Lowballer build question

[djmiyta]

The 470nf tantalum cap in this build , can I sub it with an electrolytic?
I'm sure theres a good reason for choosing to put a tantalum there but I don't have one and as usual I'm inpatient and don't want to wait unless its critical to the circuit
also being that its a 470nf if I was able to use an electrolytic it'd be 47uf value correct?

 

[Mcknib]

It would be a 0.47uF electrolytic

I'd personally try a 470nF film cap

I note the polarity is the reverse of C2 you can test for polarity on a film capacitor like this albeit I've no idea how accurate it is

You could also put two 1uf caps in series to give you 0.5uf

 

[djmiyta]

It would be a 0.47uF electrolytic

I'd personally try a 470nF film cap

I note the polarity is the reverse of C2 you can test for polarity on a film capacitor like this albeit I've no idea how accurate it is

Thanks for the quick response I'll try the film cap and I read about nonpolar caps being polarized just never felt that in pedals it would have any noticeable difference but I really liked the quick and dirty cap polarity test makes sense to my ears now that I can hear the difference. I figure each one in wrong will give just a bit more noise to the circuit so I'll probably start doing that in any and all high gain future builds thanks for the tip