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Topic: Old Emmons Tone Capacitor |
Simon Stephenson
From:
Hampshire, England
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Posted 22 Feb 2007 6:18 am |
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| Anyone know what capacitor I should use to replace the one in the tone control for my 70s Emmons student model? The capacitor is quite literally "mashed" so I can't read the value. |
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From:
Thornton, Colorado
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Simon Stephenson
From:
Hampshire, England
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Posted 26 Feb 2007 1:06 am
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| Any suggestions or comments on the quality of component I should use? Does it make much difference if I use a cheap capacitor or a high end audiophile capacitor like the ones you get in good hifi amps? |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2007 5:50 am
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No, you can use just about anything, because the audio signal does not pass through the cap, frequencies are bled off through it to ground - it's a "subtractive" device.
As said, the value isn't critical either. All a value change does is alter the amount of treble that is removed...and how fast turning the knob makes it happen, to explain it simply.
In 6-strings the most-used for years were .047uf, and I'd save up discarded .047uf amp caps - brown "chocolate drops" that sound horrid in amps, but work fine in guitar circuits.
Try to find a .047 or .05 - that's usually the smoothest operating and gives the most useful lower limits. But a .022 (very common) will also work fine.
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