Replacement pots for MM Stingray

[rumblinbass]

I may buy a Stingray from a friend so I brought it home to check it out.
I really dig the bass but am somewhat disappointed with the pots on the onboard pre, they feel really cheap.
Any suggestions?

 

[line6man]

If you don't like the pots, change them...

I am not familiar with stingrays, but I believe that the pots are different from the usual "passive bass" pots.

I would check with MM and see if they sell the pots.

Check for the resistance, wattage, taper, (whether or not they have center detents), shaft length, and shaft diameter.

 

[rumblinbass]

that is what I am looking for - replacement pots.

MM will only supply the same pots.
All pots are pots, they are passive devices regardless of passive or active electronics.

I am looking for something that someone has tried or knows of where I can get a replacement. I can get a pot from just about anywhere (mouser, digikey, etc.) but would like to know if there is a website like guitar parts resource or something like that sells a replacement kit.

I'll continue to look.

 

[line6man]

All pots are pots, they are passive devices regardless of passive or active electronics.

Yes...
what i meant was that the pots used in active basses are different from the ones used in passive basses.

Usually they are of a lower resistance (25K or 50K) and obviously, for EQ, they have detents.

 

[Mental Octopus]

I may buy a Stingray from a friend so I brought it home to check it out.
I really dig the bass but am somewhat disappointed with the pots on the onboard pre, they feel really cheap.
Any suggestions?

is everything on the bass stock? how exactly do the pots feel cheap?

 

[Rano Bass]

I may buy a Stingray from a friend so I brought it home to check it out.
I really dig the bass but am somewhat disappointed with the pots on the onboard pre, they feel really cheap.
Any suggestions?

Are you sure the pots feel cheap?
Is the bass a two or three band preamp?
Maybe you meant the knobs feel cheap?
The stock pots are 25k for the volume and 50k with center detent for the three band preamps.

 

[rumblinbass]

everything on this bass is stock.
what I mean by "feeling cheap" is that there is no resistance when turning the knob. It almost feels like there is nothing on the other side of the knob.

 

[Mental Octopus]

everything on this bass is stock.
what I mean by "feeling cheap" is that there is no resistance when turning the knob. It almost feels like there is nothing on the other side of the knob.

but are they working? I have an older Sterling and there is also very little resistance, but they work perfectly. Just kind of seems pointless to replace pots that work.

 

[rumblinbass]

they work. good point.

considering the price tag of these basses brand new the quality of the pots would be better. Before I get flamed I better qualify that statement by saying that I work in electronics, I know that these are cheap pots.