Gibson Historic Bumblebee Capacitors 2-pack
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Put a little sting in your guitar.
Straight from Gibson Guitar's Historic Re-issue guitars come Gibson's new Historic Spec series—parts that have been specially designed to replicate the original parts used by Gibson in the late 1950s.
This two-pack of .022 mfd Gibson Bumblebee Capacitors look, perform, and sound just like the original capacitors that were used on late-'50s Gibson Les Pauls and vintage SGs. Famous for their tone (and their stripes!), the Historic Spec Bumblebee Capacitors are specially made for Gibson and can help you achieve that sweet, full tone that Gibson's legendary instruments are famous for.
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- .022 mfd
History repeats itself. Order now!
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Comments about Gibson Historic Bumblebee Capacitors 2-pack:
The Gibson caps are fakes. It?s just a poly cap in a plastic shell that looks old school..
Comments about Gibson Historic Bumblebee Capacitors 2-pack:
These babies are like the late 1950's Bumble Bee (Later called Black Beauties). Original produced in March of 1950 with an oil fill tube, but soon changed to rolled foil and paper much like these reissues until production ended in 1959. These caps are as close to the original as current production can muster. They give a right off the shelve 1950's tone because they are new, they do sound different. The price is right on for limited issue custom made components. Those 60 year old Bumbles sound like they do because their trash.
Comments about Gibson Historic Bumblebee Capacitors 2-pack:
Let me start off by saying that these are decent quality capacitors. While they would improve the sound of most guitars, they are extremely overpriced. They are nothing but Gibson's normal capacitors that are put into a Bumblebee shell. These are not PIO(Paper in Oil) like the original Bumblebees were. What I really don't understand is the price. You can get an original set of Bumblebee capacitors for around $40. If you really want some great sounding caps for a low price get a set of orange drop caps for a couple bucks a piece.
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Do some research before you buy these. Check out the Gibson guitar forums as well. The reissue bumblebee caps are nothing like the originals. I have originals in my '58 Gibson ES-330 and they sounds great when turned all the way down and all the way up. Cheap fakes, and according to the Gibson forums these also, sound horrible turned up. Numerous people have bought these and had to send them back to Gibson (obviously they can't be sent back here once you solder them in). Apparently the "return" process to Gibson on them is almost impossible as well once soldered in -- everyone has to call a few times and speak with different people / supervisors.
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These really do probably cost about 5 cents to make.I have heard ALL about the alleged differences between the sound of tone capacitors and I purchased about dozen different makes and types, all of the same value (about .022mf). This included Mallory 150s, Sozo mustards, Orange Drops, Mojotone Paper-in-oils, Dijons, Xicon, cheap ceramics, etc. I put together some shielded alligator clips to try them all out in rotation inside my 2000 Les Paul, wired 50's style (this DOES make a difference) heavily-upgraded with Seymour Duncan pickups, Tonepros hardware, etc. into a Vox all-tube AC100-watt half-stack.If you try real hard and use your imagination, then at best, the difference is neglible. But if you listen without any bias, tone control rolled up, rolled down, rolled all around, then the difference is non-existant. In a guitar amp, capacitors make a tonal difference- I'll buy that. The signal passes through and moves on. But in a guitar tone control, any imparted characteristics or voicings of a capacitor seem like they're shunted right to ground. How can there be any difference? The only differences come with changing capacitor value (i.e. .015mf,.047mf,.1mf) or possibly which direction you wire it (the outside foil, if you can determine it, should be on the grounded end of the cap).Don't waste your time on the quest, or your money on the myth. Use the caps you have, or buy from a company you'd like to support.
Comments about Gibson Historic Bumblebee Capacitors 2-pack:
Seems as though Gibson is trying to make us believe that these parts are real compared to the originals. These caps are nothing more that .50 cent a piece "Wesco .022 Foil/Film" caps. The original Sprague caps made in the `50's were Paper In Oil.These Wesco caps don't sound good and muddy your tone (even with the tone control on 10.
Comments about Gibson Historic Bumblebee Capacitors 2-pack:
By now, everyone knows that the Gibson Historic "bumblebee" caps are cheap polyester metalized caps wrapped in brown plastic and paint. These caps are not even remotely similar to the original PIO bumblebee caps used on Gibsons in the late 1950s. There must be 1000% markup on these reissue Bees. I've used these reissue caps in recent Historic Les Pauls and they really do not sound very good compared to quality PIO caps that are commonly available.
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