Parts · Transistors

2N3565 / 2N5088

1 circuit uses 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
2N3565	70	25 V	50 mA	0.2 W	40 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC2458	70	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	1
2SC828	65	30 V	50 mA	0.25 W	110 MHz	8
2SC1815	70	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	28
2SC536	60	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	115 MHz	1
2N3569	100	40 V	500 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz	1
BC337	100	45 V	800 mA	0.36 W	60 MHz	1
2N2484	100	60 V	50 mA	0.36 W	50 MHz	1
2N6076	100	25 V	100 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
KSC3488	70	25 V	300 mA	0.3 W
2SC2070	70	32 V	50 mA	0.3 W
BC132	60	25 V	200 mA	0.2 W	40 MHz
BSW88	75	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W
BSW89	75	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W
2N3414	75	25 V	500 mA	0.36 W
2SC2670O	70	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz
2SC371O	70	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	64 Vox 2N3565 / 2N5088	Lovepedal Englishman / Briggs 64 Vintage	Overdrive	Fuzz Dog	1590B	3	£24.00	18