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2N3392

Si NPN BJT.16 circuits use this part.

Datasheet · archived copy from Fairchild; the part is discontinued and the maker no longer publishes it

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
2N3392	150	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	70 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N3860	150	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	90 MHz	1
2SC1849	150	25 V	200 mA	0.35 W	75 MHz	5
2N3566	150	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	40 MHz	2
2N3415	180	25 V	500 mA	0.36 W		1
2SC693F	160	20 V	50 mA	0.1 W	100 MHz	1
2SC1312	150	35 V	100 mA	0.2 W	200 MHz	1
BC113	200	25 V	50 mA	0.2 W	60 MHz	1
BC167B	180	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	85 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N3395	150	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W
2SC712	150	25 V	50 mA	0.2 W	75 MHz
2SC1244	160	20 V	500 mA	0.2 W
BC254A	150	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz
2SC1707A	150	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz
2N2453	150	30 V	50 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz
BF243	150	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	90 MHz
2N4286	150	25 V	100 mA	0.25 W	40 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Maestro FZ-1B Vero19×11 Verified 2N3392 Maestro FZ-1B	Maestro FZ-1B	Fuzz	Dirtbox Layouts	—	2	—	26
Bass Brassmaster BB1 2N3392 · 2N5308	—	Bass	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	60
Maestro Brassmaster 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster	Maestro Brassmaster	Fuzz	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	43
Maestro Brassmaster 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster	Maestro Brassmaster	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	43
Maestro Octave 2N3392 · MFC4040 Maestro OB-1 Octave Box	Maestro OB-1 Octave Box	Octave / Pitch	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	53
Moog 902 2N3392 · 2N4058	—	Other	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	1	—	68
Moog 904A 2N3392 · 2N4058	—	Other	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	2	—	91
Moog 904B 2N3391A · 2N3392 · 2N4058	—	Other	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	118
Moog Memorymoog 2N3392 · 2N3904 · 2N3906 · 3080A	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	93
Moog Minimoog 2N3392 · 2N3415 · 2N4058 · 2N4303	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	677
Moog Modular 2N3392 · 2N4058	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	2	—	89
Moog Modular System I II III 12 15 35 55 2N3392 · 2N4058	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	2	—	137
Moog Prodigy 2N3392 · 2N3904 · 2N3906 · 3046	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	297
Moog Taurus 1458 · 2N3392 · 2N3906 · 3080	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	15	—	326
BrassMaster 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster · 1590BB	Maestro Brassmaster	Fuzz	Fuzz Dog	1590BB	3	£45.60	63
BoomBoom 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster · 125B	Maestro Brassmaster	Distortion	Madbean	125B	4	$12.00	65