Caps for a Miracle Man?

[f33db4k]

I decided I'm going to change the pickups in my guitar to Bare Knuckles and Q-tuners changing from some Actives, I don't happen to have and caps in my guitar which i need, can anyone suggest the best caps to make these pickups sounding their best? :?

[Dmoney]

what guitar are you putting them in and what value pots are you going to use?
i thin, i have .022uF orange drops in my guitars. and 500K pots. i have a les paul custom and a LTD EC-1000.
i used to have Miracle Men in my LTD and i used the same caps before changing pups to Nailbombs.

[gingataff]

I've tried several brands and found various subtleties;

I found orange drops to be an improvement over cheap caps with a fuller sound and an open high end when the Tone is on 10.
NOS Sprague Vitamin Qs are more sophisticated and with a smoother high end, NOS Russian Vitamin Qs are like the Spragues but with a high end closer to the Orange Drop.
Mallory 150s seem very warm and smooth. I have this in my RG550 with a Miracle Man set. I think it helps to fill out the sound that would otherwise be quite bright.

Of course YMMV.

[f33db4k]

Well thanks I already have 500K pots unless someone suggests strongly they need changing and the are in my Epiphone Les Paul.

[Twinfan]

If you're happy with the taper of them, and they work fine, then I'd leave them as they are.

Orange drops are a good cap option to start you off, then see how you like the sound of everything after that  :)

[f33db4k]

Taper? :?

[Dmoney]

logarithmic or linear taper

audio taper is log i think. if i remeber right. i tend to get tham mixed up.
the human ear tends to prefer log pots because of how the ear works. you perceive a gentle volume increase.
with a linear pot the volume increase as you turn the pot sounds less natural to some people. i think it jumps up in volume really quick and then doesnt seem to change much if at all as you turn the pot.