Custom Tone Capacitor .033uF

Size: 7.5mm Pitch,

5% Tolerance up to 250V

How Does it Work?
The capacitor is a filter in the tone circuit, which has a value. The higher the value of the capacitor, the stronger the filter it is. A stronger filter will remove more high-end frequencies, which will result in a warmer, sometimes “muddier” tone.

How Do You Choose the Right Value?
There is only one sure way to choose the right value, and that is to listen to your guitar when you use the tone control. These are the things you want to listen to while you are playing:

Your Tone – Does it get too dark and muddy when you turn down the tone; maybe it doesn’t get dark enough?
Tone Control Travel – Does the tone change a lot when you turn down the knob a tiny, bit but then stay pretty much the same the rest of the way, or is there smooth travel from bright to dark?
If you’re disappointed by the way you respond to those questions, you might want to take a look at the value of your capacitor.

Standard Capacitor Values
There have been several standard capacitor values over the years, and two are still very popular today: the .047uf, which is generally paired with 250k Pots and works well with single coil pickups and the .022uf. which generally goes with 500k Pots and used with Humbucker pickups. Humbuckers are usually darker than single coils, so the .022uf Capacitor and 500k Pot will cut less high frequencies out.

The Importance of Using Your Ears
There are plenty of guitar players who feel that all of the standard values are too high. They say the standard values result in a tone that’s too warm, and that the tone goes from bright to dark too quickly when turning the tone control up and down. A lower value capacitor in the .01uf range could result in a more usable tone with more tone control travel between the brightest and darkest tones. a .033uf capacitor could brighten your single coil pickups up a bit and are a nice in-between value for those who find .047uf too dark and .022 too bright.

The bottom line is that there are too many woods, pickup models, foot pedals, amps, etc., that affect your tone to give a general answer. If you’re entirely at a loss, we recommend starting with the .022uf capacitor to see what you think and go from there. If the tone is too dark, try a .01uf capacitor instead. If your tone is too bright, try the .033 or .047uf capacitor.

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