What’s up with luxe radio for bumblebee caps?

[ReWind James]

Just fyi, I’ve had Gibson send me a few replacement luxe caps for my custom shop. Original set was leaking and pulling the pot resistance down as was the others they sent. One was good but all the rest had very high leakage and messed with the pot resistance. I have an old yellow Jupiter in it now.

If a cap is leaking voltage with only millivolts applied, that's a BAD capacitor!

Probably a little pipe bomb is you actually fed it a real 400v.

 

[PBZEPP]

If a cap is leaking voltage with only millivolts applied, that's a BAD capacitor!

Probably a little pipe bomb is you actually fed it a real 400v.

What do you recommend brand cap wise for a replacement ?

 

[ReWind James]

What do you recommend brand cap wise for a replacement ?

If you want it to LOOK like a Bumblebee there’s nothing that looks like an original other than the Luxe ones, which were really close.

If you don’t care about looks and just want function / sound / reliability - probably any decent modern film cap will get the job done and last a lifetime in a guitar.

 

[PBZEPP]

If you want it to LOOK like a Bumblebee there’s nothing that looks like an original other than the Luxe ones, which were really close.

If you don’t care about looks and just want function / sound / reliability - probably any decent modern film cap will get the job done and last a lifetime in a guitar.

I also pulled the other one out today and noticed the solder plug on the end had a giant hole in it. Better safe then sorry, popped in another xtra Jupiter in its place.