I bought a couple of NOS Russian oil-in-paper tone caps (.047) off eBay and put one in the beasty tonight. Holy man! Definitely a darker sound but I love it! No harsh, shrill frequencies at all. Try it, you'll like it.

There is no limit to what I can do when I have a Brandy Coke and a soldering iron!

cool.
what strat did you change the tone cap in, and what value was it before?

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to each his own, i prefer .02

I wouldn't like that mod, i don't think. I like the high frequencies you get with the strat and if i want to roll it off just use the tone control or change my amp a bit.

Glad you like the change tho'

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Mexi strat w/rosewood. Changed in an .047 for the original 0.47. Strat also has Texas Specials and I have two micro switch mods - one to add the bridge PUP in and one to change from series to parallel with the bridge/mid.

I like Mallory .022. Mallory match with Fender. but PIO i like too. now, my Am Special use Mallory. The sound bounces around fingers.

I try some .047 and I prefer 0.02

You should try 0.02 before your new 0.047 on your mex Strat

My strat doesn't have those yet, but my 140 does. Sounds awesome!

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Do you guys play around with your tone knobs a lot? It seems I roll mine off a bit all the time, probably on 8 or something.

I mess with the tone knobs alot. In fact, on my Heritage H140 (LP like guitar) I also have a treble bleed mod as well.

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I always have played with the tone knob. If you play Fender it is a natural (Gibson players just leave them full on all the time). Still, that new cap got rid of some of the frequencies that I perceived as being "harsh". I have not tried the 0.022 but I would think it would be too much shrill treble for me. Maybe I'm wrong. I haven't tried it. I like my start a lot - it plays like silk and sounds better than ever with the mods I have made. I think Strats are far more personal sounding than guitars with humbuckers, and when they are played just right they are simply sublime.

Like I said before, I'm a freak when it comes to having a cocktail, a soldering iron and a guitar to play with - and Strats are the easiest ones to play with.

I found that harshness of the bridge is easly tamed by tying it to the 2nd tone control. It really helps keep the ice pick away.

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