Hand made capacitor on Jazz Bass

Virtually no difference whatsoever. The only reason for a repro cap is aesthetics.

 

i think caps are caps, but....

 

cap on head more important, chicks not notice cap in bass

 

You won't hear any difference at all.

 

Drop "virtually."

Can we go a week without a magical capacitor thread?

I doubt it.

 

Devo cap on James Brown = JimmyM.

 

Not as long as companies keep selling over priced caps with the promise of mojo. Gibson is the worst with new metal film caps in bumblebee cases... for $50 a set.

What surprises me are the players who swear they hear a difference! Conformation bias I guess.

 

I've never heard of a hand made capacitor. They are generally made by the billions in Asia.

It makes absolutely no difference in practice, and very little difference in theory.

 

They have billions of hands!

I think some of the boutique brands claim to be hand made.

 

There are a lot of things you can do with $50 that will definitely help your tone: lesson with a good teacher, setup on your bass, new set of strings, tip your sound man, etc.

 

+100

I like the "tip your sound man" tip. Never thought of that one!

 

Caps aren't caps. In the case of guitars the subtleties make no difference. I've never heard of a "handmade" capacitor....

 

this

 

Depends on the application. It makes a huge difference in some cases, but certainly not for low voltage/low current LPFs.

 

You need some of them Russian oil and paper jobs or maybe some Tropical Fish; they'll make you a better player too

 

I glue one to each finger, it helps with the blisters.

 

I love this quote:

Vintage caps were not "engineered for sound." Companies like Fender and Gibson used what ever caps were available. So the same caps you might find in an old radio or guitar amp were also in guitars.

Another amusing thing is his explanation of the word "Sozo", while using the graphic from the Led Zeppelin album...

They might be good caps, but he needs to be more honest in his copy.

I also find it odd that his burn-in oscilloscope photos came from this thread:

Capacitor Burn-In/Break-In - diyAudio