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Tone Capacitor...Need Help!

Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by Lovin Bass, Jul 18, 2003.

  1. Jul 18, 2003 #1
    Lovin Bass

    Lovin Bass

    Feb 8, 2002
    Los Angeles
    Hello Everyone, I did a search and didn't find the answer I was looking for.

    The standard values for Tone Capacitor's seem to be around 0.047uF and 0.05uF.

    I understand that the capacitor "bleeds off" to ground but don't know which direction the capacitance values behave in relation to the tone.

    What does a higher value do to the tone? Increase treble or increase bass?

    Thanks.
     
  2. Jul 18, 2003 #2
    notduane

    notduane

    Nov 24, 2000
    Location
    from the Stew-Mac site
    Also, one of their free info sheets -- What is a capacitor and how does it work?
     
  3. Jul 18, 2003 #3
    Lovin Bass

    Lovin Bass

    Feb 8, 2002
    Los Angeles
    "The higher the value, the more bass output from the tone control at its "zero" setting."

    Perfect! That's what I needed to know. Thank you.