Metallized Polyester Film Capacitor .033uF for tone pots on strat / single coil pickup guitars

High Quality Metallized Polyester Film Capacitor .033µF (33nF) for tone pots on guitars.

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.

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