Ceriatone "Holy Grail" Capacitor

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Who has opinions on these 50uf/500 VDC axial capacitors? Are there better alternatives?
 
 
Dan Gleesak said:
Tough to go wrong with sprauge.
JJ and F&T make quality stuff too


There is no mojo in electrolytics, you just want ones that are reliable
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Do you think there's value in having your vintage amp re-capped with period correct caps ?
 
Dan Gleesak said:
There is no mojo in electrolytics, you just want ones that are reliable
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Racerxrated said:
The first example was a 2555 jubilee from 87. It had a strange 'decay' to the gain. Had newer F&T filter caps. At the time, I'd owned a bunch of Jubilees, 2555s, 2554s, 2550 and 2553. I was very familiar with their sound. This amp didn't sound like a Jubilee should...I thought it was modded but didn't look to be. I returned it to Guitar Center quickly. Some time later, I nabbed an 82 2204 with the white anniversary head shell. Same strange decay to the gain...and, same F&T caps. I ordered 3 ARS caps after talking with another RTer(he felt the same way about F&T in Marshalls) and...
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Floyd Eye said:
Do you think there's value in having your vintage amp re-capped with period correct caps ?
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Me personally, I do not. Electrolytics are just there to keep the power flowing smoothly.

I’m sure an argument can be made for NOS blocking caps, but I’d be hard pressed myself to notice a difference between them and quality current production stuff.
 
Dan Gleesak said:
Me personally, I do not. Electrolytics are just there to keep the power flowing smoothly.

I’m sure an argument can be made for NOS blocking caps, but I’d be hard pressed myself to notice a difference between them and quality current production stuff.
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I can't argue for or against this since I don't really know, but when I had Don Butler do a cap job on my Brown Deluxe he used period correct caps and sent the old ones back with it in a baggie.

You could make the same argument for trannies I suppose. But I can tell you that my amp with the original is worth a few grand, with a Mercury Magnetics it's worth about $500.
 
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Racerxrated said:
The first example was a 2555 jubilee from 87. It had a strange 'decay' to the gain. Had newer F&T filter caps. At the time, I'd owned a bunch of Jubilees, 2555s, 2554s, 2550 and 2553. I was very familiar with their sound. This amp didn't sound like a Jubilee should...I thought it was modded but didn't look to be. I returned it to Guitar Center quickly. Some time later, I nabbed an 82 2204 with the white anniversary head shell. Same strange decay to the gain...and, same F&T caps. I ordered 3 ARS caps after talking with another RTer(he felt the same way about F&T in Marshalls) and...
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Im not gonna call bullshit on him, but they kinda either work or they don’t. Who knows what liberties the tech took who replaced them too
 
Bad Brain said:
Did you see Larry's comment tho?
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Ok I read the comment and I dunno man lol.
I’m just a hack compared to a lot of guys, but I’d be shocked if any of our guitar heroes were worried about the quality of their ripple.
 
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