Where to get the .0047 cap?

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:27 am

Im looking for an online store which has the .0047 cap in stock. I live in the Netherlands, so the online store has to ship to Europe.
Thanks in advance

delberthot · Post by **delberthot** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:16 am

I've found a few on the 'bay that ship worldwide but I'm not up on electronics so don't know if they're any good or not.

dminer · Post by **dminer** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:38 pm

I believe that ALL PARTS, guitar parts has them AND they have several european distributers...UK, Italy, France, Finland, Norway ect....here's the link...

http://www.allparts.com/cmtpage.php?filename=International%20Distributors

OR, if you have a local version of Radio Shack they will have them...try a local electronics supply house...dm

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:46 am

You can also try Mouser. I got some Xicon polyester green ones from them for this purpose about a year ago and they sound and work great....much better than a ceramic cap. Mouser is usually pretty cheap too costwise.

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:42 am

Thanks David and Greg.
@David: I sent an email to the distributor in Holland. Thanks!

@Greg: Could you give me a direct link to the 0047 cap I could use in my 4003 for the vintage mod?
http://www.mouser.com/?Ne=100&handler=data.listcategory&Ntt=*0.0047*&terms=0.0047&crc=true&N=110&Ns=SField

notviceversa · Post by **notviceversa** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:49 am

Or you can get it from our website:

http://www.rickenbacker.com/cart.asp?viewitem=07447&category=viewitem&buffer_category=Electronics

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:03 pm

I know, but I live in the Netherlands and Rickenbacker only ships to the US and Canada

delberthot · Post by **delberthot** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:26 pm

try these guys to see if they can get them. they are in your neck of the woods.

http://www.voxhumanawebstore.nl/webstore/

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:30 pm

Philip, try this link.

http://www.mouser.com/index.cfm?handler=displayproduct&lstdispproductid=283729&e_categoryid=497&e_pcodeid=01426

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:13 am

http://www.voxhumanawebstore.nl/webstore/
is the Allparts dealer in Holland. They don't have the .0047 capacitor

Greg, can i use the cap on mouser for the Push Pull mod? It says it's 100V. The cap on the Rickenbacker site is 80V..

I hope someone could help me..

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:24 am

Yes, a 100 V rated capacitor is way over spec'ed for the millivolts a guitar pickup outputs, so that part will be perfectly fine.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:49 am

Yes Philip, that cap is complete overkill for a guitar or bass application, but it was the lowest voltage rating cap I could find that was the right type. A benefit to using a higher voltage cap is that the internal plates inside the cap are farther apart and this usually makes it sound better and have less self-noise too.

headbanger · Post by **headbanger** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:24 am

Any .0047uf cap will do as long as it's not polarised. The voltage rating is not an issue. A ceramic would probably be the cheapest(20c?). Any electronic parts supplier should have them.

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:00 am

In Holland a .0047uf cap is the same as a 4,7pF. That's why I couldn't find one

I'll just go to an eletronic parts supplier in my neighbourhood!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:13 am

I think that would be 4700 pf, a picofarad is 1/1000,000 of a microfarad which is 1/1000,000 of a farad. You would move the decimal point over to the right 6 places.