What type are each of the capacitors used to build the TS-808 tube screamer?

Started by southga08, May 30, 2007, 05:30:55 PM

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southga08

I am unsure of what to buy.  Electrolytic or tantulum or ceramic, etc.  Is polarity needed? I see one that says non-polarized.

I am mainly going off the the tube screamer schematic from tonepad.com and it doesn't help very much.

Help???

Meanderthal

 Film caps are what you'll find in the stock version for all values less than 1uf. The NP is non-polarized, kinda a pain to find. There are 2 1uf tants in there that can be replaces by film caps, if you find them in a small enough package to fit. In this circuit, none of the caps have to be polarized, and that one cannot be.
You can use ceramic caps as long as they're not microphonic. The difference in sound is subtle, some folks don't like the sound of them, but they function.

Really, as long as you get the right values of cap, it will work. Except that NP. Must be NP.
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