Guitar Tone Capacitor Voltage

Tone capacitors are the most misunderstood component in a guitar.

Guitar tone capacitor voltage.

So all we need to. For tone caps and how this influences the tone. The guitar only works with a small voltage so there is no need to buy a capacitor. The smaller the capacitor like 022 015 or less the less the treble is removed this is because the filter frequency shifts higher so more high frequency remains.

Voltage rating one of my all time favorite urban legends has to do with voltage ratings. The voltage rating describes the maximum working voltage of a cap potential measured in volts. You can read about voltage ratings of 400 volts and higher. This component is usually attached to your tone control and it s the only difference between the tone control and the volume control.

I ve marked the capacitor wires in blue and given a top and bottom view of the wiring setup it s a fairly standard setup and even though yours may appear a bit different the capacitor tone pot are likely the same. The tone pot works in conjunction with the tone capacitor cap to serve as an adjustable high frequency drain for the signal produced by the pickups. The voltage produced by the pickups input voltage is connected between the volume pot terminals 1 and 3 while the guitar s output jack output voltage is connected between terminals 1. Lucky for all of us voltage only plays into the physical size of a capacitor and has little to no effect on the actual sound of a cap.

The easiest way to think of a tone capacitor is that in the typical tone circuit they are a high frequency removal device.