Capacitors
Capacitors are passive devices that are used in almost all electrical circuits for rectification, coupling and tuning. Also known as condensers, a capacitor is simply two electrical conductors separated by an insulating layer called a dielectric. The conductors are usually thin layers of aluminum foil, while the dielectric can be made up of many materials including paper, mylar, polypropylene, ceramic, mica, and even air. Electrolytic capacitors have a dielectric of aluminum oxide which is formed through the application of voltage after the capacitor is assembled.
Characteristics of different capacitors are determined by not only the material used for the conductors and dielectric, but also by the thickness and physical spacing of the components.
Electrolytic axial capacitor rated at 500 Volts. These capacitors have special features which enable them to excel in music industry applications. Low impedance, Low ESR, Wide frequency range.
1.66" length x 0.99" diameter 1.70" lead length.
- Operating temperature: -25°C to 70°C
- Nominal Voltage: 500Vdc
- Rated Capacitance: 30µF - 100 µF (depending on capacitor)
- Capacitance tolerance (at 100Hz, 20°C): -10%+30%
- Dissipation factor (at 100Hz, 20°C): 0.18
- Leakage current (after 5 minutes application of rated voltage): 0.004 C.U.
1.66" length x 0.99" diameter 1.70" lead length.
Starting at $7.75
Illinois Capacitor 450 V axial lead electrolytic. Rated for 85 degree operation.
$7.95
Dual section electorlyic capacitor from F&T with two 8uF sections rated for 450V. This type of cap is used in Vox AC30 amps. The capacitor body has a 1" diameter and 1.5" length. Made in Germany.
$8.25
Electrolytic F&T axial lead electrolytic capacitor
Founded in 1948 by Heinz Fischer and Alfred Tausche, F&T Capacitors has over 60 years of experience in producing some of the finest capacitors available today. F&T Caps are known for their great tone and reliability
- 220 uF/ 300V
- .98" diameter x 1.96" length
- Operating temperature range -40°C to 85°C
- Made in Germany
Founded in 1948 by Heinz Fischer and Alfred Tausche, F&T Capacitors has over 60 years of experience in producing some of the finest capacitors available today. F&T Caps are known for their great tone and reliability
$8.35
Rated for 85 degree operation. Tolerance ±20%. Measures 1.03" diameter X 1.97" height
$8.95
Dual section axial lead electrolytic capacitor from F&T with two 16uF sections rated for 500V. This type of cap is used in Marshall amps. The capacitor body has a 1" diameter and 2" length. Made in Germany.
$8.95
Dual section axial lead electrolytic capacitor from F&T with two 25uF sections rated for 25V. This type of cap is used in Fender amps. The capacitor body has a 1" diameter and 2" length. Made in Germany.
$9.95
Dual section axial lead electrolytic capacitor from F&T with two 33uF sections rated for 450V. This type of cap is used in Marshall amps. The capacitor body has a 1" diameter and 2" length. Made in Germany.
$10.95
SoZo's Yellow Mustard line of polyester film tube amp capacitors have been thoroughly tested by LA’s best tube amp builders. They are handmade to exact vintage specs, and beat everything available, even in high gain situations.
After years of painstaking research and development, in 2003 SoZo Amplification began manufacturing the SoZo Mustard Cap™ capacitors, which quickly caught on among discriminating musicians and amp designers. Now, hundreds of thousands of capacitors later, SoZo has engineered capacitor product lines optimized for different products, including amps by Marshall™, Fender®, Vox®, HiWatt, and others, as well as professional sound gear from Neve, API, Neumann, Universal Audio, Urei, and virtually any quality gear from the 1950s on.
These caps are successful recreations of the originals and are superbly built and excellent-sounding caps. When one considers the audio signal passes through as many as ten capacitors before exiting the amplifier, you can see how these components play an extremely large role in the tone of the amplifier.
After years of painstaking research and development, in 2003 SoZo Amplification began manufacturing the SoZo Mustard Cap™ capacitors, which quickly caught on among discriminating musicians and amp designers. Now, hundreds of thousands of capacitors later, SoZo has engineered capacitor product lines optimized for different products, including amps by Marshall™, Fender®, Vox®, HiWatt, and others, as well as professional sound gear from Neve, API, Neumann, Universal Audio, Urei, and virtually any quality gear from the 1950s on.
These caps are successful recreations of the originals and are superbly built and excellent-sounding caps. When one considers the audio signal passes through as many as ten capacitors before exiting the amplifier, you can see how these components play an extremely large role in the tone of the amplifier.
$11.40
Modeled after the legendary capacitors, the Jupiter Red Astron capacitors have a similar style to the vintage capacitors to give a very authentic tone and look, yet with high reliability and longevity. This phenolic case potted tin foil and mylar capacitor yields a uniquely vintage tone perfect for guitar amplifiers and vintage audio amplifiers alike.
- Construction: Polyester/Tin Foil
- Case: Potted Phenolic Paper
- Tolerance: +/-10%
- Operating temperature: -55C – 85C, derate 50% at 125C.
- Leads: 20AWG Tinned Copper
- Application: Guitar Amplifier, Guitar Tone Control, Vintage Audio Amplifier
- Made in the USA of US-made materials.
Starting at $12.95
Fender offers a wide selection of Pure Vintage electronics to players looking to restore or upgrade their guitar or amplifier with classic Fender in mind. From potentiometers to select capacitors, tube sockets and more, these electronics are created to closely replicate original-era Fender parts and have been used on a number of Fender reissue instruments and amplifiers, including our American Vintage series of guitars and basses.
Starting at $12.95
Fender offers a wide selection of Pure Vintage electronics to players looking to restore or upgrade their guitar or amplifier with classic Fender in mind. From potentiometers to select capacitors, tube sockets and more, these electronics are created to closely replicate original-era Fender parts and have been used on a number of Fender reissue instruments and amplifiers, including the American Vintage series of guitars and basses.
$25.95
Jupiter Condenser 400V Bumblebee capacitors made with aluminum foil paper-in-oil. As one of the earliest construction types, featuring a pure paper/oil construction complete with a true hermetic seal. The tone you crave and love, in the most accurate reproduction. Made in the USA of US-made materials. Construction is accurate to the original materials used in the Bumblebee Capacitors, featuring a true hermetic seal, Aluminum Foil, Paper-in-Mineral Oil with tinned copper leads. Hand painted to reproduce the look and feel of the original Bumblebees.
- Voltage: 400VDC
- Dielectric: Paper in Mineral Oil
- Tolerance: +/- 10% Operating
- Temperature: 85°C
- Leads: 20awg Tinned OFC Copper
- RoHS Compliant
- Made in USA
$29.95