Wiring Film capacitor help

[harkkam]

Guys Im trying to build the easy fuzz face clone and i purchased the parts from small bear elec. The general guitar gadgets parts list says that C1 should be a film capacitor however I see on the schematic for the easy face that C1 has a + marking.

I bought the film capacitor following the parts list... how do I know which side is positive and negative?. They don't seem to be marked.

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_ff5_sc_easy.pdf

Parts list

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_ff5_easy_bom.pdf

[head_spaz]

Film caps are non polarized, so it doesn't matter which way you install it.

[harkkam]

but the schematic has a polarization sign over C1 meaning I should use an electrolytic instead of the film capacitor. 

Can a film capacitor be substituted for an electrolytic?

[head_spaz]

Can a film capacitor be substituted for an electrolytic?

Yes indeed. Films are forever, electrolytic types dry out and die eventually.
Film cap are more neutral sounding in audio applications, but I seriously doubt
you'd notice the difference in a stompbox.
Film caps? Go with God my son!

[PRR]

> C1 has a + marking

That's a typo.

I think they marked C7 and got carried away.

C7 is 3.3u, which is a BIG costly film, or a cheap electro. We be cheap, we use electros, so C7 needs a polarity mark.

Maybe you can find a 0.01u electrolytic, but a 0.01u ceramic or film is cheap and happy. And goes either way.

[chi_boy]

but the schematic has a polarization sign over C1 meaning I should use an electrolytic instead of the film capacitor. 

Can a film capacitor be substituted for an electrolytic?

If you look and the layout PDF, C1 is drawn as a 3.3uf electro and C7 isn't identified.  There are a few minor typos.  I used a film in that position when I built mine.  Worked great, sounded better.