Comanche Studio VI wiring question

[ftbtx]

Hello,
I was looking at the Comanche Studio VI wiring schematic in the knowledge base section and have a question I hope someone can help with.
Looking at the pos, one has two capacitors, .001 and .022 (the units say "K", but I'm pretty sure they mean "u"), pretty standard values, but the other pot has a component labeled 201k, which I'm pretty sure is a varistor. Could that be right? I've never seen a varistor used in guitar wiring, but I won't put anything past the ingenuity of G&L.

Thank you for any help!

All the best,
Bill

[yowhatsshakin]

Hello,
I was looking at the Comanche Studio VI wiring schematic in the knowledge base section and have a question I hope someone can help with.
Looking at the pos, one has two capacitors, .001 and .022 (the units say "K", but I'm pretty sure they mean "u"), pretty standard values, but the other pot has a component labeled 201k, which I'm pretty sure is a varistor. Could that be right? I've never seen a varistor used in guitar wiring, but I won't put anything past the ingenuity of G&L.

Thank you for any help!

All the best,
Bill

I think you are talking about the 200pF ceramic capacitor on the volume control. The 'k' is actually not a multiplier but indicates the tolerance, ±10% in this case.

- Jos

[ftbtx]

I think you are talking about the 200pF ceramic capacitor on the volume control. The 'k' is actually not a multiplier but indicates the tolerance, ±10% in this case.

- Jos

Jos,
That makes a whole lot more sense! Thanks so much!

Have a good weekend,
Bill

[Tooslowhand]

See this article on capacitor marking:

http://www.robotoid.com/appnotes/electr ... kings.html

201K should represent 200pf. 20 followed by 1 zero specified in picofarads

[ftbtx]

See this article on capacitor marking:

http://www.robotoid.com/appnotes/electr ... kings.html

201K should represent 200pf. 20 followed by 1 zero specified in picofarads

Thanks for the information!

That's a great reference