Gibson Ceramic Capacitors Vs Bumblebee

Tartanphantom jun 10 2012.

Gibson ceramic capacitors vs bumblebee. Those might have electrically poor performance which could lead to them sounding different no experience with it myself but the actual value and tone pot they re matched with are going to have by far the largest effect. Famous for their tone and their stripes the historic spec bumblebee capacitors are specially made for gibson and can help you achieve that sweet full tone that gibson. Everything written about black beauties applies equally to bumblebee caps. Some people particularly in things like the gibson collector s choice will use oil paper capacitors.

This video is about different types of tone capacitors. Orange drop capacitors always sound better because they have been soaked in snake oil at a crossroads at. Now try and explain that to a gibson bumblebee cap fanatic and watch his eyes glaze over. This two pack of 022 mfd gibson bumblebee capacitors look perform and sound just like the original capacitors that were used on late 50s gibson les pauls and vintage sgs.

Many experts recommend replacing all black beauties with modern capacitors. Bumblebee caps the bumblebee caps are very similar to the black beauties and the origin of the nickname is pretty easy to see. Some not all of these capacitors age very poorly including shorting out which can harm the surrounding components in a circuit. Part 2 of my les paul project.