How capacitors can shape your tone

In this video, let's discuss about how capacitors can shape your tone.
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EMERSON PAPER IN OIL TONE CAPACITORS

How To select the right capacitor for your guitar! 3 tips - Dylan Talks Tone

Line 6 Helix Native

Harley Benton Fusion Pro Roasted Maple HSH

Harley Benton TE-70 Black Paisley

Seymour Duncan Hot Tele Set

Recorded with the
UAD Apollo Twin Duo
thru
Line 6 Helix Native
on
Digital Performer 9.5

Backing Track

[brucep]

Jonathan, you're like having a good friend to give us great tips you pay attention to the small details that make a difference. Thank you

[RacerX]

Your playing always reminds me of the great Cantonese music from the 90's. Even the production is almost identical to the top 40 sounds from back then. Thanks!

[Robowx]

I just put in a 50’s harness in my Epiphone les Paul and I can definitely hear the difference in the tone knob.

[SFCUSA]

You my friend are an amazing guitarist 🎸

[danielbarbieri]

I just had an amazing experience with tone capacitors. The usual values, we know the differences in sound. Most of the time as soon as you set the potentiometer to zero the sound is muffled, unusable. With 0.015uf it is the least worst. I experimented with much lower values, between 0.0047uf and 0.0082uf. It sounds like a wahwah pedal stuck in the middle position, when the tone pot is at zero. With some mid/treble frequencies which are preserved. By choosing the right value I reached an extremely interesting and unique sound, and above all very usable. Not a dull, uninteresting sound. I tested these values ​​with a single p90 junior LP (50's wiring). The sound is amazing. I think that for stratocaster style pickups or humbuckers, other values ​​could be better, but not certain.

[arturdembicki]

Tone pot in '0' position forms a low pass filter with serial resistance equal to the pots max resistance. This is why 'tone at 10' still affects your signal slightly. (dB drop, tiny high-end loss depending on cap+res values and pickup specs) You will easily see the difference when using no-load tone pots. This way you can take the LP filter out of the circuit when the pot is at 100% and compare.

[MrAntsrules]

Love how your solos tell a story always a pleasure to listen my friend I have just upgraded my pots and capacitors on my guitar

[terrygrady]

I almost bought Seymour Duncan's for My Harley Benton fusion. Very Expensive. Then I did some research. I discovered that the tone pot makes a big difference. Humbuckers usually have 500k pots. I found the Roswell pups were harsh and toppy, compared to my Seymour Duncan's on another guitar. I put 250k on the volume pot and whey hey. The Roswell harsh pickup sounded smooth and mellow like the Seymour Duncan. saved my self a lot of money.

[Junkbox]

I’ve been upgrading my guitars with Emerson paper in oil for years, I Recommend them to people all the time. Great video, keep up the great work 👍🏼

[johnhowe]

I want to say thanks for the information. Just FYI you should always check new capacitors no matter what brand to make sure they are close to tolerance. If the tolerance if off it may be a bit out of range. So although some brands may be hype, there are tolerance gaps to consider on low cost pots.

[Tomadair]

Nothing much to say except, man you play good and teach me lot about getting a good sound without paying through the nose to find what I like.

[uhugvjkbkjh]

In a speaker crossover, caps difference can be heard. The most important thing.. old caps, esp oil impregnated, dry out. Values can shift with electrolytics too, after 10 yrs or so.

[hunterplaysguitar]

I truly admire your passion while playing 🙏

[isleofarran]

Love all your content in my opinion your the best on YouTube you pass many of my boring days at work and I can't even play guitar... Keep it up mate 👍

[SpaTZz]

The main thing is that tone comes from you. Your amp choice, your guitar and how you play is more important. I don't chase tone, I found my tone. It did take me some time to understand tone. It's from you.

[polcat]

With time, practice and playing comes a much deeper understanding of the sound we are aiming to produce via our feelings through the strings. Till recent times I never used my tone pots. Always on 10. Today I changed a broken potentiometer on my guitar because the feelings I am trying to replicate through playing meant I had too.

[NolanZewariligon]

Capacitance, resistance and inductance of components may vary with voltage, current, temperature, etc. but all electric guitars operate with low power signals (hence the amplifiers) and room temperatures.
In these nice conditions all electronic components with same nominal values will behave the same.

Two .XYZuf capacitors will have the same (i.e. negligibly different) frequency response and sound the same, regardless of the type or the manufacturer.

You can literally buy sets of 100 capacitors in any electronics store for the price some of these snake oil companies charge for 1 magic "tone cap".

[draganblastovicz]

The greatest influence on your tone is you! And you have a very, very nice sound! Thanks for the video!

[zenlian]

Yes, You are right !!! You dig it, not only guitar pickup, Capacitors could change the tone and character. Keep up the good work, Jonathan !!!

[DavidGossettMusic]

Came here for the tips, stayed for the playing and that tone... 🔥🔥🔥🔥