[Boatanchors] "Bargain" Capacitors

[Mike A]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 08:42:55AM -0700, Joe Connor wrote:
> The irony is that when Hammarlund used these .022 BBODs in the military
> SP-600s in the '50s, they soon realized they were crap. The military
> issued a work order to replace them all with .01 ceramic disks.
>
> My son is an electric guitar player. He recently bought a barely
> functioning Fender amp. We replaced all the old paper caps with new
> yellow jackets and all his guitar buddies want to know the secret of
> that amp's great sound. We tell them that the old BBODs sound best when
> hitting the bottom of the garbage can.

Like the military method of testing a tube: 

Stand on a concrete floor, with the tube held at arm's length overhead.
Release the tube. If it bounces without breaking, it is bad. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin