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I need to buy some conductor wire and pickguard screws, so I figured I'd pick up some Orange drops for all my guitars. I think I have .022 in all of them. Just wondering what you guys use with humbuckers and split 'buckers? Any suggestions?

Keep some .015 .022 .033 and .047s on hand...Experiment..

I think I will, they are cheap enough. I just wanted to get some opinions on the caps people like.

I just swapped my Strat ( HSS), Tele and Lp Jr to .01 caps in both the bridge and neck positions. Man I love it!! The .022 were just too bright and had more sizzle than I like. The swap did wonders for my P90 in the 56 LP, really nice open and clear. Definately worth experimenting with, you can really alter the sound of your axe for both good and bad. Cool atuff for sure.

I have .022 Orange Drops in my LP Standard and Strat and get along fine with them. My LP Classic has the stock caps, not sure what they are, probably .022s also.

What are some examples of stock cap values in some popular guitars?


Originally Posted by JohtosotkuWhat are some examples of stock cap values in some popular guitars?

.02 or .022 seem to be the most popular values we see today. It's right in the middle of the other values.


Originally Posted by kevlar3000I just swapped my Strat ( HSS), Tele and Lp Jr to .01 caps in both the bridge and neck positions. Man I love it!! The .022 were just too bright and had more sizzle than I like. The swap did wonders for my P90 in the 56 LP, really nice open and clear. Definately worth experimenting with, you can really alter the sound of your axe for both good and bad. Cool atuff for sure.

Are you sure you got those values right? A .022 is twice the capacitance of a .01, and will remove more high end - not less. Ergo, the .01 should be considerably brighter. Any chance that you actually used a .1uf?

.047 are too muddy. .022 sounds pretty good. I tried .010 in my strat, and found that I liked it even better than .022.


Originally Posted by ArtieTooAre you sure you got those values right? A .022 is twice the capacitance of a .01, and will remove more high end - not less. Ergo, the .01 should be considerably brighter. Any chance that you actually used a .1uf?

I wasn't gonna go there Artie,but that info is opposite....The bigger cap shunts less highs to ground and allows more lows and mids to stay within the circuit...Also the smaller cap takes longer to roll the highs away as you roll from 10 to 0....I wasn't going to say anything,but I just did...

Hmmm . . . I don't think so.

The formula is T=RC. As R and C get larger, so does the time constant. Frequency is the reciprocal of time, so it gets lower. For example, using a 500k pot:

500k x .02uf = .01
the reciprocal of .01 = 100hz.

500k x .01uf = .005
1 / .005 = 200hz

The .02 cap will drop the turnover point of the high filter down to 100 hz from 200 hz - ergo, more highs shunted to ground.

I think.