P bass cap values

bandmaster188

Just making a new loom up for my mexi p.
i already have some .022 caps in the draw but standard value is .047.
is there any reason why I couldn’t use a pair of .022 caps in parallel?
also have just seen on the fender website the different wiring between the standard P and 62 P.
what kind of differences would I expect with the two layouts?
cheers!

ICBM

Yes, you can use two .022s instead of one .047.

If I remember rightly the '62 P Bass used a .1uF cap, so you would need five 0.22s in parallel to duplicate that.

What differences are in the wiring? As far as I know they've always been the same apart from the cap value.

bandmaster188

@ICBM ;
Yeh, the 62 uses a .1
think if I went with a 62 config, I’d Buy a 0.1 as it might get a bit messy with 5 caps!
heres the pic off the fender site.

https://i.imgur.com/53WrDOn.png

https://i.imgur.com/jaUjumA.png

ICBM

Ah, I see - the connections on the tone pot are reversed. It makes no difference to the operation, it's just purely a variable resistance. The 'standard' is easier to wire up.

bandmaster188

ICBM said:

Ah, I see - the connections on the tone pot are reversed. It makes no difference to the operation, it's just purely a variable resistance. The 'standard' is easier to wire up.

Thank you!

Funkfingers

AV’63 is a .1uF. 

In combination with flatwound strings, rolling the tone pot fully down produces that woolly/woofy British Blues Boom tone associated with the young John McVie.

bandmaster188

Funkfingers said:

AV’63 is a .1uF. 

In combination with flatwound strings, rolling the tone pot fully down produces that woolly/woofy British Blues Boom tone associated with the young John McVie.

Think I’d better pick up a .1 cap and have a play. My US standard is wearing flats now so could end up in that bass.