Capacitor in a vintage guitar, what capacitor for replacement?

[Spikemclbiz]

I have a 1964 Silvertone electric guitar which has one capacitor in between the volume and tone knobs. It appears to be a .1 uF 75 Volts. What do you all recommend for replacing this one. the guitar seems to sound ok for a 60 year old item...

 

[Lavane]

A .1uf Film cap should work. Your choice of brand. Mundorf, Dayton, Jupiter, solen, etc. Film caps will have higher voltage ratings, but that's ok.

 

[Lavane]

At .1 uf, your choices may be limited. I found a few mylar types. And this one.

https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Metal...ywords=0.1uf+capacitor&qid=1610853314&sr=8-16

 

[Lavane]

Maybe see what you can find at Partsconexion?

 

[regore]

.022uf would be a better choice for a tone capacitor. A .1uf would be way too dark.
Capacitors are cheap. Play around a bit with different values and see what you prefer.
Type of construction or working voltage is not critical to performance. You're just
bleeding the higher frequencies to ground. Guitar pickups have a very low output voltage.
Similar to a MM phono cartridge.

 

[Ross6860]

.022uf would be a better choice for a tone capacitor. A .1uf would be way too dark.
Capacitors are cheap. Play around a bit with different values and see what you prefer.
Type of construction or working voltage is not critical to performance. You're just
bleeding the higher frequencies to ground. Guitar pickups have a very low output voltage.
Similar to a MM phono cartridge.

Agreed

I have a 1964 Silvertone electric guitar which has one capacitor in between the volume and tone knobs. It appears to be a .1 uF 75 Volts. What do you all recommend for replacing this one. the guitar seems to sound ok for a 60 year old item...

I'm using a very small cap in my P90-loaded Les Paul. Maybe .002 uF if I remember correctly.

Standard Humbucker caps are .022 uF, standard Fender single coil are .047 uF, but you can try anything.

 

[billyz]

I have a 1964 Silvertone electric guitar which has one capacitor in between the volume and tone knobs. It appears to be a .1 uF 75 Volts. What do you all recommend for replacing this one. the guitar seems to sound ok for a 60 year old item...

The cap probably fine . It does not see much voltage and is not worked at all. 0.1 uf is fine in a vintage guitar . In fact I built up a vintage inspired Stratocastor and originally used a .022 , then a .047 and finally a 0.1 uf just like the original 50’s Stratocasters. Guess what , I liked it the best . Even rolling the tone control back , i liked it better.

 

[egellings]

The Sprague Orange Drop 715P series would be good. These are PPN, but the Orange Drop is also available in Mylar, (polyester) if you have a preference for that material.

 

[rothwellaudio]

It has become fashionable for (some) guitarists to attach great importance to the type of tone control capacitor in their guitars. Really, I think they're nuts and have nothing better to occupy their time. Fender, Gibson et al used nothing fancy for 50 years and people managed to make some great sounding music with their guitars. Most guitarists leave the tone control on "10" anyway, ie the capacitor is doing nothing.
Then a few years ago people on guitar forums started talking about "tropical fish" capacitors, "bumblebee" capacitors, "mustard" capacitors etc. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it - any 0.1uF capacitor will be fine.

 

[NW1]

It has become fashionable for (some) guitarists to attach great importance to the type of tone control capacitor in their guitars. Really, I think they're nuts and have nothing better to occupy their time. Fender, Gibson et al used nothing fancy for 50 years and people managed to make some great sounding music with their guitars. Most guitarists leave the tone control on "10" anyway, ie the capacitor is doing nothing.
Then a few years ago people on guitar forums started talking about "tropical fish" capacitors, "bumblebee" capacitors, "mustard" capacitors etc.

This.

 

[onanysunday]

Glass sealed NOS PIO.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Capacitor-...-022uF-1000-VDC-Guitar-Tone-Cap-/254564213128