Keegan Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 1. Is there any reason that two capacitors in series wouldn't work to give a treble boost(over one capacitor)? I know theoretically if I use 2 .033uF capacitors in series I'll get .0165uF, but does that work for a guitar? 2. What values of capacitance would you recommend for an overwound alnico 5 humbucker and split coil in the bridge on a walnut guitar? I was thinking either .015uF and .022uF or .0165uF and .033uF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugg Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm pretty sure that in order to get the value of two caps together in a tone control you have to put them in parallel, not series. Here's a link to a neat little switch that I've installed on one axe so far; http://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/index.cgi...amp;thread=3883 Might give you some ideas.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Series divides them instead of adding like they would in parallel, which is what I want to do. That link confirms that series is useful for guitar though, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 The formula for series capacitors is 1/c1 + 1/c2 + .... 1/cn = 1/C where c1 to n are the individual capacitors and C is the resultant value. Parallel is simply c1 + c2 + ..... Cn = C Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Yes, I realize that. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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