Sealed in the original packaging from 1952, these .01uf 200v Paper In Oil military caps turned out to be the greatest discovery I ever made. They open up a whole new rich harmonic overtone in the signal path that is unrivaled by any cap you have ever used. Blows away Bumblebees, Black Beauties, Vitamin Q, Auricap, Jensen, Hovland, and any other cap you can think of. Especially effective in opening up the neck position. Made in North Adams, MA. in 1952 Guaranteed to be within spec. VERY LIMITED IN QUANTITY!

Q: Won't a .01uf cap be too bright for my Les Paul? I thought Gibson uses .022uf caps.

A: No way. Think about it, did Edward Van Halen's original Frankenstein guitar sound too bright? It used a Gibson Humbucker with no tone cap at all. A tone cap filters off some of the high frequencies to ground, it doesn't add highs or lows. .01uf is well within the usable range of the tone pot and the capacitance value is still large enough to darken up the tone when the tone pot is rolled back. Another good example might be Fender's No Load tone pots, where turning up to 10 actually disconnects the tone pot and cap from the circuit. So, to answer the question, a .01uf cap will filter off less highs than an .022uf cap, but more than running the pickup with no tone cap at all. The .01uf cap will open up the sound like running without a cap, but still allow you to roll the tone back when you want to. In addition, these caps have a very rich harmonic overtone, which adds touch responsiveness and creaminess that you can't get when running "no load".

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