What does changing an old compositor do?

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by Mr. Foxen

I take boxes of caps pulled from amps from my local tech, to stick on ebay (not sure why people buy duff old caps, but their money spends as well as any other, so on they go). I know one day he's going to be a funny guy and charge some of them up.

From what I understand, the "vintage hysteria" has gotten so crazy that people are actually rooting around for old caps to put into their amps.

[dincz]

Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight

From what I understand, the "vintage hysteria" has gotten so crazy that people are actually rooting around for old caps to put into their amps.

And unfortunately those same people can be found giving technical advice on TalkBass

[mystic38]

i think i shall introduce a range of "mystics vintage caps"..

for $24.95 you get:

a) one real good capacitor of "chosen" value. Value provided is 30%-50% than selected, to simulate loss of charge retention
b) a 10-22M randomly selected resistor to stick in parallel to simulate the leakage current and hence the vintage tone
c) a 50R resistor to stick in series, to simulate increase in series resistance
d) 1/4 tsp of molasses, to simulate the vintage goop creeping out of the foil cap.

I need distributors..note you must own your own molasses as it doesnt travel well in envelopes.

Originally Posted by dincz

And unfortunately those same people can be found giving technical advice on TalkBass

[Stealth]

A capacitor is known as a condenser in some languages. It's one and the same.