Parts · Transistors

2N5088 OR 2N5089

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
2N5088	300	30 V	50 mA	0.31 W	50 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
MPS3704	300	30 V	800 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	2
2N5089	400	25 V	50 mA	0.31 W	50 MHz	136
2N3391	250	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	70 MHz	1
2N5210	250	50 V	50 mA	0.31 W	30 MHz	5
2SC732	200	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	40 MHz	4
BC184	240	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	4
BC183B	240	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
2N6429	400	45 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2SC587A	300	35 V	30 mA	0.3 W	50 MHz
2SC1963	300	25 V	200 mA	0.27 W	70 MHz
KSP6521	300	25 V	100 mA	0.625 W
BSW88B	250	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W
BSW89B	250	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W
BFW40	300	45 V	30 mA	0.5 W	60 MHz
BFW40A	300	45 V	30 mA	0.5 W	60 MHz
2SC711	300	25 V	50 mA	0.2 W	75 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
GRO 2N3906 · 2N5088 OR 2N5089	Dan Armstrong Green Ringer	Octave / Pitch	General Guitar Gadgets	—	—	$10.00	25
Maestro Filter Sample/Hold 2N3904 · 2N3906 · 2N5088 OR 2N5089 · 2N5457	Maestro Filter Sample/Hold	Wah / Envelope	General Guitar Gadgets	—	2	$16.00	70
Red Ranger Booster 2N5087 · 2N5088 OR 2N5089	—	Boost	General Guitar Gadgets	—	—	$12.00	24