What the heck is this part?

[slowpogo]

In the green circle. I'm pretty sure it's a capacitor in the picofarad range, since I can recognize all the other parts and match them against the Dead End FX Flint parts list.  But what kind of capacitor?  I've never seen anything like that.

[antonis]

Looks like high voltage paper cap..

[Psychophonic]

While we're at it, what is this part? Cylindrical object at the bottom. Pulled these from a 1940's console radio.

[jacehzoid]

While we're at it, what is this part? Cylindrical object at the bottom. Pulled these from a 1940's console radio.

Looks like an inductor

[italianguy63]

A "Choke"

[Psychophonic]

Any use for it in the guitar pedal world?

[willienillie]

Not that I know of.  I've got a bunch of those big box silver micas, never used one in anything.  Maybe someday.

[italianguy63]

Any use for it in the guitar pedal world?

No a choke is a filter for certain frequencies..  no use in pedals...

[Psychophonic]

Not that I know of.  I've got a bunch of those big box silver micas, never used one in anything.  Maybe someday.

Yeah I need to decipher the dot codes to determine the values. If they're in the range of anything I can use, I'd love to A/B them against their new/modern counterpart.

[EBK]

Any use for it in the guitar pedal world?

No a choke is a filter for certain frequencies..  no use in pedals...

I prefer to think its usefulness is dependent upon the imagination of the builder. 
Could probably use it as a cool looking jumper wire or something.

[antonis]

Could probably use it as a cool looking jumper wire or something.

DC jumper, only..

[vigilante397]

You see inductors in the form of SMD ferrite beads on a lot of commercial pedals for power filtering, particularly for sensitive digital devices. But something that size, probably not super useful.

[Ripthorn]

Use the inductor to great a one band graphic EQ

[Fancy Lime]

In the green circle. I'm pretty sure it's a capacitor in the picofarad range, since I can recognize all the other parts and match them against the Dead End FX Flint parts list.  But what kind of capacitor?  I've never seen anything like that.

Cool! I am waiting for parts for a mojo booster build, this thing here definitely also qualifies for mojo points. I have been looking at a lot of really stupid mojo parts lately. One of my main takeaways is: If you don't know what it is, it's probably a capacitor. There are just oh-so-many super strange caps. "Beeswax-paper cryo capacitors" are bigger than the part in your picture but I would out be surprised if it turned out to be a hand rolled Osmium plated fruit bat earlobe capacitor or something similar. Let us know if you find out, I'm very intrigued by obscure parts.

Cheers,
Andy

[willienillie]

Not that I know of.  I've got a bunch of those big box silver micas, never used one in anything.  Maybe someday.

Yeah I need to decipher the dot codes to determine the values. If they're in the range of anything I can use, I'd love to A/B them against their new/modern counterpart.

Some of them have the value stamped on, like the .005 1000V in your picture.  I have a cap meter too, but doesn't tell about voltage rating, though they were mostly used in tube circuits, so 9V should be no problem.  I don't know if they were prone to leakage problems, I would guess not but I've never tested any.

[soggybag]

I looked up the schematic for the Saturn V and there are no chokes or coils in there. I wonder if this is a wire resistor?

[ElectricDruid]

That board is beautiful...carefully designed for the extremely random collection of mojo components fitted onto it! You could design that same circuit with standard modern parts and it would probably work just the same but it wouldn't be half as much *fun* as that one. Love it.

[alanp]

The stress relief holes for the wires are also classy.

[Rob Strand]

The inductor is only about 20uH (that's micro-henries) or so.

Probably used for some sort of non-critical RF filtering; perhaps from a TV or radio.
Could be on the supply or for signal.

The value is too small for a wah or EQ and the resistance is too high for an SMPS.

[duck_arse]

Looks like high voltage paper cap..

I have my doubts about this. a high voltage cap would surely have well insulated metalisations/end caps/connections. safety and all that. I am quite prepared to stand for [but not until] any and all corrections.