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2N3566

Si NPN BJT.2 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
2N3566	150	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	40 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC1849	150	25 V	200 mA	0.35 W	75 MHz	5
2N3392	150	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	70 MHz	16
2N3415	180	25 V	500 mA	0.36 W		1
2N3860	150	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	90 MHz	1
2SC732	200	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	40 MHz	11
BC167B	180	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	85 MHz	1
2SC1312	150	35 V	100 mA	0.2 W	200 MHz	1
2SC1852	160	50 V	1000 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
PN3395	150	25 V	100 mA	0.35 W
2N4286	150	25 V	100 mA	0.25 W	40 MHz
2N4287	150	45 V	100 mA	0.25 W	40 MHz
BC254A	150	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz
BCY76	140	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	40 MHz
2N6224	150	60 V	100 mA	0.36 W
BCW94B	150	40 V	400 mA	0.54 W	40 MHz
2SC1247	160	30 V	500 mA	0.4 W	30 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	Buchla 291 Bandpass VCF 2N3566 · NE5534 · TL082 · TL084	—	Other	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	76
	Maestro RingMod 1458 · 1495 · 2N3566 · 2N3638A Maestro RingMod	Maestro RingMod	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	42