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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!!!! 😁 )

Surely it'll need to be 'Essex Persons', you know, diversity and all that!

Hard to quantify, probably as a rough average 70/30 Bass to player. Depends how aggressive/light handed a player is!

I like buckeye burl... it's my weakness, it's a bit like crack, rather moreish once you had just a taste... I have a few buckeye basses, a buckeye pen and even a buckeye handled chef's knife... I know, its foolish, its vein, its all of the above. But I LIKE IT so bullhockey to anyone who says otherwise! 😜 Jewellery isn't for me, not too fussed by the car I drive, my other tastes aren't overly lavish (save a good bottle of single malt here and there). I like buckeye and I like basses and even better when they're combined! It all really boils down to what we each like in life! Plenty of people on this forum split their expendable income over various Interests and spend less on basses and more on other things, some live a modest lifestyle by choice or otherwise, we all are individuals, we all have our opinions! So long as we're all as content as we can make ourselves and hopefully a few others around us, then we're doing OK. Or, we can fall into the hopeless pit of despair and feel overwhelming guilt for every little luxury we buy because we didn't give that money to someone less fortunate... it's a fair point, perhaps one for another thread. For those who feel this guilt in such a fashion that compels them to tithe away their spare pennies, then I will raise my glass to you and declare you the better person. I helped a fallen granny once, I've done my bit. 😋