Old vs New: Do different types of caps and resistors sound different?

[Baktown]

Unfortunately, the tube sockets were riveted to the aluminum housings the components were in.  I tried to salvage one and it crumbled to pieces.

Sorry!

Axl Bundy

[mac]

One simple example, the Dist+.
I solder a socket for the IC. The LM741 is an old chip, there are others better than the 741 like the TL071. But no one sounds like the 741, at least if you want that sound. Also, some replace the tantalum with a poly, but again you are departing from the original tone.

If you want to build a clone as close as the original, you need to know what kind of caps, transistors, IC, etc, the original had. Maybe the low currents involved may not tell the difference when using metal film or std resistors. Resistors may be, maybe not  the less critical parts when preserving the original tone.

But what is the original tone? If you want to sound like Jimi in album "xxxxx", you need his guitar, the cables, the amp, the tubes, the mods, the room's acoustic, the techs, etc... and his fingers.
In other words, with my guitar and amp, my really good sounding dist+ will never sound like Randy Rhoads'. But I really don't care.

My advice is, except for salvaged Ge transistors, buy a breadboard and try changing resistors and cap types, and develop your own sound.

mac