Author Topic: What capacitors ofr Gibson SG? (Read 10254 times)

BadMonkey · « **on:** March 10, 2007, 02:44:45 PM »

Hi Guys,

I'm completely overhalling the electronics in my SG & was wondering if someone could clarify what capacitors I should to use.

I read on some random website I should use 0.047 for the neck pup, & 0.022 for the bridge.
I've opened up my guitar and both the bridge & neck caps are 0.022uF. Are there any SG owners out there who can let me know which is correct?
I was going to go for Orange Drops as a replacement. Good choice?

Thanks!
BM

Tim · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2007, 04:15:27 PM »

.047mfd caps cut highs quicker whereas .022mfd caps are a little more restrained and possibly easier to dial in tonally.I personally prefer .022mfds and would recommend the Vitamin Q oil and paper cap as it sounds great.

BadMonkey · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2007, 06:55:43 PM »

Cheers Tim!

Twinfan · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2007, 09:15:13 PM »

I've got 0.022 Hovland MusiCaps in my SG. Sounds great to me, and everyone else who's played it :D

BadMonkey · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2007, 05:55:37 PM »

They cost about £15 each don't they? Are they really worth that amount of money?

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2007, 06:00:49 PM »

get some NOS Sprague 0.022uF caps off ebay - should run you around £30 inc shipping from the US (99% of them are in the US as they were a US-made cap). these are the same covetted caps as the 'bumblebee' ones but without the paint job.

I have these in my Les Paul and even I noticed the difference as a cap sceptic.

For humbuckers I like 0.022uF, for single coils I like 0.047uF

:twisted:

Twinfan · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2007, 06:41:24 PM »

Quote from: BadMonkey

They cost about £15 each don't they? Are they really worth that amount of money?

Depends. I used regular Orange Drops before and I think the tone is smoother withthe Hovlands. Small difference, is it worth £10 or so a cap? I guess so for my main gigging SG and Les Paul - wouldn't bother with every guitar though.

Canadian Steve · « **Reply #7 on:** March 12, 2007, 02:41:50 AM »

I bought a couple of Hovland Musicaps for my Guild S-100 and went for a 0.022 for the bridge and 0.015 for the neck.

Alex · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2007, 05:40:55 PM »

Maybe I'm a little late, but I replaced the tone pots on my SG as well when I put the Miracle Man in.

Neck: Tone 1Megohm pot (Gibson 490 or whatever it's called)
Bridge: (new) 500Kohm pot (BK Miracle Man)

That really gave new life to the neck humbucker. I like it much more now, I suspect the tone pot before was 300Kohm or something like that. The top end has like a whole new dimension to it now.

The Miracle Man is great too, of course!