Capacitor Question: 1959 Gibson Les Paul MM Bumblebees

[villanovajunction]

I have a 59 LP melody maker w/ an original bumblebee capacitor. Were all the values on these caps the same at this time? Or did Gibson have different value capacitors for different guitars in 1959?

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Capacitor Question: 1959 Gibson Les Paul MM Bumblebees

They did use different values as far as I know.

 

[ES350]

Re: Capacitor Question: 1959 Gibson Les Paul MM Bumblebees

.022 for the Grey Tigers, BB's, and the later Spragues (1940's to 60's) ...I have seen a few schematics around with a .047, but I can't recall which model. Even the Kalamazoo stuff had .022 discs...