Need to take my Sterling in for repair.

[Jazzbassman23]

Yes, I know, I can send it to San Luis Obispo, but since I'm on the east coast, I'd rather not spend $100+ on shipping charges if I can avoid it.

2000 Sterling that I hadn't played in a few months. Not subject to radical temp/humidity changes, just sitting in its case. It's making loud, staticy noise when I touch the bass EQ knob and/or the volume. Sounds like when there's a bad jack which obviously is what I hope it is. I've eliminated all the usual suspects: battery, cable, pedals. I have a local repair shop that I've used for over 20 years w/great success, and while they're not authorized by EBMM, the lead tech assures me he can work on it. Any thoughts other than send it to California?

 

[racerx]

Have you tried cleaning out the pots yet? There are a few videos on YouTube but its really just getting the dust out then spraying a little bit of cleaner/lube in them. Might be worth trying first for only a couple of bucks. Outside of that, yeah - if its a simple pot cleaning/pot replacement, then your trusted tech should be able to handle that.

 

[Jazzbassman23]

It doesn't really sound like scratchy pots sound. More like that bad jack that threatens to blow out your speaker if you don't shut things down.

 

[five7]

I had a local tech replace the jack in mine. Ordered the jack from customer service. Way cheaper than shipping it.

 

[Jazzbassman23]

I just ordered a jack figuring that even if that's not the issue, I'm only out $4 plus shipping.

 

[kevins]

yeah id only send it in if it was something like needing to refrett, needing to refinish the neck, or something with the larger parts of the bass, maybe i would send in if it were a preamp issue but probably not, i think any tech can order the parts, they just have to send the original part back. a lot of techs in a major city will have a pretty decent parts relationship with musicman