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Picked up this amazingly beautiful Standard and I just can’t get enough of it. Fantastic instrument!!

Hey guys i was thinking about which to get 2016 les paul standard T or 2017 Traditional T? I would really like your help please. thanks

Hi! I have a Gibson SG Diablo Tremolo. It was all original till last week. The original capacitor was broken. It read on the top line... 223 and the bottom E5M. On the other side, the top line read 105, and the bottom CC. I have no idea what the capacitance is, or the tolerance. I imagine 223 is 0.022, and the M is 20+-%, and 5 is 50V. Who knows. I cannot find the exact cap. They used these caps in the 2012 SG Diablo Premium, and the SG Diablo Tremolo. Some were blue; some were orangish yellow. They also used Bourns 500k MINI pots. The tech put in a 223J orange drop cap. The old quacky tone that I used to have is gone. Completely changed the tone. Sounds tight. Don't like it now. I can't find exact replacements like the original one, but I'm having something similar to the original put in soon. They're a little bit bigger, because they're 100V, and not 50V. I'm not sure why Gibson used these weird small ceramic caps on this limited run, or where they even got em from. I don't care about which cap is better, or what's an upgrade; I need help identifying, and making sure I've read everything correctly. lol. I like originality. Don't mean to sound like a gear snob. I'll supply a link with pictures of the old cap vs the new vs the one that's going in next. First pic - left is original. Right is one that's in it now. Second pic - top is original. Bottom is replacement. Third pic - top is new cap. Bottom is original. http://imgur.com/a/2YDTHfI Thanks for reading, and for whatever help you can give!