Phillips tropical fish caps

[Tone Lover]

Anyone ever use these and what do you think about there sound, they do look cool. but Ive never heard them or heard anyone talk about them.
Thanks Bill

[Paul Fawcett]

Anyone ever use these and what do you think about there sound, they do look cool. but Ive never heard them or heard anyone talk about them.
Thanks Bill

At risk of reigniting one of the endless holy wars, I'll offer that film caps of equal value all sound the same to me. But I don't claim to have golden ears. YMMD.

[Tone Lover]

Thanks Paul I just wanted to know if anyone had used them.
(good or bad)
Bill

[Structo]

People that build effects pedals love those things but I think it is more of a novelty than how the cap sounds.
They look cool.

[Tone Lover]

ya I just had a chance to pick some up they were cheaper than orange drops and more expensive than mallories so I got some.
just thought I would check if there were any issues before I had to trace down a problem in the amp.
Thanks Bill

[Cliff Schecht]

They aren't the strongest construction in the world, the leads are weakly welded onto the bodies, so be careful when bending around the leads. They break out the side very easy, much easier than modern caps.

I never noticed a tonal improvement with these but I found literally hundreds of them in NOS condition from a place in Austin when I was building pedals. Paid friggin pennies for them too. I don't ever use them anymore because, as I said before, they never sounded any better than other cap technologies and are easy to break.

[Tone Lover]

Thanks Cliff thats what I needed to know.
I got a few cheap, enough to make an amp.
They looked cool but I probably would have broke a few without that knowledge.

Bill