Guitar Tone Capacitors, part 2: How Tone Works, Selecting a Value

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In part two of this video on tone capacitors, I present a tutorial on how to read cap values, an explanation of how the capacitance and resistance work together as an RC filter in the tone circuit, and some audio examples to help in selecting a useful cap value for a tone circuit. The caps I play through here are all Orange Drop caps with values .047uF, .022uF, .01uF, 6800pF, 4700pF, 3300pF and 1000pF.
Correction: at 2:52, I said this incorrectly. The cutoff frequency doesn't actually change- just the amount of signal passed through the cap to ground. To change the cutoff frequency, pick a different capacitance value. This configuration of resistor and capacitor, in parallel with the guitar signal, makes this a Low Pass RC filter.
Correction at 4:21: the .022uF cap here is a 225p orange drop which is polyester film while the rest are polypropylene.
Everything is played on my Epiphone Riviera P93 with Vintage Vibe Guitars P-90 pickups, through my Vox VT30 on the Boutique Clean model, mic'd with a Rode NT1 large diaphragm microphone.
For a comparison of cap material types, see part one    • Guitar Tone Capacitors, part 1: Evalu...