Help! Replacement Machine Head Stingray

[EamonSr5]

Hi there everyone, First time posting here because i am frantic. the tuning peg from my machine head was broken off at a gig. I won't bore you with the details but despite searching all over the web I can't find any thing about getting a replacement. As you could understand i wouldn't want to replace it with a non matching machine head but this is starting to look like a read possibility. I've tried to email musicman CS but so far I've heard nothing. If anyone knows where we can get a replacement and who can ship to Ireland i would really appreciate it

 

[Beth]

Hi Eamon!

Beth from the International department here...welcome to the forum!

You can get one of these (I'm pretty sure they've got them in stock too) from our distributor for the UK:

Strings and Things
tel: +44 (0) 1 273 440 442
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Also, "Blind Lemon", a member of the forum, is part of Strings and Things and can help you out if you message him too.

Cheers!
-Beth

 

[mathewsanchez]

There's some cheapy ones on ebay, but personally i'd go for some from Strings and Things.

 

[bigvissch]

Hi there everyone, First time posting here because i am frantic. the tuning peg from my machine head was broken off at a gig. I won't bore you with the details but despite searching all over the web I can't find any thing about getting a replacement. As you could understand i wouldn't want to replace it with a non matching machine head but this is starting to look like a read possibility. I've tried to email musicman CS but so far I've heard nothing. If anyone knows where we can get a replacement and who can ship to Ireland i would really appreciate it

Eamon, I know exactly how you feel!! Exactly the same thing happened to my Sr5 about ten years ago. I was pretty distressed at the time until I went back to my dealer and they were able to order one really quickly. It's good to know the support network is in place when you need it in a hurry.

Welcome aboard and all the best with getting your replacement.

 

[Rated_Stingray]

I have to recommend Strings and Things as the only and best Ernie Ball parts distrubutor in the UK. I got 4 brand new machine heads in the space of three days and at an extremely good price. They are very easy to deal with.

 

[Frantic Slayer]

not sure if this is out of line or not but...

any pics?

 

[Jeffbass]

from sept. right back to june

Hello then. I'm responding to eamonsr5 from 06-02-2008. I play a 1979 Music Man Sabre Bass. I recently saved a gigin' friends bass, that he traded to a G.C., in order to install a Kahler wammi (don't wanna tamper with the 79). It is a 1992 Stingray I think. Anyway my friend, who probably never plays a bass unless hooked up and cranked, didn't realize he had jostled and sevored the weld between the peg and the rest of the machine head. It is only the D string machine head. Still, I've been pluckin' around all night, with legal tender in hand, trying to find a site that will sell me said machine-head. I empathize with eamonsr5 having the same plight. Can any one help? Beth? Anyone?

 

[bdgotoh]

I may be misunderstanding the problem Jeffbass, but you might get help from this thread on repairing a MM tuner:

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/33781-help-please-g-string-tuner-rattles.html