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Used components
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:27 pm
by 5150loveeddie
Hi all,
Was wondering if it is a good or bad thing to reinstall used component like tone caps or resistors etc. Or is it better to put back new ones?
Thanx
JF
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:18 pm
by gnugear
I just put some old mustards in my '74 and it sounds great. I think the only concern with older carbon comp resistors in that they can drift in value.
Not sure if that's the case for electrolytics though.
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:09 pm
by VelvetGeorge
If you're just doing some tweaking, it's fine to reuse components.
George
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:45 pm
by 5150loveeddie
Yeah my concern was for the tone caps as they are broke in in a direction and if swap and replace turn on the other side maybe Santa Claus would appear to me good looking???LOL