• Registered: 2009-02-10
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Topic: New capacitor problem.

Figured someone here might know a fix for this. Though it could be that the capacitor is completely bust.

I got two Orange Drop 0.022uF caps, fit them both to my LP and the neck p'up is fine. Tone and volume working fine and it has helped the tone a bit (what I wanted to achieve of course)
Then, I flip to the bridge and the tone knob works as a volume, rolls off fast as I get to around 3.
I flipped it round, same problem, then put the ceramic one back in and it works fine.
Anyone had any problems with these caps before?

  • From: Germany
  • Registered: 2008-04-23
  • Posts: 553

Re: New capacitor problem.

It sounds that the orange drop cap is broken.
Have you tried to put the other orange drop in that position?
Maybe there is a mistake in the wiring too...?

Alex

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  • Registered: 2009-02-10
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Re: New capacitor problem.

I didn't bother because the other orange drop works in the neck position.
Theres not a wiring problem, since everything works fine when the ceramic cap is fitted.
So much for them being better than the ceramic ones tongue

  • From: Germany
  • Registered: 2008-04-23
  • Posts: 553

Re: New capacitor problem.

Jimi_lp wrote:

So much for them being better than the ceramic ones tongue

Too much voodoo in there. roll
Same with the bumble bees or mallorys...

Alex

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  • Registered: 2009-02-10
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Re: New capacitor problem.

Ach, the tone change was tiny anyway. And, £0.81...not much of a loss anyway.
So, ceramic stays I think.

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Re: New capacitor problem.

sounds like the cap is shorted
the cap allows higher frequencies to ground
if shorted, all frequencies will go to ground, aka volume pot

any chance you have a piece of metal touching both leads
of the orange drop, like one of the pickups shielding wire ?

  • Registered: 2009-02-10
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Re: New capacitor problem.

I checked for that sort of thing, doesn't seem to be anything
might be an internal fault
It didn't roll off till nearly 0, then it cut drastically, so it wasn't entirely a volume knob.
I had that problem with an Epiphone years ago and it turned out that the pots were touching the black earth paint.
none of that seems to be the problem though.

  • From: North Carolina
  • Registered: 2008-10-26
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Re: New capacitor problem.

Have you tried to test the dc voltage coming from the cap?  set your voltometer to read free flowing power and touch one end positive and the other end negitive.  should give you a number if it doesn't its broke.

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  • Registered: 2009-02-10
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Re: New capacitor problem.

Ive not tested that actually, I don't have a voltmeter at home. But, Im an electronics student so I may take it into uni and test it.