Capacitor recommendations for Moosapotamus Dirty Bird

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Capacitor recommendations for Moosapotamus Dirty Bird

MeltedChip
Hello, I'm looking at the layout for Dirty Bird and I'm wondering what are the Red Capacitors marked 100p and 47p? The others in yellow are ceramic I suppose? Any recommendations for which type of caps to use? It IS a noisy, filthy sounding beast so I'm not sure if it matters. I've been wanting to build this thing for many years and I'm finally getting around to it...Thanks for your help!

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Blackboarcult
I would say the red ones are ceramic disk and the yellow are polyester/polystyrene film.
If the circuit has a reputation to be noisy, just try to use  good quality caps. I only use ceramic disks for values lower than 500pf, multilayer ceramic or box film for values above that.
Good luck with your build!
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Re: Capacitor recommendations for Moosapotamus Dirty Bird

MeltedChip
Hey, thanks for your help. Much appreciated!
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Re: Capacitor recommendations for Moosapotamus Dirty Bird

Guzz
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I would use box caps for the yellow caps in this layout, they would fit perfectly because of their lead spacing.