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2N2219A

2 circuits use this part. Listed as: Semiconductors.

Substitutes Si NPN transistor

Matched on material, polarity and the limits below from the transistor parameter database. Pinouts and packages are not in that data: check the datasheet before you drop one in, and expect gain to change the sound.

This part

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N2219A	100	50 V	800 mA	0.8 W	300 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N2222A	100	40 V	800 mA	0.5 W	300 MHz	31
MPSA05G	100	60 V	500 mA	0.63 W	100 MHz	2
2N1711	100	50 V	600 mA	0.8 W	70 MHz	5
2N3700	100	80 V	1000 mA	0.5 W	100 MHz	3
2SD1616A	135	60 V	1000 mA	0.75 W	100 MHz	1
ECG123A	200	40 V	800 mA	0.5 W	300 MHz	1
2N3053	50	40 V	700 mA	1 W	100 MHz	1
MPSA06	50	80 V	500 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	2

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BFV90A	100	50 V	800 mA	0.8 W	300 MHz
BFV90B	100	50 V	1000 mA	1 W	300 MHz
BSXP61	100	45 V	1000 mA	0.8 W	250 MHz
2N4960	100	60 V	1000 mA	0.8 W	250 MHz
2N4962	100	60 V	1000 mA	0.8 W	250 MHz
BSW54	100	40 V	800 mA	0.8 W	250 MHz
BFW66	100	60 V	1000 mA	0.8 W	400 MHz
PN100A	100	45 V	500 mA	0.625 W	250 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	Crazy Diamond 2N2219A · BC108	Colorsound Overdriver	Overdrive	Dead End FX	125B	3	$12.00	35
	Queen Lizard and the Gizzard Wizzard 2N2219A · 2N5088 · MPSA92 · PN2222	Lizard Queen by JHS and Electro Harmonix	Fuzz	Moonn Electronics	—	3	€5.50	27