Our most popular capacitors; they get the job done at a great price.
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Capacitors are energy-storage devices that filter the high frequencies. A cap lets the tone control roll off the treble response, progressively warming the tone. The higher the value, the more bass output from the tone control at its "zero" setting.
A cap wired to a potentiometer creates a standard tone control, as explained in this Article:
How a tone control works.
Value |
Code |
Common use |
 |
180pF |
181 |
PRS Treble bleed |
 |
.001uF |
102 |
Common Treble bleed |
 |
.022uF |
223 |
Humbucker tone |
 |
.047uF |
473 |
Single-coil guitars, many basses |
 |
.100uF |
104 |
Basses and certain eras of vintage Fender guitars |
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