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2N2907A

9 circuits use this part. Listed as: BJT transistor, PNP TO-92.

Substitutes Si PNP 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
2N2907A	100	60 V	600 mA	0.4 W	200 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N5401	60	150 V	600 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz	1
MPSA92	25	300 V	500 mA	0.625 W	50 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N3486A	100	60 V	600 mA	0.4 W	200 MHz
2SA1604	100	50 V	500 mA	0.4 W	200 MHz
2SA1604R	100	50 V	500 mA	0.4 W	200 MHz
BFV86C	100	60 V	600 mA	0.3 W
2N5796	100	60 V	600 mA	0.6 W	200 MHz
PN2905A	100	60 V	600 mA	0.6 W	200 MHz
2SA1338	100	50 V	500 mA	0.3 W	200 MHz
2SA1339	100	50 V	500 mA	0.3 W	200 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Screaming Life 2N2907A · AC128 · MPSA18 · TC10445CPA	JHS Bunrunner	Fuzz	Dead End FX	1590BBS	5	$15.00	52
Impossibility Drive 2N2222 · 2N2907A · 2N3391A · MPSA18	—	Fuzz	Fuzz Dog	1590BB	4	£43.20	40
Impossibility Drive Mini 2N2222 · 2N2907A · 2N3391A · MPSA18	—	Fuzz	Fuzz Dog	1590B	3	£43.20	41
Rooby 2N2907A · MPSA18	Ruby / 90 / Hound's Tooth	Fuzz	Fuzz Dog	1590B	2	£21.60	18
Atomizer 2N2907A · MPSA18	Devi Ever Hyperion	Fuzz	PCB Guitar Mania	125B	3	€9.90 out	19
Hylian Fuzz 2N2222A · 2N2907A · MPSA18	Devi Ever Legend of Fuzz	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	2	$8.00	25
Ionizer Fuzz 2N2907A · MPSA18	Devi Ever Hyperion	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	2	$8.00	18
Trumpeter 2N2907A	Paul Trombetta Mini-Bone	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	6	$8.00	25
Waypoint Fuzz 2N2907A	Union Tube & Transistor Tour Bender	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	2	$8.00	31