Ok jb and 250k pots but which cap ?

[TheWarrior]

I know Seymour developed the jb with 250k pots in mind but how about cap value ? Which kind of cap is recomended? .022 uf ? .047 uf ? Which kind of cap were on the famous telegib ?

[wolf5150]

I use a .01 cap with mine.
Check my You Tube clip to hear it in use.
I love it.

[TheWarrior]

ty ! btw i wish to know with which caps in mind seymour designed the jb

[Gypsyblue]

You're thinking about it to much. If you don't know what you like, then find out what you like by trying it for yourself.

Caps are so cheap. Go buy some .02 caps and some .047 caps at Radio Shack or somewhere and hear the difference for yourself.

For the last few years I've used .02 caps but I recently restored an old Strat and used the original tone cap. A cheap .047 ceramic disc cap. The guitar sounds just great and I may go back now to .047 in my other Strats.

As for the material the cap is made of, I don't think it makes much difference at all so my advice is to stop obsessing about it. Or try a .02 cheapie disc cap and then replace it with a .02 plastic or poly cap and see if you can really hear any difference. You can get both types at Radio Shack or any good electronics parts store.

Be honest with yourself. Some guys have to insist that that the more expensive caps sound better because they'd feel like idiots putting out extra cash for a boutique product when they make so little (or no) difference in a guitar's tone circuit.

I don't think you'll hear much difference or any difference at all, but if you do at least you'll know from personal experience what you like. And what sounds good to you is all that matters.

I use Sprague Orange Drop caps usually. I think they're pretty.

[TheWarrior]

Mine was just curiosity cause jb isnt a typical humbucker i thik it's the only humbucker that sounds good with 250k pots cause it was developed with these values in mind and i wished to know if it was developed with a specific cap in mind too that's all but seems it isn't an information avaialable or am i wrong ?

[Gypsyblue]

Mine was just curiosity cause jb isnt a typical humbucker i thik it's the only humbucker that sounds good with 250k pots cause it was developed with these values in mind and i wished to know if it was developed with a specific cap in mind too that's all but seems it isn't an information avaialable or am i wrong ?

I have read here, on this forum, that Seymour uses 250K pots in the Tele-Gib with the JB pickup. It's the only humbucker I've tried that sounds good with a 250K volume and tone pot - makes it a good choice in a Strat with two single coils and a humbucker since Fender type single coils sound best, to me and Leo, with 250K pots..

I seriously doubt that he gave the material composition of the tone cap much thought. Since the JB can be more than a little trebley, my guess would be a .047 cap.

When I put the original .047 tone cap back in my old Strat I felt that the guitar felt like it had a warmer tone overall than when I had a .02 cap in there. I don't know why exactly. My guess would be that some treble leaks through the tone pot and cap even when it's on "10" and that the .047 value allows more treble to leak from the circuit than .02 does. And in a Strat or Tele that treble loss is a desirable thing - otherwise they sound way to bright for most people.

Why don't you join Facebook, friend Seymour W. Duncan, and then ask him directly? He's a nice guy!

[SrDeMaFp]

I use a .01 cap with mine.
Check my You Tube clip to hear it in use.
I love it.

Was that the bridge pup in that clip?

[zenmindbeginner]

I use a .01 cap with mine.
Check my You Tube clip to hear it in use.
I love it.

I've seen that before and just really listened to the tone this time discounting the hidden camera recording quality... that is some beautiful tone and playing.

Great singing too.

You have your tone rolled off for that clip and are using a 250K pot?

[wolf5150]

My voice was sh*t in that gig mate but thanks.
It was the night before I had major ear surgery ( not sure if you know this but I'm actually clinically deaf ! ) and couldn't hear my pitch.

The humbucker was a JB running with Anderson's special wiring where it sees 500k pots but the singles see 250k.

I've now had it changed to simple wiring where they all see 250K and it's much sweeter.
Beautiful actually.
Same tone cap though.