Orange Drop Caps
Upgrade to the quality caps used in Fender and Gibson guitars.
Made of durable high grade polyester, and favorites for vintage restorations or new builds.
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.
100V. Sold individually.
| Value | Code | Common use |
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| .001uF | 102K | Common Treble bleed |
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| .015uF | 153K | With neck position humbucker for the Clapton "woman tone" |
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| .022uF | 223K | Humbucker tone |
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| .047uF | 473K | Single-coil guitars, many basses |
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| .100uF | 104K | Basses and certain eras of vintage Fender guitars |
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Orange Drop History & Timeline
In the 1960s, capacitors began to be developed using more modern materials like mylar. During this time, Sprague Electric introduced the 'Orange Drop' capacitor, and it was quickly adopted by many industries due to its robustness and performance.
1960s: The 'Orange Drop' capacitor was developed by Sprague Electric.
1992: Vishay, a leading manufacturer of components used in electronics for industrial and military/space application, acquires 'Orange Drops' from Sprague. SBE Inc (dba SB Electronics) takes over production of Orange Drops as Vishay/Sprague.
2012: Cornell Dubilier Capacitor (CDE) acquires 'Orange Drops' from SBE.
Current: All Orange Drop Caps manufactured today are by Cornell Dubilier Capacitor (CDE).
