making effcets

[joe scalene]

Does someone know what is the normal voltage of capacitors used in guitar effects? what are the common ones that are used?

[Lordathestrings]

Regardless of what kind of equipment they're used in, capacitors are selected to handle whatever voltage they are likely to be exposed to. A good practice is to use caps rated for nearly twice as much voltage as they will normally see. For example, caps used in a 15 Volt circuit should be rated for at least 25 Volts.

[joe scalene]

how about for distortions?

I wanted to post the schemtatic but I dont know how..

[Lordathestrings]

Like I said, "Regardless of what kind of equipment they're used in...".

[hairbndrckr]

In a distortion circuit, the capacitors are not directly responsible for making the distortion. The IC or op-amp and diodes are responsible for that. The cap is basically more of a filter than anything...

[iamthe_eggman]

Here's a great effect-building site to check out:

TonePad (http://www.tonepad.com)