NOS Caps( paper in oil )

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NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by Pumpkin » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:36 am

After searching the net for a couple of hours i found a place that has NOS oil caps and other NOS caps.47 100v for Mustangs,strats ect,0.1 for Jaguars.
They start at around 95 cents each,so i bought a heap :D

Anyways,thought others would be interested in the oil caps so.....
I don't know how old they are but thats not the point,they're cheap oil caps and thats a rarity these days!

Oh they have cloth wire 22g ,50ft rolls in most colors too.
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Edit: These caps these are for/from  40's/50's/60's Admiral televisions,the oil caps are 50's/60's Delco radio caps.
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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by vegasrock » Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:04 am

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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by pullover » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:38 pm

What?!
sealed with vintage 40-year-old paraffin (for that extra mojo!)
Why should we buy postage stamps? We can make our own.

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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by Pumpkin » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:01 pm

vegasrock wrote: have you seen the caps from this seller on ebay?
  Yea,theyre not actually vintage,just made to look like it,theyre just film caps with M@J@ paper :o the seller seems to think we care what caps look like.......i always thought it was the sound thats important ::) What an idiot  $18 for a modern film cap.WTF! insane.a musicap only costs $12!

These oil caps are abundant but not for 95cents at .47mfd/100v so I'm hoping they're good,the others i got are mylar.If they all suck well.meh!

Very little if any differences can be heard between a 15 cent chinese cap or an orange drop but apparently oil caps do have quite a difference....then again I'll probably put em in and say i cant tell the difference! I'll just try a few different types to judge for myself cause there is so many exagerated stories around how M@JO T@NE should/could/would be. It's all quite possibly a waste of time ::)
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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by fullerplast » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:09 pm

That guy is GREAT!  I think you may be missing his point.

I bought a whole pack of faux-vintage caps from him. The ones I got are the 50s "phone book" style. They are an exact repro of mid-to-late 50s $trat and Tele caps, but they're built over a modern Orange Drop.

The idea is for those who want a proper looking cap to avoid paying tuna-matic or eddie-reno $350 for a 50 year old cap that probably doesn't work. So you get a modern hi-performance cap in a vintage wrapper. He takes great pains to reproduce several types of vintage guitar and amp caps. I think it's clever as hell and wish I had thought of it. Plus, he's a great guy to boot... very friendly and efficient, as well as knowledgeable!

They cost alot for a few reasons; he has to research and reproduce the labels and paper. Then he has to buy the modern caps, then he has to wrap and wax them, and besides.... no one else is doing it. That always adds some coinage right there. I still think he is reasonable. He could almost name his price since he's cornered the market.
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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by Pumpkin » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:11 pm

Yea i get all this,but it's totally pointless imho.You don't play through wrappers,its whats in it that interests me.

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Post by fullerplast » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:12 pm

Well... that's you. You're entitled to your opinion.

But...

Just because YOU don't see the need for them doesn't make the guy an idiot.
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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by Pumpkin » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:14 pm

IMHO it does!

Sure it's crafty and skills involved but its just a novelty!

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Post by fullerplast » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:16 pm

IMO, your ho is not so h.
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Post by pullover » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:17 pm

My knee jerk reaction is to turn the page as soon as I see the word mojo used. I think it's a great idea, I can totally understand wanting to make a vintage guitar look completely vintage. It just makes me a little queasy reading or hearing a seller say "mojo." Even though that's what it is.
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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by Pumpkin » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:18 pm

fullerplast wrote: IMO, your ho is not so h.
Sure it is!

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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by pullover » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:23 pm

Pumpkin wrote: Very little if any differences can be heard between a 15 cent chinese cap or an orange drop but apparently oil caps do have quite a difference....
I heard quite a bit of difference when I switched out my caps with orange drops. Your average guitar player might not be able to tell the difference, but I thought it sounded brighter and more crisp.
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Post by fullerplast » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:30 pm

It just makes me a little queasy reading or hearing a seller say "mojo."
Yeah... me too. It's one of those words (and phrases) that really turns me off.

VINTAGE VIBE is another one.

And of course:

RARE! and L@@K!

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Post by vegasrock » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:54 pm

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Re: NOS Caps( paper in oil )

Post by geoffreysnow » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:31 am

if i was restoring a 65 i would want it to look good and sound good.  those orange drops, to me at least, don't sound good.

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