Sozo caps for tone curcuit

[Bill Scheltema]

Hi,

Has anyone used these caps in their tone curciut for strats? I am looking at the .1 and .047?
see link here

Bill

[big_teee]

Sounds like a guitar tech ? to me.
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[David Schwab]

Besides the fact that they look just like the caps that Fender sells, I wouldn't spend $2 on a tone control cap.

Here's pretty much the same thing... for 57 cents!

150473K400DB Mallory Polyester Film Capacitors

And that was the first one I found. Mouser has 20,597 caps that fit the search criteria I used.

Don't buy electronic parts from a guitar parts supplier. They are selling ordinary parts with fake mojo associated with them. Especially caps from a company that named themselves after a Led Zep album?

This is like the fake PIO bumblebee caps that Gibson and others sell for $50 with modern film caps inside the vintage case. $50 for $0.50 caps.

All you need is a decent cap. The rest is all BS in my opinion.

[Magnut]

Those are good caps David. I use those quite a bit. They have them with a 5% or better tolerance as well. The pic shows them as yellow but they are actually white. not that it matters. Mallory has a great rep for quality.

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

Like David said, they are basically a fancy Mallory 150 series. I haven't tried those ones, but I did put one of the mojo ones onto an order once just out of curiosity. It was better than a Mallory 150, but boy did I have to swap them back and forth a lot to hear the difference. Yes, I did check capacitance - I keep a whole bunch of Mallory 150s around as they are the go-to for my repair shop unless a client specifically requests something else. I would guess that the same would be true for the Callaham. Polyester caps generally have a rounder sound than the others, and I think they hold together a bit better as you roll down than some others.

[Bill Scheltema]

Thanks

Thanks guys,

How important is the voltage value that is usually listed, such as 200V or 400V.

Bill

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

90% of the time people will tell you that it has no impact on sound. If you're below the voltage rating (obviously you always will be with guitar circuits) then any will work. They will be physically larger with the higher ratings.

Every so often I'll read someone say that they hear a bit more bass out of the larger ones. I suppose it stands to reason that a physically larger capacitor might behave slightly differently, but I am reserving judgement until I actually try it myself. Eventually I'll end up with capacitors of the same type and capacitance and of different voltages and I'll be able to have a go. I haven't been losing sleep on it thus far though, so I haven't bothered.

[copperheadroads]

this video might help but it don't really apply to guitars
YouTube - Capacitor Replacement Tutorial

[Bill Scheltema]

Thanks

Well you know I always like to tinker maybe I will roll my own like some guys at TDPRI do, just for fun of course.

Bill

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

Well you know I always like to tinker maybe I will roll my own like some guys at TDPRI do, just for fun of course.

Bill

...... capacitors, you mean?

[soundmasterg]

The Sozo caps are actually very nice for guitar amps. I've used those along with the common Mallory 150's and Orange Drops among others and the Sozos are some of my favorites. In a guitar with the cap going to ground, I don't think you will notice much of any different as long as you make sure the cap values you are swapping around are the same.

Greg

[StarryNight]

I'm always impressed with this guy's videos. He seems fairly objective and thorough.
YouTube - Guitar Tone Capacitors, part 1: Evaluating Material Types