Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

[Spicystrings]

Hi everyone,
Got a little bit of a dilemma here,
I've decided to upgrade my stock pups on my 2011 Fender American standard strat to the Antiquity Texas hot pups,
And now I'm playing with the idea of changing the caps from the 0.022 stock to 0.047, not sure if it's the right move,
Is the high capacity going to kill the growling (which I don't want it to)? does anyone got some experience with this combo? any suggestions?

Thanks! :smack:

 

[Spicystrings]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

Btw - the reason I considered that change is because I read that it might make the Strat beefier, and I like the idea :smoker:

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

The capacitor only changes the frequency at which the treble is rolled off when the tone pot is turned. For example: if you use a .022uf cap and change the cap to a .047uf cap you will notice that not only the highs but some of the mids will also be lost as you turn the tone down. If you go to a .010uf cap you will notice that only the very upper highs will be lost and you will retain most of the highs and all of the mids as you turn the tone knob.

No cap will make your guitar sound "beefier".

 

[jeremy]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

id stick with the .022 for the reasons doc mentioned above

 

[freefrog]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

Btw - the reason I considered that change is because I read that it might make the Strat beefier, and I like the idea :smoker:

As explained above, moving from 22nF to 47nF would make the tone darker rather than beefier.

If you want more "beef", paradoxically, the best way might be to go for a very low value capacitor: 2,2nF, 3,3nF or 4,7nF (IOW: 0.0022, 0.0033 or 0.0047µF). It would enhance the high mids, exactly like high inductance pickups, albeit with less gain of course...

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

No cap will make your guitar sound "beefier".

I've found that certain capacitor values (lower than .022 . . . like around .01) seem to add some volume to a mid rangey frequency when you roll off the tone. I guess you could call it beefier. Am I crazy?

 

[Spicystrings]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

Thanks for the clarification guys, much appreciated! :beerchug:

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

I've found that certain capacitor values (lower than .022 . . . like around .01) seem to add some volume to a mid rangey frequency when you roll off the tone. I guess you could call it beefier. Am I crazy?

Not crazy because of the resonance peak you are creating.

 

[KNUCKLHEAD]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

at that point , I just use the Amp's EQ + try to play some tasty licks

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

I’ve used the standard .047uf cap with my Ant Texas Hots since 1994. How the tone rolls off has worked well for me. But my Strat was beefy before wiring in the pickups. I believe the body, neck, bridge are significant contributors to that, when compared to my other Strats.

 

[raistlin]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

Am I the only one to use a 100nF cap?

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Capacitor pick for Antiquity Texas hot

Am I the only one to use a 100nF cap?

I’ve got .1uF in my vintage style Strat. Definitely an interesting option.