Members dilin Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hi guys, I have a LP copy with caps marked "2A223J" on it. Is it a .022uF cap? If I want to swap it with .047uF caps, which one of the below would be suitable? http://my.farnell.com/3505509/passive-components/product.us0?sku=VISHAY-BC-COMPONENTS-222233824473 http://my.farnell.com/1164157/passive-components/product.us0?sku=CORNELL-DUBILIER-158X473 http://my.farnell.com/1192648/passive-components/product.us0?sku=AVX-BQ014E0473K Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinwhisker Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 Not sure and your links dont work...A search showed a possibility that the current one is an .022.Have you heard an .047 in a Les Paul (humbuckers)?I'd get your pot values straight first, then try different caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dilin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 My pots are 500k log for volume, and 500k linear for tone.Links are fixed, sorry for the earlier inconvienience. Thanks again for any advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinwhisker Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 I wouldnt get any of those caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dilin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 How about this? http://my.farnell.com/9411690/passive-components/product.us0?sku=MULTICOMP-MCCHU5470J5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinwhisker Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 How about this?http://my.farnell.com/9411690/passive-components/product.us0?sku=MULTICOMP-MCCHU5470J5 That looks similar to a stock Gibson cap, probably the best suited style in the bunch so far, wrong value for an .047 though. It might quack like a big duck though. I've got some Theta .047's i can send you...i'm never going to use them...just tried em temporarily with alligator clips...i found em a bit too dark with burstbuckers in a LP VM Studio, they might sound much better with a maple top LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dilin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 Thanks for the offer, but I'm staying way East here in Malaysia, and the shipping would cost more than the caps lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinwhisker Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 that's cool, you know on that 4th one, you dont want 47pf, right?You want 47000pF, 47 or 47n nF, 0.047 mF/uF/mfd or capacitance code 473. Just for reference, a .022 would be 22000pF, 22 or 22n nF, 0.022 mF/uF/mfd or code 223.That "223" is on the cap you have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dilin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 that's cool, you know on that 4th one, you dont want 47pf, right?You want 47000pF, 47 or 47n nF, 0.047 mF/uF/mfd or capacitance code 473. Just for reference, a .022 would be 22000pF, 22 or 22n nF, 0.022 mF/uF/mfd or code 223.That "223" is on the cap you have now. Yeah, my bad, I missed the p, should've been a "n". Thanks for the heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 Using that particular supplier, either of these will be a good pick as well. http://my.farnell.com/1166836/passive-components/product.us0?sku=VISHAY-ROEDERSTEIN-MKT1813-347-25-5-Ghttp://my.farnell.com/304130/passive-components/product.us0?sku=VISHAY-BC-COMPONENTS-2222-368-45473 I would recommend a silver mica, but I don't know what currency RM is and what the exchange rate is but the price of Silver mica's is 600%-1200% more than the poly caps from that distributor...if that's not a typo, then it's just not right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dilin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 ^Interesting. I think I'll spring for the German-made one if I really want to get one. Thanks for the input guys, really appreciate it! p/s RM3.2 = USD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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