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Ben79 wrote:I haven't built mine because it needs small caps and all my stock is big old stuff. It will happen eventually and I'll report back.
eatyourguitar wrote:the only thing you probably don't have and may have difficulty finding is the 3.3uF poly box cap.
eatyourguitar wrote:electrolytic capacitors are polarized so that would be my primary concern. my second concern would be consistency from one pedal to the next in a production environment. this goes hand and hand with the tolerances %5 poly vs %20 on the electrolytic usually. there is also longevity of the cap. a poly box cap is good for 100 years while an electrolytic cap might not be so lucky. you could buy a "non-polar" also known as a "bi-polar" electrolytic capacitor but if you would go out of your way to find it and pay for it then maybe just keep going and get the high end cap. then after all these considerations there is the issue of temperature stability and moisture resistance. I want my equipment to sound the same in any environment. new designs should not have the problems that old germanium fuzz pedals had.
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