft padding and a suede underside that really helps stop slippage. Very comfortable indeed! Also just bought two Richter straps (they have a good reduced price 'B-Stock' section!), they've not arrived yet but they look great and their 'Artist' list is formidable!

From the man that is always putting up 'well priced' eBay items that have at least 15 years left to run! 😂

You shan't regret it. I've got 2 custom builds from Alan and 2 I bought second hand - they are some of the very best instruments I've played and I've been through many!

I'm not sure... I'll have a look tomorrow. From what I've been reading it seems that Cubase AI does have limitations with plug-in load. I might need to bite the bullet and upgrade to Pro 11.

Evening All, I bought a Steinberg UR44 earlier in the year, A: because it's a decent bit of kit for the price and B: because it came with Cubase AI free. I've also bought Helix Native, which is the plug-in version of the Line 6 Helix, very useful. My issue is that when I run the Helix Native plug-in on more than two tracks I get a "Recording Error - Audio Dropout Detected" after about 5 - 10 seconds of recording. Two tracks with Helix Native works fine however three will cause the error... I'm aware Helix Native is a fairly CPU heavy plug-in, and I have occasionally got the same error when running say ten tracks, two with Helix Native and eight without. My laptop is only a few months old and runs an i7 processor, has 16GB RAM and a 512GB solid state drive with a 2TB external drive housing most of my data to keep the laptop free from large masses of data. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can prevent this error from occurring? Ideally I'd like to be able to run at least 5 Helix Native plug-ins on 5 tracks, but at the moment I can only run two maximum. Is it that Cubase AI can't handle it? Am I missing something? My laptop is definitely a respectable specification so I don't believe it's that... Any thoughts welcome! Thanks, Russ.

You can use the 'change region' and 'change currency' drop downs at the top of the screen. I just snagged 2 of them... 'cheers' @Hellzero for making me spend money on straps I probably didn't need!!

ACG sell UK hand made 3" wide padded leather straps with a suede underside. I have one and they are excellent, not the cheapest, but the suede underside prevents any slippage and the 3" wide padded main body of the strap make it extremely comfortable for long play.

Boss here too. Had it for a few years and it's a pretty solid app!

I dildon't have any such device.

Quackery...

I see a Rickenbacker, an Ampeg, a Carl Thompson, an Alembic and an Adamovic. Do they have any of their own ideas? 😂

@Cuzzie - basschat says its you so now its you! The laws of basschat have decreed it so! You must now live with the choice basschat has made for you. 😁

@Cuzzie might specifically want a vintage one - they might 'sound' the same or similar, but there is something overtly cool about a vintage 60s/70s Fender even if I'm not a Fender man myself!

Don't you mean 'blah bleeeee haaaaaaa HAAA ooooooooh pftttttt umaumaumauma GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' I believe that is the official cry of the insane.

Like last time, I will secretly intercept @Dad3353's straplocks and tell no one... slowly sending him into an insanity spiral. *Bwa ha ha ha!* 😈

I think spending several thousand on a bass that is extremely customised to your exact tastes, scale, wood choices, neck, pickups etc. and that doesn't exist out there in the retail world, and it brings you joy in any capacity be it playing, looking, holding etc. and you can afford it without going into debt, then I see absolutely nothing wrong with it! The same would apply to a vintage instrument that you can't buy new. It's all horses for courses, and if you're perfectly content with a serviceable cheaper bass, then that's all good too! I like to discuss opinions and see where other people place their values, but it is our differences that make us unique, we should celebrate them! (Of course anyone that doesn't agree with me is WRONG!!!! 😁 )