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07-10-2010, 07:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, Fl. | |  What is a .05 cap for in soldering in pickups?
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Hi TBers,
I am going from active to passive and about to solder in my pickups and using Sewymour Duncans site downloads of schematics. However, on the diagram it shows I need something labled a .05 cap on the tone pot. What is it, and where do I get one (i guess Radio Sack or the like, and most puzzling to me as I am new at this...what is it for???
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07-10-2010, 07:52 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | That is a capacitor, and it is used as a simple low-pass filter to cut treble when you roll off the tone knob.
You should be able to find one at Radioshack.
Use a mylar film capacitor if possible, otherwise a ceramic will also work fine. Just about any non-electrolytic capacitor will do the job.
0.05uF is an uncommon value. You are more likely to see 0.047uF capacitors.
FWIW, 47nF is the same value as 0.047uF, in case you see the capacitor labeled that way.
Last edited by line6man : 07-10-2010 at 08:04 PM.
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07-10-2010, 07:57 PM
| | | | That's a capacitor. The label means .05µf, which is the rating of the cap in micro farads. You can just use a .047µf cap from Radio Shack and no one will know the difference. The ones near me sell green polyester film caps, and they work just fine.
Edit: Curses, I hath been beaten to the punch!
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07-10-2010, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Muaguana That's a capacitor. The label means .05µf, which is the rating of the cap in micro farads. You can just use a .047µf cap from Radio Shack and no one will know the difference. The ones near me sell green polyester film caps, and they work just fine.
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07-10-2010, 08:30 PM
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These are about $1.95 US for two. |
07-10-2010, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SurferJoe46
These are about $1.95 US for two. | Which is about 20 times more than they should cost, but that's another story.  |
07-10-2010, 08:37 PM
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You guys are awesome! Thanks a miilion!
And...dang! Radio Shack is closed now and I was on a mission! oh well, tomorrow i'll git ur dun!!  |
07-10-2010, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man Which is about 20 times more than they should cost, but that's another story. | Yeah - but----
if you bought them from a 'guitar' shop or 'bass' specialist, it's cost $14.95 for one.
Plus shipping and handling. |
07-10-2010, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by SurferJoe46 Yeah - but----
if you bought them from a 'guitar' shop or 'bass' specialist, it's cost $14.95 for one. | Paper in oil caps are notoriously overpriced, but ceramics are dirt cheap. That's why cheap ass ceramics are so common. They cost next to nothing to make and sell. |
07-10-2010, 10:36 PM
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07-10-2010, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by keyboardguy | Ten times too small. 
That's a 0.0047uF |
07-10-2010, 10:53 PM
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