SV: [sdiy] Orange Drop Capacitors?

[Nils Pipenbrinck]

Ingo Debus wrote
> Ack!! Some years ago I trashed many of these too. They were salvaged
> from old TV sets or radios.
:-) Phillips used them everywhere up to the early 80th..

>
> But there doesn't seem to be consensus what a mustard cap really is.
> These look quite different:
> http://www.tubedepot.com/sozo.html
I know about these. Sozos have a good repuation, but calling them
mustards feels like a marketing stunt from the distributor.

>
> Perhaps it's just the colour of the cap that matters? It's all about
> colouring the sound, no? Can't I just take a standard cap and paint
> it? ;-)
Sure! Go ahead. You may make a small fortune that way as well, but don't
expect to be the first one with the idea. On ebay you'll find a lot of
"replica"-capacitors every once in a while. These are nothing but cheap
film-caps wrapped in paper and wax and reworked to look like a vintage
capacitor.

Here is one example:

http://cgi.ebay.de/FENDER-BROADCASTER-NO-CASTER-VINTAGE-REP-CAPACITOR-SET_W0QQitemZ250499184928QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item3a52ea3920

Apparently there are enough dumb people with to much money out there
that painting and selling this stuff is worth it..

Cheers,
  Nils