Back again, old and slow me :-) Been meaning to do this video for some time now and finally did it. I've tried all kinds of vintage capacitors, the vintage NOS Sprague Bumblebee caps being the best overall, but last year I discovered Jupiter Condenser's Bumblebee replicas that blew me away with their sound and ACCURACY. Then last month I suddenly noticed they have two different versions, the aluminum foil ones and the TIN foil ones. The TIN foil ones are replicas of the earliest Bumblebee capacitors and I had never tried them out until a couple weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised how good these also sound. They are a little bit warmer sounding and am loving both the tin and aluminum foil paper in oil Bees they sell. They are expensive at $30 each but well worth the money and the SOUND they give you if you are looking for a more vintage sound for your Les Paul or other Gibshunned type electric guitars. Chris Young is the owner of the company and they don't seem to have been noticed by guitar players all that much, so wanted to help expose them, especially to Les Paul players looking to do better than their stock instruments. In my four episode videos, "The Les Paul That Isn't," I didn't get much into the capacitors used in the vintage LP's, so this video might interest you in achieving a better more accurate sound for your guitars. Enjoy,
Dave Stephens
Stephens Design Pickups
6 сен 2024