SET OF 2 LUXE BUMBLEBEE CAPACITORS FOR VINTAGE WIRING Bumble Bee Pair .022uF For Sale -

A SET OF 2 LUXE .022uF BUMBLEBEE CAPACITORS FOR 1956-1960 WIRING

The Bumblebee capacitors are for sure the most discussed caps with an almost magical touch on them! They are usually from the late 50's and can be found in a lot of guitars from that era but they arehe Bumblebee capacitors are for sure the most discussed caps with an almost magical touch on them! They are usually from the late 50's and can be found in a lot of guitars from that era but they are famous for the appearance in the 58 and 59 'Burst' Les Pauls and some say that they are responsible for the magic tone of that guitars.

The colored stripes were the old fashioned way of marking tiny electrical components with their values. Bumblebees are identical in construction to the Black Beauty. A shiny black plastic tube with little circles. In the circles will be a number 2. A circle and a 2 means Sprague! From 1956 until 1960 Gibson used Red/Red/Orange/Grey/Yellow striped Bumblebees (.022mF 400vdc). These are 1.25" long by about 3/8." The capacitor tubes are insulated with a spaghetti tubing. Sometimes this was a varnished black cloth insulation, but primarily an amber colored rubber coated cloth (1952-1961) or a yellow-rubber coated cloth (1959-1970).

Here is a set of two reproduction Luxe .022uF Bumblebee capacitors.

- vintage correct wiring diagrams included

- case sticker included

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