Silly question before I hit up GOOGLE but,
Where do you get these tropical fish capacitors for a wahwah? with Proper values of course hehee
anyone?
They're NOS type parts, not in production, so it's hit or miss. You could try eBay, but they'll be pricey.
CJ used to run a shop and sold some, so he might have more resources than I do.
Jacob
Be careful if you do find them. I have bought some that were dried out and crumbled when I barely bent the legs. Same goes for "mustard" caps.
I have hundreds of tropical fish and belive me , they dont sound better than modern polyfilm caps . But they look great of course ... just my two cents ;)
Yeah I am going for the looks and I found a couple for my wah that should work out LOL
stay tuned for pics of the wah when it is done! hehee
They basically suck. They are essentially ceramic caps with a pretty exterior. Do yourself a favor and put some film caps in that wah. If you want to go neo-Mojo, get some WIMA box caps.
Another vote for "so dry they crumble". I've gotten several from a few different Ebay sources from $2.50 to $5.00 per. On average, half were OK (just OK - tested within 25-30%), the others very brittle. Frankly, for my money, there are quite a few alternatives with just as much mojo and better tone than the dried ones.... Though they do look awfully cool.
Somebody needs to make box caps with the tropical fish look to them. That would be hot.