Wanted: recomendations for capacitor changes

Started by Chris S, April 30, 2004, 07:49:28 AM

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Chris S

Hey Dudes

I'm looking at increasing the speed of my vibrato and chorus pedals

The capacitors coming off the speed pots are 1uF and 0.01uF respectively.

I know that I need to put in smaller value capacitors to make them go faster, is there a rule of thumb as to where to start? I am intending to put in a switch so if the speed at the moment is 0-10 then I'd be looking at making the speed of the new capacitor 11-20.

Thanks!

Paul Perry (Frostwave)

An easy way to find whihc cap to play with, is to just put an equal value cap across each one that you suspect (1 mfd across the original 1 mfd, etc) while the unit is running. When you double the active cap this way, the LFO will halve in frequency, so you will know the active one.