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lp59aholicDon · 01-13-2008, 08:19 PM

Doc , all depends if you are changing to the same values and or using vintage over modern wiring, When I put Orange Drops in with my new WCR Fillmores , They truly came alive, the caps that were in there were sucking the life and tone out of good pickups Tones and harmonics just jump right off but then part of that were WCR's incredible pickups too
You can cure the harshness of some pickups with a higher value cap , you can also brighten up a dark front pickup by lowering the .022/400 Value cap

01-13-2008, 08:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
lp59aholicDon V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Carolina in the Mountains Posts: 5,224 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Changing a capacitor - what does it actualy do to the sound? Doc , all depends if you are changing to the same values and or using vintage over modern wiring, When I put Orange Drops in with my new WCR Fillmores , They truly came alive, the caps that were in there were sucking the life and tone out of good pickups Tones and harmonics just jump right off but then part of that were WCR's incredible pickups too You can cure the harshness of some pickups with a higher value cap , you can also brighten up a dark front pickup by lowering the .022/400 Value cap __________________ I am a sheepdog, Its not just a vocation, its my nature Live with it, Lead, Follow, or get the hell outta my way . Tis better to have the sword and live by it, than to reach in need and find the scabboard empty .Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner- Ben Franklin Don't be talkin' the talk if you can't walk the walk