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Probably small enough to get a ceramic at that point.
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Seymour Duncan article agrees with targetworks' assessment. 0.047 microfarads, or 47 nanofarads. The article is also useful for refreshing your memory about low pass filters, and how your tone potentiometer is just part of a low-pass filter with variable resistance. In a low-pass filter, you need a cap, but both the value of the cap and of the resistance change your roll-off frequency.
Probably small enough to get a ceramic at that point.
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note: for audio frequency applications (such as a crossover or DC block) a polypropylene- or polyester-film capacitor will provide the best performance and reliability.
for more on what "best" means, and why, you will need to do some reading, such as...
http://www.reliablecapacitors.com/pickcap.htm
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1 Farad = 1 x 10^3 milli F (mF) = 1 x 10^6 micro F (uF) = 1 x 10^9 nano F (nF)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix
0.047uF = 47nF
"generally" if you see a capacitor value designated with a decimal point, it's value is in uF.
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there are also capacitors specified in "pF" (picoFarads, or "puffs", = 10^-12 F) but these are predominantly used in radio frequency (RF) applications, not audio frequency applications.
ps3
another way you may see capacitors marked is with the exponent concatenated to the mantissa as follows:
"473" = 47000pF = 47nF =0.047uF
you read this as 47 x 10^-3 = 0.047uF ///or/// 47 x 10^3 pF
ar-jedi