Why Sprague Caps

From dtaylo–(at)–yberramp.net Sun Jan 7 09:35:39 CST 1996
From: dtaylo–(at)–yberramp.net (David Taylor)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps
Subject: Re: SPRAGUE CAPS!
Date: 7 Jan 1996 06:33:44 GMT
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In article <4ch3ra$l8--(at)--rometheus.algonet.se>, teknome–(at)–lgonet.se says…
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>I have heard that the caps from Sprague are similar to
>those in old Fender amps… is it true?

Yes. Especially the axial electrolytics in Sprague’s “Atom” series.

>In what way were these so special?

A lot of people feel it’s because they are large, similar in size to the
original cardboard Mallory caps found in tweed and blackface Fenders, but
the fact is they’re just good, consistent quality caps with a fairly low
failure rate. Perhaps this consistency and quality has something to do with
their size, but the important thing is they maintain their capacitance where
the cheaper, smaller ones don’t.