[R-390] Brown/Black Beauty Capacitors (was: Weird-ass power cord?)

Tue May 16 09:36:57 EDT 2006

It's a shame the 0.022 isn't a more prevalant value in the R390A.  I could 
afford to buy them at eBay prices and actually make a profit...

I suppose if I had one of those guitars and you were to open it up, you'd 
likely find a bunch of bright orange capacitors in there...

Barry - N4BUQ

On Tue, 16 May 2006 09:28:03 -0400, Roy Morgan <roy.morgan at nist.gov> wrote :

> At 05:14 PM 5/15/2006, you wrote:
> >The ultimate in audiophoolery: E-bay 7408833203.
> >0.022mF, 400V brown beauties, $200 each!
> 
> Tim,
> 
> That particular value is used in the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar of 
the 
> 50's and 60's.  My wild assed guess is that the original guitars are now 
> worth 8 to 20 thousand dollars each.  So guitar owners who have one may 
be 
> willing to pay the guitar technician $200+ for a replacement 
> capacitor.  What a price to pay for authenticity!
> 
> Here are some samples from the E-place
> 
> 1958 58 59 Gibson Les Paul Standard Uber Flame top Real
>          Item number: 7415462296
> Current bit $8,000, 6 days to go.
> "... this guitar comes with full providence. ..."  (I think he means 
> provenance! - Or maybe just playing this guitar gets you more or less 
> directly to heaven. who knows!)
> 
> Vintage 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom 3 PAF Black Beauty
> 1959 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM / NOT A REISSUE! 3 PAF's!
> Item number: 7414569041
> Current bit $16,600 with two days to go.
> (This auction includes a photo of the controls compartment showing not 
> bumblebee caps but rectangular, presumably paper, caps. There is a 
question 
> posted about this.)
> 
> 
> 
> Gibson still makes these guitars, list price $2000, "street price" more 
> like $1400.
> 
> I would expect to find no DC at all in the circuit, so any likely leakage 
> in the new old stock cap is of not much consequence if any.
> 
> I sure wish I had a bunch of those caps to offer at the bargain price of 
a 
> mere $75 each, WITH discount for quantity!
> 
> Crafty that fellow PT Barnum: "A sucker is born..."
> At one of his circuses visitors were staying too long to see the big cats 
> on display and holding up crowd movement. So in addition to the Tigress 
and 
> Lioness signs, Barnum put up another one: "This way to the Egress".
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
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