tropical fish capacitors?

[jalmonsalmon]

 Silly question before I hit up GOOGLE but,
Where do you get these tropical fish capacitors for a wahwah? with Proper values of course  hehee

anyone?

[jkokura]

They're NOS type parts, not in production, so it's hit or miss. You could try eBay, but they'll be pricey.

CJ used to run a shop and sold some, so he might have more resources than I do.

Jacob

[jrod]

Be careful if you do find them. I have bought some that were dried out and crumbled when I barely bent the legs. Same goes for "mustard" caps.

[PimpMyTone]

I have hundreds of tropical fish and belive me , they dont sound better than modern polyfilm caps . But they look great of course  ... just my two cents 

[jalmonsalmon]

Yeah I am going for the looks and I found a couple for my wah that should work out LOL
stay tuned for pics of the wah when it is done!  hehee

[culturejam]

They basically suck. They are essentially ceramic caps with a pretty exterior. Do yourself a favor and put some film caps in that wah. If you want to go neo-Mojo, get some WIMA box caps.

[frankie5fingers]

Another vote for "so dry they crumble".  I've gotten several from a few different Ebay sources from $2.50 to $5.00 per.  On average, half were OK (just OK - tested within 25-30%), the others very brittle.  Frankly, for my money, there are quite a few alternatives with just as much mojo and better tone than the dried ones....  Though they do look awfully cool.

[culturejam]

Somebody needs to make box caps with the tropical fish look to them. That would be hot.