High $$$ Tone Capacitor

[Stratman]

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=%Êrt_id%%&pid=1975

Try one of these is that Stratocaster

$37.35 plus shipping for a 0.22 mfd cap

 

[martinsixstringcustoms]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Wow! That's pretty salty! And I thought Hovlands were a bit pricey!

 

[FretFire]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

I think I'll stick with my $.99 Orange Drops .

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Amazing. And, IMO, it probably won't make a significant improvement in the tone of your guitar.

In your amp? Maybe.

In your guitar? Probably none if you already have a nice .02 Orange Drop or quality .02 cap.

Lew

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Amazing. And, IMO, it probably won't make a significant improvement in the tone of your guitar.

In your amp? Maybe.

In your guitar? Probably none if you already have a nice .02 Orange Drop or quality .02 cap.

Lew

Lew....Some Deja Vu again or what? LOL....I second Lew's opinions on this topic...Orange Drops or even Xicon Poly caps suit me fine in my own axes!

 

[Stratman]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Yea, but I want to meet that guitar slinger who has GAS so bad that he will pay for these high $$$ caps.

 

[Artie]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

I won't come right out and say this is "snake oil" - stranger things have happened - but just think of all the audiophile, and guitar amps out there, that sound good, that don't use these.

Artie

 

[APB_4]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

It's made of really pure gold and silver it's no wonder it costs so much. Also theres not really much point in sticking a cap that can handle 800V ac into a guitar now is there?! Also I'm not sure I'd trust a distibutor who can't work out the rating or use the correct symbol, mf?!? milli what-nows? You're better off looking at the pic! :smack:

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

What I've found about high quality caps like that is that they do make a diff in tone if the audio signal that passes through them stays in the audio signal...like in an amp. But in a guitar the signal that passes through the tone cap goes to ground and returns to the planet Earth never to be heard from again. So I think an "axpensive" cap like that or the oil n foil Hovlands are kind of wasted in a guitar's tone circuit. Lew

 

[remingtonbo2001]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Actually, I have something similar in my amp, although this might be it. I have a friend who can do wonders with an amp. He modified my Marshall 250DFX, free of labor, in turn to allow him to experiment on it for his engineering class. I pretty sure he used a similar, if not identical, capacitor as described. I remember wondering how a capacitor could cost so much. It was neccessary because of some of the other modifications. All in all, I recieve little, if any hum from my amp, I have a considerable amount of headroom, and am able to produce tones clear as a bell even with the volume on 10. Not shabby for a SOLID.

 

[jeremy]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

that thing is BIG too 3/4" X 1.5"

 

[shredaholic]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

What I've found about high quality caps like that is that they do make a diff in tone if the audio signal that passes through them stays in the audio signal...like in an amp. But in a guitar the signal that passes through the tone cap goes to ground and returns to the planet Earth never to be heard from again. So I think an "axpensive" cap like that or the oil n foil Hovlands are kind of wasted in a guitar's tone circuit. Lew

exactly - that's why amp builders pay top dollar for old mustard capacitors on ebay for their Marshalls, yet none of them use them in guitars.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Yep...Like Lew said,you're just shunting highend to ground and any decent quality cap will get us there,plus you don't need a big voltage handling cap..

 

[ErikH]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Ah yes, mojo. Gotta love mojo...LOL. I'll stick with my Radio Shack greenie chicklets or red Panasonic caps. They work fine for me.

 

[ParameterMan]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

These would be used as filter caps in audiofile hi-fi tube amps. "Using the solid unobtanium crystalline spectrum purifier caused the soundstage to rise above the speakers in vast 3d goodness. It became warm and fat yet clear, tight and airy..."(huh??)

 

[robrhy]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

These would be used as filter caps in audiofile hi-fi tube amps. "Using the solid unobtanium crystalline spectrum purifier caused the soundstage to rise above the speakers in vast 3d goodness. It became warm and fat yet clear, tight and airy..."(huh??)

+10

 

[John Wymore]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Yea, but I want to meet that guitar slinger who has GAS so bad that he will pay for these high $$$ caps.

Ever been to the Les Paul forum? :laugh2:

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Ever been to the Les Paul forum? :laugh2:

Yep..Myself and Lew used to frequent that site...Talk about about anal and they have the flavor of the week on that site between pickups and caps...LOL:laugh2:

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Yep..Myself and Lew used to frequent that site...Talk about about anal and they have the flavor of the week on that site between pickups and caps...LOL:laugh2:

"Used to" is the operative term! :laugh2: Anal is a good one too...and more polite than the term that comes to mind when I think of the admins of the Les Paul Forum.

 

[Stratman]

Re: High $$$ Tone Capacitor

Ever been to the Les Paul forum? :laugh2:

Why would Stratman (eg Stratocasters) ever want to go to a LESser Paul forum?

Come on - Les Pauls are way over priced and PRS is much better if your so inclined to waste your money.

My tone is in my fingers!