Rybow
Well-known member
I contacted TAW a few days ago, and I got a response within 24 hours. Laura has been extremely helpful. I say try emailing them again, or maybe give them a call. Maybe they just aren't getting your emails.
I just sent laura a list of everything I needed. Wima polyester, Panasonic FC's and Multilayer ceramics are all on there. I went through the next 4 projects I have planned, and ordered for all of them. I am even going to do another Tube screamer with all "high end" caps to see if there is a significant difference. May not work out in a guitar pedal, but I am going to try it anyways. May even try to get a couple orange drops in there. I am going to trace the signal path this time, and put caps in accordingly.
Very cool looking Pultec CJ! That looked like it took awhile to put together. I never realized how much they affected the tone. I knew that they did as far as using low quality caps vs high quality caps, but I never knew they were that frequency specific.
I realized that this reminds a lot of the vacuum tube discussions I have been into. I went through the whole tube rolling process not that long ago. Cost me a fortune. I learned a lot about the sound of different tubes, and how much they can affect the tone. However, they ain't no magic elixir that brings home the tone. Just icing sugar that can slightly sweeten whats already there. Or not.
Thanks for all the responses so far! This has really helped me learn a lot about whats behind the numbers when it comes to capacitors.
I just sent laura a list of everything I needed. Wima polyester, Panasonic FC's and Multilayer ceramics are all on there. I went through the next 4 projects I have planned, and ordered for all of them. I am even going to do another Tube screamer with all "high end" caps to see if there is a significant difference. May not work out in a guitar pedal, but I am going to try it anyways. May even try to get a couple orange drops in there. I am going to trace the signal path this time, and put caps in accordingly.
Very cool looking Pultec CJ! That looked like it took awhile to put together. I never realized how much they affected the tone. I knew that they did as far as using low quality caps vs high quality caps, but I never knew they were that frequency specific.
I realized that this reminds a lot of the vacuum tube discussions I have been into. I went through the whole tube rolling process not that long ago. Cost me a fortune. I learned a lot about the sound of different tubes, and how much they can affect the tone. However, they ain't no magic elixir that brings home the tone. Just icing sugar that can slightly sweeten whats already there. Or not.
Thanks for all the responses so far! This has really helped me learn a lot about whats behind the numbers when it comes to capacitors.