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2N3392

3 circuits use this part.

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
2SC2458GR	200	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	2
BC109	180	20 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	20
2SC1815-Y	120	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	1
BC183A	120	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	2
BC183	120	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
BC108	120	20 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	17
2N3391	250	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	70 MHz	1
2SC732	200	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	40 MHz	4

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
2N3860	150	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	90 MHz
2SC1244	160	20 V	500 mA	0.2 W
BC254A	150	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz
2SC1849	150	25 V	200 mA	0.35 W	75 MHz
2SC1707A	150	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz
2N2453	150	30 V	50 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Moog 902 2N3392	—	Other	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	23
BrassMaster 2N3392 · 2N5308	BrassMaster	Fuzz	Fuzz Dog	1590BB	3	£45.60	63
BoomBoom 2N3392 · 2N5308	Maestro Brassmaster	Distortion	Madbean	125B	4	$12.00	65