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Guitar capacitor tester - let your ears decide

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the topic of tone can be very subjective
00:00:02.050 00:00:02.060 when it really comes down to is your own
00:00:04.460 00:00:04.470 ears to determine what sounds best
00:00:06.349 00:00:06.359 capacitors have been used in circuits to
00:00:08.419 00:00:08.429 tweak that tone traditionally they're
00:00:10.190 00:00:10.200 usually around point o2o4 humbuckers or
00:00:13.009 00:00:13.019 0.050 microfarads for single coils but
00:00:15.560 00:00:15.570 it may not always be the case for your
00:00:16.939 00:00:16.949 own guitar if you don't mind
00:00:18.890 00:00:18.900 experimenting a little bit here's an
00:00:20.570 00:00:20.580 idea to help you determine what sounds
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00:00:24.800 00:00:24.810 out of an on on mini toggle switch and
00:00:26.870 00:00:26.880 two different value capacitors these
00:00:29.450 00:00:29.460 lead wires run between my volume and
00:00:31.279 00:00:31.289 tone pot in place of the old capacitor
00:00:33.319 00:00:33.329 and this allows me to toggle back and
00:00:34.850 00:00:34.860 forth between these two to help me
00:00:37.250 00:00:37.260 determine which sounds best in the
00:00:38.569 00:00:38.579 specific guitar I have the lead wires
00:00:40.610 00:00:40.620 connected where the capacitor used to be
00:00:42.760 00:00:42.770 the other end of the lead wires attached
00:00:45.229 00:00:45.239 to the common lugs on the switch the red
00:00:48.080 00:00:48.090 wire is running from the volume pot
00:00:49.779 00:00:49.789 black lead runs to the tone pot this is
00:00:53.389 00:00:53.399 all rigged up now let's try it out
00:01:35.260 00:01:35.270 what I'm listening for is very slight
00:01:38.030 00:01:38.040 variations in the taper as I utilize the
00:01:40.880 00:01:40.890 tone control turn it down it should get
00:01:43.850 00:01:43.860 more bassy and between the two different
00:01:46.130 00:01:46.140 caps in this case 0.02 - and 0.04 7 I'm
00:01:50.170 00:01:50.180 here in slight different variations in
00:01:52.550 00:01:52.560 the base as I'm rolling off the tone
00:01:54.230 00:01:54.240 control this particular guitar is very
00:01:56.990 00:01:57.000 bright so right now I'm liking the sound
00:01:59.420 00:01:59.430 of the point O 4 7 rather than the
00:02:01.910 00:02:01.920 traditional 0.02 - that you would
00:02:03.530 00:02:03.540 normally find in a Les Paul
00:02:05.620 00:02:05.630 here's another test you can try using
00:02:07.820 00:02:07.830 the same setup this one using 2
00:02:10.280 00:02:10.290 capacitors of the same value one's paper
00:02:12.860 00:02:12.870 and oil the other ones ceramic there's a
00:02:15.680 00:02:15.690 lot of taco which one sounds best this
00:02:18.110 00:02:18.120 will allow you to let your own ears
00:02:19.670 00:02:19.680 decide here's a cool idea for a multi
00:02:22.400 00:02:22.410 tester using a rotary switch I rigged up
00:02:26.000 00:02:26.010 six different varieties of caps it
00:02:28.790 00:02:28.800 allows me to show customers how the
00:02:30.830 00:02:30.840 different caps sound without having to
00:02:33.260 00:02:33.270 do multiple changes in the guitar I have
00:02:36.170 00:02:36.180 it labeled for the different types can
00:02:38.720 00:02:38.730 run through each one and let them decide
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