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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: petemoore on April 04, 2004, 10:24:40 PM

Title: 2n2
Post by: petemoore on April 04, 2004, 10:24:40 PM
Ok I admit it...
 Building a Thunderchief !!
 But trying to find a reference decode for the caps.
 2n2
 22n
 680n
 I thought I knew this one but havent built anything with caps 'n' coded...lol...
 If someone could turn these into .002uf style numbers it would help me...since there's the nice perf layout I'm using, I can keep going and cmon back to get the caps in...Thank You !!!
Title: Re: 2n2
Post by: Peter Snowberg on April 04, 2004, 10:26:42 PM
2n2 = .0022uF
22n = .022uF
680n = .68uF

Have fun! :D

Take care,
-Peter
Title: Thanks A Ton
Post by: petemoore on April 04, 2004, 10:31:21 PM
Peter, that was so kwik.
 .68...small [er than I'm used to seeing in that spot]...interesting..can't wait to start biasing !!!
Title: 2n2
Post by: Peter Snowberg on April 04, 2004, 10:46:14 PM
I'm not looking at the schematic, but if it's for a cathode cap (source bypass cap), that's the classic Marshall value which gives the Marshall designs more upper mid-range and less bass. Fender uses a 22uF or 25uF in that spot for a full range sound.

Best of luck with your build! 8)

Take care,
-Peter
Title: That's Cool
Post by: petemoore on April 05, 2004, 12:34:22 AM
...and That should come in handy, as I have plenty of Bass Whoomph with the MkII. Easy for me to overdo that with my rig.
 Just did a May Queen, and I do like the almost Wah into Fuzz type tones...or is that what a Rangemaster is like? No matter as I like the way the leads cut through with it. It too has some smaller signal path and bypass cap values.
Title: 2n2
Post by: Travis on April 05, 2004, 01:44:36 AM
Because I'm an idiot:
http://www.bcae1.com/milli_.htm

This helps me often.  Scroll down and the computer will do the calculation for you.