Used components

5150loveeddie · Post by **5150loveeddie** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:27 pm

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

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:18 pm

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.

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:09 pm

If you're just doing some tweaking, it's fine to reuse components.

George

5150loveeddie · Post by **5150loveeddie** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:45 pm

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