Tone Unleashed… “V-Cap” Tone

I have spent a great deal of time creating a new “passive” circuit for the new models of Warr Guitars. I have spent a lot of time trying different “capacitors” for some of my latest design ideas. I have and as of today I have finished the master circuit!

A while back, I was testing many different capacitors of different builds and manufacturers. I recorded everything in every setting possible. I even made duplicates of the recorded audio files so that I could normalize them to remove volume as a possible factor.

In the end, the “V-cap” was the winner! They are NOT CHEAP but they are worth every penny! Honestly I was a bit surprised with all the differences that can be heard between all the caps; and yes I tried those orange and oil can things. Though it is subjective, all the caps pretty much rolled highs off about the same using the same values. What was interesting is what tones were left in the mix (or removed)…. The “V-cap” had a real nice mid “bell” like tone, or maybe harmonics (I am not sure how to describe it) that were super pleasant and open! The others did not have that. In fact, the others removed these “bell/harmonic” like tone to one extent or another. Almost all the different caps manufacturers had a signature tone and though one person may like another, I chose the one that sounded most pleasant to my ear in any position of the tone knob. Also, when all caps were at the “10” or “Dime” position, the “V-caps”clearly passed through more harmonics and had a much more open tone! As you can tell, Warr Guitars will be using “V-Caps” as its “Tone” capacitor in all “passive” settings; truly a wonderful work by VH Audio. You can read about it on their site here. V-Cap Website