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2N388A

Ge NPN BJT TH.1 circuit uses this part.

Substitutes Ge 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
2N388A	60		200 mA	0.15 W	5 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N1306	60	15 V	300 mA	0.15 W	8 MHz	13
AC130	50	15 V	100 mA	0.145 W	2 MHz	2
2N1304	40	20 V	300 mA	0.15 W	4 MHz	4
2N1308	80	15 V	300 mA	0.15 W	12 MHz	24
AC176	52	20 V	1000 mA	0.22 W	1 MHz	20
AC127	50	12 V	500 mA	0.34 W	1.5 MHz	15
GT404B	60	25 V	500 mA	0.6 W	1 MHz	1
NTE103	90	16 V	250 mA	0.15 W	2 MHz	5

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N1624	60	20 V	300 mA	0.15 W	5 MHz
SFT184	60	15 V	100 mA	0.15 W	5 MHz
2N1808	60	25 V	300 mA	0.15 W	6 MHz
2SC405	60	18 V	200 mA	0.125 W	4 MHz
NKT736	60	15 V	300 mA	0.15 W	8 MHz
2N815	60	15 V	200 mA	0.075 W	5 MHz
2N816	60	15 V	1000 mA	0.075 W	5 MHz
2SC86	60	12 V	200 mA	0.1 W	4 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	Aron Nelson Hot Fuzz 2N388A · J201	—	Fuzz	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	20