THe GGG site req. 2 .47 film caps and i have none. Whats the next common value i could use? --this value is a 104k im guessing 105k is next closest w out noticable sound change.

104? that's 100000 pF or 0.1 uF.
105 would be 1000000 pF or 1 uF.

The three digits represent the value like this:

The first two digits are the first two numbers.
The last digit is the amount of zeroes behind the first two.

That's the value in pF. Divide by 1 million to get the uF value, and divide by 1000 to get the nF value

get as close as you can to the stock value.
I built the EA tremolo and I love it! Now to find it a box...

I assume the next in line would be a .33 or .56..not sure what i was thinking about the 104 vs 105. I was reading the GGG parts selection bout the AE trem and the 104 and 105 was listed there as possible markings..So how bout the .33 or .56? I might be better off tying a few togather to get closer to the .47

Yeah but remember to connect 'em up in parralel to add up capacitance.

Im still very new to electronics as im sure its obvious. I did want to double check this w you though. In series would mean tying one end (leg) of a cap to the other leg of the other cap.(as u would w a resistor) In parrell would mean adding a cap with the legs of both caps in the same places-just not the same hole..I hope im not being confusing. A pic of this is in the diy mods/tips about adding a cap in parrell to the clipping diodes. http://www.diystompboxes.com/pedals/index2.html Am I close. I did go to several links to fig this one out on my own, but nothing about adding a cap to increase value--that i could find.

thanks for your patience and help smoguzbenjamin!

jimbob, if you have two 1 uf caps, put them in series to get 0.5uF, which should get you basically the same as 0.47uF