I bought the Ernie Ball Polypro strap as a cheap replacement after noticing my leather strap
had started to split at the strap pin hole.The local music shop didn't have much selection of leather
guitar straps so I decided to buy this Ernie Ball strap for now.

The Ernie Ball guitar strap is available in a range of plain colours as well as the bright red strap I
bought which is pictured above there's also the choice of White,Black,Khaki,Purple,Burgundy,
Navy,and Forest Green and there is also a striped Rainbow version if you really want to brighten
things up. The Ernie Ball Logo is stamped on the Leather starp end in Gold lettering and adds a
nice finishing touch to the strap without looking tacky or over branded.

The guitar strap is made from a Polypro webbing material which is designed to be colourfast and will
not stretch under use. After using this strap for around 6 months I've never had any problems with
the colour transferring to my clothes and the strap has never stretched even with my heaviest bass
so for once the manufacturers claims are actually true.The strap is easily adjustable by moving a
sliding black plastic buckle to get it to the length you want. The buckle seems quite strong and I've
never had any problems with it slipping once I've adjusted the strap.

The strap has leather ends with the usual hole with slight split so you can fit it onto the strap pins
on your guitar or bass. The leather ends are really stiff to start with and require a bit of force to
get over the strap pins if you aren't using a straplock system but they do loosen up after a few
weeks use. After around 6 months use the holes on the strap ends have loosened but the strap
still stays in place on the one guitar I own which still has only the standard strap pins instead of
a straplock system.

The strap is 2 inches wide and is comfortable with most guitars although it doesn't distribute
the weight well enough to play longer gigs with my heavier basses. I tend to get slight shoulder
pain after using this for long sessions or gigs which I never found was a problem with my thicker
leather strap..The other downside I've found with this strap is it can slide around on certain
clothing particularly with one of my basses which suffers from slight neck dive which seems to
get exaggerated when used with this strap.

After 6 months regular use the strap still looks like new with no splits or frayed edges or stitching
so it's a well made strap that should last a while. These can be found online for around £4 on Ebay
to £7 from music shops.