Guitar Capacitors 101
Another Breja Tone Works “2-Minutes to Tone” (although this one is 4 mins). In this video, I go over some of the important information you’ll need when thinking of replacing your guitar capacitors.
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what about bass guitar .2 ?
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This was a great video. You explained capacitors in depth in a concise way.I think the effect of capacitors on tone is overrated. The capacitor lets high frequencies go to ground. The resistance of the tone pot controls how much of the signal gets to the capacitor. The value of more expensive caps is that the actual value is very close to the labeled value and does not vary. Orange drops can cost four dollars and up. When compared to the total cost of a guitar, that's not very much money.
Thank you for explaining. I play a bass and am looking for a darker tone. Thinking of using a pio .1 cap. I don't want a lot of treble.
Effectively, what you said is right…but, you've got the actual physics backwards: Capacitors primarily determine how much bass & midrange gets cut off, by changing the cut off frequency of those lower tones.
Thus, the ratio of high to low frequencies in the audio signal changes…but the actual amount of treble signal in the usable audio range is less affected for the most part.
In other words, when it sounds like there is more treble, it is a case of there being less "bass"…because that cutoff frequency, below which the lower frequencies are reduced of deleted from the output signal, has been raised.
Note: Some people claim that different values of caps add more or less treble to the output, which is even more wrong. Treble bleeds accomplish that "bleed" as the volume pot is turned down…whereas "grease bucket" circuits act as filters to reduce the treble & increase the mid-range frequencies in the final signal when the tone pot is turned down. But, these passive circuits don't actually amplify anything.
Some people can't appear to hear any difference..i can, i use hi-fi grade polypropylene capacitors, 5% tolerance, 1% resister, Fender Greasebucket tone set-up, more detail & more 3D sounding compared to a single cap on your (linear) tone pot which is 2D & flat sounding imo….good explanation..you can run caps in parrallel to acheive the right value, the better quality the smaller cap the better quality sound…parallel cap bypassing is used in high grade x-overs in some very expensive loudspeakers….
Great info man. But you forgot about the 0.010 capacitor and the green chicklets. Recently I used in my last build a 0.010 Orange drop, because these pickups just got to dark and muddy with any other value. The 0.010 rolls back the high end but enhances the low mids and does not become muddy all the way back to 0. Have a good one.
What about 50v capacitors for piezos?
I was expecting sound sample
Omgggg thank you so much!
I listened to a comparison video with no frame of reference or prior knowledge, and I found Paper in Oil to sound sweeter that the orange drop style (or any other style in that video for that matter). I'd say it has about the same effect as tonewood, which is to say, in a sterile solo playing environment (meaning, what you're playing hasn't been processed by a producer and put into a mix) it has a 2%-5% effect on your final overall tone.
There are a dozen things that affect tone more than tonewood and what KIND of capacitor you have put together. So really, just focus on getting the capacitance that cuts the right amount of highs for you, and pair it with whatever strength tone pot you need to get the highs THROUGH the capacitor when you have the tone cranked. Also, an audio taper tone pot will give you more granularity/linearity of control, which is funny because it's the exact opposite of what it SHOULD do, and also the opposite of what it does/what you need for a volume pot.
Nice video!^^ but i have to say, capacator material doesnt make a tonal diference, it changes how fast they age, a paper in oil capacator ages faster wich can cause them to sound darker but that can cause other problems in the longrun
Very helpful video. Thanks
You forgot to mention Karma. Some Russians are evil. Slaughtering men, women and children, blowing up apartment buildings and hospitals. Raping young girls and old women. I would never put a Russian capacitor into my instrument and try to play love songs with a component so filled with bad Karma. Get some oil and tin foil and paper and some epoxy and try making your own caps. I mean like, how hard can it be? Just sayin' Mike
What orange drop capacitor would I need for 2018 gibson les paul jr?
You didn't explain the ceramic capacitor. Why????
Another well done video helpful for guitar wiring
So if we replace all 3 single coil pickups in a good Strat type (Yamaha) from Ceramic to AlnicoV …. then should the capacitor change as well. An AlnicoV seems slightly darker and more complex as a tone, so a capacitor of .223 vs. .047 might make sense if a bit brighter is wanted … True?
I love the way you say capacitance
Great video