On 20/01/2016 01:21, Chris Jones wrote:
On 20/01/2016 02:18, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:55:00 -0800, makolber wrote:

whats a tropical fish cap?

I'm guessing you're under 30? Ebay's your friend:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Mullard-Tropical-Fish-
Capacitors-47nF-0-047uF-250v-/360338287201?hash=item53e5d5ea61:m:mcN-
DqTXnkkcyUmSf_Gylog


Are those just polyester film caps?


No , the main feature is that they are brightly coloured to keep
guitarist tweekers happy, as the visible colouration carries through to
the tonal colouration.