Are these the "magical" caps that will make me sound just like Jimi?

[washburnkc70v]

I pulled this old Bogen MX64T mixer out of a junkpile a few years ago and just got around to opening it up, ain't it purdy.  I breadboarded a little 386 amp and tested it and it seems to work, but maybe it could use a recap?  To bad I don't have a wah to mod...but I'm not even sure if those are the right ones, they look sort of like them.  I Googled how to read the color codes, but do I count the orange as a color or is that just the color underneath?

[jonathan perez]

cool find! it looks to me that theyre a bit beat up...but usable, im sure. they dont sound FAAAANTASTIC...but they look pretty as all heaven. 

uh oh...

......sarcasm coming...

NOW YOU CAN SOUND AND PLAY LIKE JIMMY HENDRICKS!

there are 3 special parts to the vintage clyde mccoy wah.

1. special hand wound inductors, by Roger Mayer (large hole), and Eric Clapton (small hole)
2. special carbon composition resistors NOT found anywhere else in the world, at any time...just in THOSE wahs...most resistors have a value that varies from one to another...clyde mccoy wahs are precision matched, by the semi-gods at the time, known as VOX.
3. SUPER capacitors, with voodoo magic only found in parts of south america, unavailable to the public, but available to...you guessed it...SRV...

good find, though! 

[ulysses]

they are the tropical fish caps

im not sure if they are the values you need. i didnt check them. you need .22uf and .01uf

the magic of the jimi wah sound is in the pot and the inductor i believe.

edit: tbom has kindly sold me some tropicals so we will soon see if there is a difference in the magic caps

cheers
ulysses

[jonathan perez]

the magic of the jimi wah sound is in the pot and the inductor i believe.

niether.

fingers.



dont forget, he didnt use a wah pedal in the fashion most normal folks do...his technique is marvelous, which i think i have down pretty damn well...

[ulysses]

dont forget, he didnt use a wah pedal in the fashion most normal folks do...his technique is marvelous, which i think i have down pretty damn well...

hey tbom, got any videos on his technique? any youtube of yourself in actions?

cheers
ulysses

[jonathan perez]

hmm...not a bad idea...ill post some sound clips of the technique along with whatever new wah i make, when i get the boards.

its not a big difficult thing, but pretty righteous when you get the ideas down. 

i totally derailed this thread...ill post another one...

[goodrevdoc]

If you really want to sound like jimi, you're going to need a shovel and a plane ticket to seatlle, cuz it's gonna take just a certain set of fingers...

[jonathan perez]

 

you know?

I do wonder what his decayed body/clothes looks like...

[bancika]

you're gonna need more than a few caps to play like jimi. It would be much more useful to spend time on practice than messing with old caps. I can bet that new orange drops/mallory or similar caps will sound better. It's one of funny mojo things like carbon comp resistors.
But I must agree they look very cool

[Meanderthal]

 

I do wonder what his decayed body/clothes looks like...

you're going to need a shovel and a plane ticket to seatlle, cuz it's gonna take just a certain set of fingers...

I used to live in Renton, WA for about a year and a half(maybe saw clear skies like 5 times during the whole time I was there), way back when Lennon got shot. Rumor had it back then some idiot tried to do exactly that- dig him up. 'Urban legends' circulating amongst the stoner bell-bottom extra long hair 'cult' following(almost everyone who lived there) of a huge cache of guitars buried with him(heh)...

If you can use the mixer, I'd replace those electrolytics(and possibly the transistors) and see if that gets it sounding good... might be a nifty mixer...

[Big Red]

If you really want to sound like jimi, you're going to need a shovel and a plane ticket to Seattle, cuz it's gonna take just a certain set of fingers...

its going to take more then a shovel... in room full of mirrors (a fairly recent biography), they said the casket was encased in concrete to prevent grave robing.
what an age we live in

@TBOTM I'd like to see a video of your technique as well

[washburnkc70v]

Actually, I hope to use the mixer to run into my soundcard, it looks like it's well built and very easy to work on.  Maybe I'll give it a recap ,swap out the resistors with metal films and possibly some low noise transistors would be nice, but I might just see how well it does stock first.  I've also got a PA head to go with it (Bogen CHB50) I've been hoping to convert to a guitar amp, just haven't got to it yet.

As for the caps, if they are still good and the right value I might just drop em in a wah someday, after all the do look really cool.

As for Jimi's corpse, isn't there some sort of voodoo thing called a "mojo hand" that might be the key to guitar greatness, too bad about the concrete, allthough with the right tools....

[Ge_Whiz]

>>Are these the "magical" caps that will make me sound just like Jimi?<<

Absolutely. Definitely. Don't believe the lies from the others. These will do it.

[Processaurus]

I got grounded for trading my cow for some of these.

[washburnkc70v]

I got grounded for trading my cow for some of these.

Say, you wouldn't happen to have another cow to trade would you? Or possibly a hen that lays golden jrc4558d's?

[jonathan perez]

I got grounded for trading my cow for some of these.

Say, you wouldn't happen to have another cow to trade would you? Or possibly a hen that lays golden jrc4558d's?

PM sent 

[Izzy]

Its all in the fingers!

[jonathan perez]

...which is why were preparing the excavation of the experience...

ive got 3 shovels (mexican) and close to 50 workers...(mexican)...

anyone got a pickup?

[ElectricSheep]

If you really want to sound like jimi, you're going to need a shovel and a plane ticket to Seattle, cuz it's gonna take just a certain set of fingers...

its going to take more then a shovel... in room full of mirrors (a fairly recent biography), they said the casket was encased in concrete to prevent grave robing.
what an age we live in

@TBOTM I'd like to see a video of your technique as well

Actually, Room full of mirrors states that he got moved from the concrete filled grave, to a new shiny monument in another part of the graveyard in 2002 or was it 2004? I can't remember eventhough I just finished the book yesterday. A great read..