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Foxx tone machine cap questions


I was wondering if there was a reason why the Fuzz Central schematic for the Tone Machine specifically calls for Orange Drop caps?
What differentiates Orange Drops from other film types?
Is that what the original used?
Thanks.


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haveing owned an original i can tell you that it did not have orange drops


it ceramic and others resistors were carbon


heaving built a few i can tell you this baby is a killer and i used poly's


and film not much diff'



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Cool, thanks. I was getting the parts together last night, looks like I'll be mainly using "greenies" - had a couple of the values in orange drops - but they are pretty big. -Still wondering about the difference (if any) between orange drops and other comparable caps.

Can't wait to try it out - been wanting to build this one since I first got into stompbox building but kept putting it off and doing other pedals instead.

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  First off I wouldn't say 'good or bad' when comparing these two cap types, yet if any difference can be found...


  But that's assuming the tolerance parameters are close enough, I  don't know what the +/- %ages are on orange drops.


  Greenies should do very well in that thing


  opinion [of course] based mostly on good reads from good sources and a little experimenting...



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Yup, I think greenies will work out well in this pedal too.

The orange drops I have are 10% tolerance - same as the greenies.

I guess the various cap types can color the sound a little differently and some people just like the way orange drops sound.
I haven't used any orange drops yet - not sure if they really sound much different than anything else.



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