Help - Musicman Stingray Jack Socket

[steantval]

Can anyone give me any advice on where to purchase a replacement jack socket, the enclosed black box type, that is soldered to the circuit board, they seem almost impossible to get hold of.

 

My bass is a 1994, 2 EQ Stingray.

 

I would be most grateful for any guidance.

Edited April 23 by steantval

[BassTractor]

1 hour ago, steantval said:

Can anyone give me any advice on where to purchase a replacement jack socket, the enclosed black box type, that is soldered to the circuit board, they seem almost impossible to get hold of.

 

My bass is a 1994, 2 EQ Stingray.

 

I would be most grateful for any guidance.

Reportedly, and also from my own experience, Music Man are extremely particular about parts.
I think you're probably best off contacting them directly. They'll likely ask you to send the part to them before they'll send out another.

I hope I'm wrong, and that my case was the odd one out (took a year before I received a fitting pot for my NOS Bongo).

 

Edited April 23 by BassTractor

[SimonK]

https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/music-man-jack-for-sting-ray-3eq-old-2eq-and-gtrs-with-on-off-switches-mc244x?srsltid=AfmBOor93KWUEFtGm9gusGAklyBeKPmfOcrrj2MPPuPG4Fnt5OnU14dz

[Hellzero]

Look here...

 

 

 

[steantval]

28 minutes ago, SimonK said:

https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/music-man-jack-for-sting-ray-3eq-old-2eq-and-gtrs-with-on-off-switches-mc244x?srsltid=AfmBOor93KWUEFtGm9gusGAklyBeKPmfOcrrj2MPPuPG4Fnt5OnU14dz

Thanks for this, I did find this yesterday, unfortunately none in stock, it states “coming soon”, I have emailed them today to see how long they will be coming into stock.

[Delberthot]

I needed a battery box and output jack for my 2016 EMBB Sterling so emailed string and things 

 

It took a couple of months of very slow back and forth but eventually I received a box the size of a small suitcase ( I kid you not )  with the parts I needed.

 

I can't remember exactly how much but it was roughly  £22 delivered for both parts which seemed fairly reasonable 🤔

Edited April 23 by Delberthot

[SimonK]

RE battery boxes, I've replaced them on both my stingrays (3EQ, 1998 & 2001) with the following which fits perfectly:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322826391603

 

RE the jack socket, I think you can get pretty close with standard parts:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265241820441

 

 

Edited April 24 by SimonK

[Hellzero]

11 hours ago, steantval said:

Thanks for this, I did find this yesterday, unfortunately none in stock, it states “coming soon”, I have emailed them today to see how long they will be coming into stock.

Buy them at Mouser @steantval, they are the original ones and the price is way lower.

 

I even put the two official wiring diagrams in the link above.

[Gasman]

My next solo act  name..."Stingray Jack Socket"...

[steantval]

34 minutes ago, Gasman said:

My next solo act  name..."Stingray Jack Socket"...

Support act, Rick Backer.

[Dad3353]

51 minutes ago, steantval said:

Support act, Rick N. Backer.

 

Fixed. 

[steantval]

I thought I would bring up this thread again.

 

I went onto the online Musicman spare parts site and actually located the socket I required, priced at £3.10p, I proceeded to fill out my name and address and moved on to the payment section, this is what I discovered.

 

Input Jack £3.10p

 

UPS £30.59p

 

Duties, Taxes & Fees £9.23p

 

What an absolute joke, the total cost of getting a £3.10p part to me in the U.K. is £42.92p 

[SimonK]

10 hours ago, steantval said:

I thought I would bring up this thread again.

 

I went onto the online Musicman spare parts site and actually located the socket I required, priced at £3.10p, I proceeded to fill out my name and address and moved on to the payment section, this is what I discovered.

 

Input Jack £3.10p

 

UPS £30.59p

 

Duties, Taxes & Fees £9.23p

 

What an absolute joke, the total cost of getting a £3.10p part to me in the U.K. is £42.92p 

 

Get someone in the states to buy it and send to you? At £3.10 plus probably about £10 postage it isn't a massive risk...

[Hellzero]

Amazing to be so stubborn @steantval !

 

Here it is again!

 

The official reference is Switchcraft 113X. 😉

https://www.switchcraft.com/assets/1/24/110x-m110x_series_cd.pdf?5406

 

You can find it here at a normal price:

https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Switchcraft/113X?qs=iwvYsH9bSFbrUaj7QgyZ6A%3D%3D&srsltid=AfmBOoqhz7UfD89CrWZlOZAJMRlC2_sCGRrr2q8MhwZkTH-_NYfW8N7R

 

The two wiring possibilities are here, accordingly to the type of output jack:

[LeftyJ]

Status Graphite uses a very similar (if not the same) jack socket, and sells them in their online store at 3 GBP. Their site doesn't allow hotlinking because it uses frames, but when you go to their online shop section, under "Spare parts", click the "Jack sockets etc" button and scroll nearly all the way down. 

[mcnach]

4 hours ago, SimonK said:

 

Get someone in the states to buy it and send to you? At £3.10 plus probably about £10 postage it isn't a massive risk...

 

why would anybody buy that from the US? It's not like MusicMan make those sockets...

[Mokl]

I got mine from Strings Direct. Exactly the same (as far as I could see) as the original in my late 80s Stingray.