SOLVED Lone king 0,1uf tantalum caps instead of 0,22uf?

[harmaes]

Would it be an issue to use 2x 0,1uf tantalum caps instead of 0,22uf as in the original Soloist (Lone King) pedal?

I noticed in this picture below that there are 120nf elco smc caps used instead of the 82nf in the BOM?
King tone mentions that the right side of the Duellist sounds identical to the Soloist but the first has or used to have asym diodes and the latter only uses 2 Symm.

 

[TravisM]

Capacitance adds in parallel. You can sub a single cap for a pair wired in parallel with no issue.

 

[harmaes]

Capacitance adds in parallel. You can sub a single cap for a pair wired in parallel with no issue.

Correct, I only have 2 100uf tantalums atm though.

 

[TravisM]

Correct, I only have 2 100uf tantalums atm though.

Sorry, I misunderstood the question.

 

[spi]

Would it be an issue to use 2x 0,1uf tantalum caps instead of 0,22uf as in the original Soloist (Lone King) pedal?

Maybe I don't understand the question either, because it sounds like TravisM already answered it: if you put the 2 x 0.1uf caps in parallel, they would give 0.2uf (which is close enough to 0.22 for rock & roll).

 

[harmaes]

Maybe I don't understand the question either, because it sounds like TravisM already answered it: if you put the 2 x 0.1uf caps in parallel, they would give 0.2uf (which is close enough to 0.22 for rock & roll).

Yes, but the circuit has 2x 0,22uf tants

 

[spi]

I don't know how important it is that the caps be polarized, but perhaps you can use 220n film caps?

 

[harmaes]

Not sure either what’s required? I only noticed the tantalums in the soloist pedal.

 

[spi]

Without a schematic I don't know what role they play in the circuit. But afterall this is just a tube screamer--I can't imagine it matters. Maybe the tants have some special mojo.

 

[JamieJ]

I used 220n film caps in my build. I think a few others have too.

 

[harmaes]

I noticed that the schematic of a TS contains 0,22uf tantalums but for instance the build docs of the AION stratus have 220n film caps.

 

[harmaes]

I build the Lone king yesterday and ordered and used tantalum caps in the end, great sounding TS.