Vintage Guitar Tone Capacitors

The tone control capacitor.

Vintage guitar tone capacitors.

Nos vintage sprague 033 uf 200v black beauty capacitor guitar tone cap qty avai 7 99 30 pcs lot of tone capacitor 0 022uf 0 027uf 0 01uf by goodall trw all 100v. If you want to use the vintage caps make sure that you use vintage cloth wire inside your guitar and. The tone control capacitor resides in the control compartment of your guitar where all of the electronics are stored. Guitar amplifier guitar tone control vintage electronics made in usa of us made materials.

Guitar caps are used to manipulate specific frequencies to shape tone. One end soldered to the pot s arm and the second leg is soldered to the bottom of the pot or somewhere else in the ground circuit. Emerson s mod to sealed metal tubes means you get the sound with a much longer useful life. Ce distribution and sozo tm capacitors are pleased to announce the immediate release of the new sozo silver mica capacitors.

Paper in oil caps emerson still makes these amazing caps that deliver a responsive warm vintage tone. Paper in oil caps cost around 18 each shipping. I ve marked the capacitor wires in blue and given a top and bottom view of the wiring setup it s a fairly standard setup and even though yours may appear a bit different the capacitor tone pot are likely the same. This new capacitor line offers superior musicality and linearity and are modeled after the well sought out vintage picofarad capacitors of yesteryear.

I ve spent a long time looking for new production capacitors that can be used as suitable replacements for those classic blue molded caps found in the blackface early 60s fender amps. Sozo vintage style 033μf yellow mustard capacitors typically used with guitar tone circuits are are successful recreations of the originals and are hand made to exacting specifications. The only replicas i know of are from luxe but keep in mind that these replicas will sound different like newer bumblebee caps. Used by many top guitar.

This component is usually attached to your tone control and it s the only difference between the tone control and the volume control. Make offer vintage philco 01 uf 400v capacitor wax guitar tone cap 30 4572 tested luthier 3 nos vintage 1960s ceramic disk 02 uf 100v capacitors crl guitar tone caps 12 95.