[jonesy]

Originally Posted by cudamax2343

I hear that in the 50's and early 60's Gibson used caps from the U.S military hence the old original sought after bumbble-bee's

Like these original 1959 Bumbble-Bee's below in a Les Paul


And these 1960 Gibson les paul Astron capacitors


And this 1955 one


So my question to you is, besides a chance to post some of my old photos is this. I have for years this old RCA TV, I think from the 50's or 60's


And this RCA 50's or 60's Radio's all with the original tubes


without taking them apart, is there a treasure of old caps in old stuff like this to be used in Guitars. Ever played with old, real old caps in guitars before?

Nice photos, yes I have had dozens of old caps like that, that I have used to build harness's or have sold for Tone caps. I still have a lot of old wax an paper caps, lot's of .047 BEE's and a lot of mixed lower value BEE's as well.
I am not sure what is inside them but it is possible? I have pulled a lot of BEE's from old organ chassis from late 40's & 50's. If there was a way to peak inside without destroying them that is what I would do. Just because there are old caps in there doesn't mean that they are in useful range for guitar caps. .10-.010 mfd