Brycecb750
Active Member
I like the sound of PIO caps, Westcaps, vitamin Q's, K40y's and others like that. When used in audio circuits to do things like block DC and let AC pass I think they sound great. But I've noticed tons of guitar players are buying these caps to put in their guitars because the guitars of the 50's and 60's used these for their tone controls. But, in these guitar circuits, does the type of cap make that big of a difference?? There are a lot of guitar players out there, I might think a good price for a .022 K40y-9 is a few dollars a piece, but a guitar player always looking for some kind of tweek to make them into a instant Jimi Hendrix will buy one for $14.99 and believe it worked. Are these guitar players pushing the prices up all for a ever elusive and unachievable goal? Does it matter if you put a .022 Vitamin Q cap vs. a .022 Panasonic film cap in this particular circuit??