Chris the Gent Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I'm going to rewire my guitar and was wondering if tone capacitors really matter that much, I've heard that 'paper and oil' are the best, or should i just go for orange drops? -Chris,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoop Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 The Sprague orange drops are perfectly adequate, and the most popular capacitor. You probably won't notice a difference between those and the stock ceramic ones, unless you change the values, i.e. go from a .022 to a .047. the .047 makes it quite dark. I tried that in my SG for a while, but didn't really like it. I'd rather have a bit more brightness on tap, and just roll off the tone pot a little if it's too harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwhi2001 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 The stock Epi caps are thought to vary a lot in value, so it's a matter of luck as to whether you like them or not. If I rewire I always fit Sprague 22s with humbuckers. It only involves a small amount of time and money. If you then find you want a particular pup darker or brighter you can ret a different value; usually 47s to go darker, 15s to go brighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjtalon Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I've heard that 'paper and oil' are the best You may have heard that, but I don't think anybody is blessed with that great an ear to hear it. If they tell you they can...................B.S. Whatever dB change there would be from one to another wouldn't be noticeable. Even a bag of like caps will very as they all have = or - tolerances. Could a person notice that.............no. A capacitor is a capacitor, value for value as far as the human ear is concerned. I.M.H.O. Happy pickin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelake07 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 The materials used to make the capacitors can make an audible difference in an amplifier, but not in a guitar tone circuit. Most of the people who say they can hear a difference in a guitar are in the business of selling capacitors or depend on advertising from those sellers. Orange Drops are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I am one who believes he hears a difference. not as big as the price increase however. I use sprague orange drops in mine. Except my LP I have Mallorys in. the voltages in a guitar are pretty small so it's hard for a cap to make a difference. However, there's a difference and in the way your pot works as well as what you hear. If you had fairly well played strings on. and put on new. that would be a bigger difference. But .. creme de le creme is creme de le creme.. or hoity toity or hotsy totsy.. but it's real. And I sell caps. Sooo.. you can say I'm just hedging my bets. But I've put in a lot of caps.. and I recommend spragues. tWANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icantbuyafender Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 haha voodoo vs validity I like the way my sprague orange drop .047's work on my guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 A/B 'em sometime. put the caps on a switch outside the guitar.. one good oil in paper, and one god sprague switched in a tone control. If there's no difference, it's voodoo.. if there's some difference, it's validity. I think it's like everything 'guitar'.. a little of both. TWANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelake07 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Yeah Twang, I just might try that with the MIM Tele I have and decide for myself. It has a 503Z (.050uf) ceramic capacitor and I have a .047 Mallory 150 I'd like to compare it to. In a different forum, a member said that he likes a .022 capacitor in his Tele, one likes a .1 and another likes 3300pF up to 6800pF so I have a few things to try if I want to. Jason Lollar's personal favorite is .015 (from his site). In this article, the author glues different capacitors to a piece of cardboard and uses alligator clips to try different values: http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2008/Mar/Auditioning_Tone_Capacitors.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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