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Everyone thought they sounded much better than modern versions, until someone broke one open and revealed their true construction.
I think they were part of Gibson's 'Kings new clothes' range....
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Charging some 80 dollars or whatever it was for a ceramic cap in fancy dress is a terrible thing to do as a company though...
Some folk might be convinced because they go from stock wiring to 50s when they switch? Which does make a difference to how things work.
I'm avoiding adding any more as I don't fully understand, but I have a/B'd different caps including paper in oil on the same guitar and it made no difference, even with the tone pot rolled right off to mud land (and therefore the cap being more important). There was no magic extra sparkle full up, no less treble full down and no difference in between.
I made a thread about it on the mr forum and no one was surprised at my findings, but from all the other threads on mlp etc that went nuts over them, and even saying it's worth paying an awful lot of money for an old one to make a mediocre modern les paul sound amazing, I was expecting it to make a difference. Alas, Internet hype.
Capacitors in low voltage circuit + Capacitors going to ground (i.e. not in signal path) = No difference.
A reading from Derek Acorah about the past life of your guitar as a tree is likely to have a more positive effect on your tone.
That said, if it makes you happy and as long you aren't paying overhyped prices for 'vintage mojo' then go ahead.
http://store.gibson.com/historic-spec-bumble-bee-capacitors-two-pack/ bargain at $130 for two. I suppose you could argue the price there is for having the 'correct' part when working on a very expensive vintage guitar. A normal PIO wont cost nearly as much, but a mylar one will be even cheaper and more reliable and do the same thing.
I use Sprague 'orange drops' ... good quality and robust ... as well as being cheap
In fairness I'm in the camp that says: if a component makes you feel better ... you will hear a difference because you will be unconsciously be playing better.
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There is a world of difference between a cheap and nasty cap and a good one like a Sprague. But the price difference is pence.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Many capacitor types have quite a low tolerance, meaning their values can vary.
The value of the capacitor is the crucial thing and the differences may be what people hear as an improvement in tone over other types of capacitor.
All in the mind, having said that one of the first things I do with my guitars is change the pots and caps, nothing like mojo pickups Grey Tiger Repro Caps staring back at you when you open up the control cavity, as @ThePrettyDamned said, if it makes you think it sounds better theres no harm in that, I convinced myself my black lucky pants make me play better whenever we do a show and I wear them every single time, but I'm 100% pissed taking the stage so I could have them on my head and it wouldn't matter what I do!
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methinks many retailers are already on the "overpriced yet cheap components that make bugger all difference" bandwagon... must be a crazy wide profit margin in that racket!
orange drops or other cheap, consistent caps will do it for me nowadays
1980 Tokai LS-80
tone difference with caps of the same value- none
but you will find that better caps are closer to the stated value, and its the value that can lead to tonal differences
when i did my tests i had difficulty matching caps on value as all he cheap ceramic disk ones were well out. The 22's were averaging much closer to 15. for that reason i am happier to pay a little more for orange drop or better
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