Vintage NOS Paper in Oil (PIO) capacitor 0.047 uF 200V K40Y-9 z.B. for Fender or Gibson
This is the value fender used in the 60's and 70's !!! Very nice sounding !
Description : This is a russian military high-end capacitor which is used for tone control on electric guitars. NOS : New Old Stock. Upgrade your capacitor and improve your tone ! Russian made (so not a cheap China product).
This tone cap will give you an organic and a bit more clear sound with focus on transparancy. Nice and warm, deep cristal clear tone with some nice harmonics. I prefer this cap playing clean or only with a small crunch edge in your sound. This one is a .047 uF capacitor. This is the value fender used in the 60's and 70's and is warmer compared to the 0.022 uF that is used in modern guitars ! Very nice sounding !
This auction is for one capacitor + one length of Teflon Insulation.
The mod itself is easy. Simply unsolder the capacitor from your tone pot and replace it by this one. Minimum skills required for fitting. Tools required are a soldering iron and access to the tone potentiometer in your guitar.
Do you need more capacitors and if you have any questions : feel free to email me.... Please check my other auctions for other types of capacitors and mod-kits, such as greasebucket and treble bleed mods. In the bottom of this auction you will find a list with other capacitors I sell (check my other auctions). They all have their specific sound.
Why change your tone cap(s) ?! : A tone cap is part of the passive electronic circuit in your guitar. And a tone cap influences your sound ! And remember : the tone cap is always part of the guitar circuit and it even influences the tone when the tone pot is fully opened.
On the internet you can read a lot of discussion about caps and their tonal influence. When you have a starter kit set type of guitar and amplifier, or use a chain of cheap china made stomp boxes, it will be difficult to hear any tonal change. The quality of your sound is limited and will stay limited. On the opposite : when you have decent gear, a quality tube amp, you surely will hear differences.
When comparing it to changing to high quality pickups : When I assume that changing from standard pickups to a set of custom shop pickups in your Fender Strat is 100% improvement in tonal quality, changing your stock cap into an high-end capacitor is in range of 10 to 20% tonal improvement. For my ears. Less effect then changing pickups, but for only a fraction of the costs of a new pickup set.
I'm repairing and maintaining guitars for about 20 years now, experienced a lot with pickups and electronics and thought it would be a good idea to share my ideas and knowlegde with you. For that reason I have made a selection of the capacitors that are used most, wich I sell all on Ebay (please check my other auctions to).