Looking for parts from a genuine Musicman Stingray

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good luck with that.

music man themselves are famously stingy about letting any extra parts out into the wild, that stuff is hard to find.

so you're looking for an entire stingray bass except for the body?

 

If it's "one hell of a lot cheaper", go ahead and buy them from the place that quoted you prices.......

 

I'ma give that a "I did".

As WalterW said, you're not likely to find what you're looking for because Music Man maintains very tight control over individual parts. They will not sell parts outright. They will provide replacement parts for registered owners, and they require that you send in the old part before they'll send a new one.

So, the only way you find individual genuine MM parts is if, for some reason, someone decides to part out an instrument they own. And that's pretty rare.

So I'm taking an educated guess that when you said "it's one hell of a lot cheaper" you were making an assumption, and that you haven't actually priced this stuff out.

Think about it - who would take a bass, disassemble it, and sell the pieces for less than what the assembled bass was worth?

Yet that is exactly what you are expecting when you assume that it's cheaper to buy the pieces individually.

And FYI, a StingRay is an active bass, i.e. it has a preamp, not just a wiring harness. And a StingRay without a StingRay preamp doesn't sound much like a StingRay..........

The only time I'd recommend anyone build a bass from parts is if
1) you are wanting some feature that is not available in a standard model and
2) you are willing to pay extra for it.

-OR-
1) you want to try building a bass for the fun of it and
2) you are willing to pay extra for it.

Sure, you can assemble a Fender style bass fairly cheap if you roam Ebay with a lot of patience. But that's a Fender style bass, not a MM, and it's not going to be a whole lot cheaper than buying a MIM Fender off the rack. Catch a good sale at Musicians Friend/Guitar Center and it's practically a wash.

If you want a genuine StingRay, for less $$$, save your pennies and patiently watch for good deal on a used one.