![]() ![]() Bumblebee fans seem to think that all 'bees were PIO. The first Bumblebees were paper-in-oil (PIO), but after a few years they may have changed them to polyester or paper/polyester. They are considered to have awesome tone. ![]() They still have legendary status among some guitar players who will pay waaay too much for them, like around $100 a pair sometimes. Bumblebee capacitors, a slang name never actually used by Sprague, gained fame because of their use in Gibson electric guitars in the 1950s (1956-1960?). There was a time when some capacitors were marked with NEMA colors just like resisters were. Sprague Bumblebee and Black Beauty capacitors:
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