Capacitor for Bartolini 8s pickups.

[Mr_Shrapnel]

Hi! I’ve decided to put some Bartolini 8s pickups onto my p-bass, and when I do, I’m also going to totally replace all the electronics. I’ve got no probs with the pickups cos I’m getting the 8s's, I’m ok with the pots cos I’m getting some 250k ones, and the wire is ok cos, well...it’s just wire! But I guess I’m going to use some kind of cloth covered wire with braided shield, unless anyone has any better recommendations?

My problem comes in choosing the correct capacitor, because I really have no idea which grade to use. So many to choose from! And I don’t know what the difference is!: 001, 005, 01, 02, 033, 047, 1??? Anybody know which one I should use?

Any help would be perfect! Thanks!

 

[notduane]

the rule of thumb (from the Stew-Mac site)...

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0.050µF and .100µF are used for electric bass

The higher the value, the more bass output from the
tone control at its "zero" setting.

I'm sure someoine who has a Bart 8S will chime in

I've got a DiMarzio DP127 ("Split P") in a fretless. IIRC, I used a 250K Audio
Taper for the volume and a 500K Linear Taper w/.05µf cap for the tone

(`course later, I replaced the volume with an on/off switch )

 

[Jonki]

i got 0.47 capacitor with my bart 8s, but i think 0.47 is kinda standard, but with that value you'll get a good tone control. at least im happy with it

 

[Mr_Shrapnel]

Ah ok cool that all make sense now! cheers yall!