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2N527

Ge PNP BJT TH.2 circuits use this part. Listed as: Germanium transistor; PNP Germanium Transistor.

Substitutes Ge PNP 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
2N527	80	30 V	500 mA	0.225 W	2 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N526	65	30 V	500 mA	0.225 W	1 MHz	1
ASY33	90	30 V	300 mA	0.15 W	0.5 MHz	1
NTE158	90	32 V	1000 mA	1.6 W	1.5 MHz	1
GT402B	60	25 V	500 mA	0.6 W	1 MHz	2

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
ACY19	80	30 V	500 mA	0.26 W	1 MHz
2N652	80	45 V	500 mA	0.2 W	1.2 MHz
GTC609V	80	50 V	700 mA	0.5 W
2N1190	100	30 V	500 mA	0.2 W	2 MHz
2N3427	75	30 V	500 mA	0.2 W	4 MHz
2N1188	80	45 V	500 mA	0.2 W	1 MHz
AC554	75	24 V	300 mA	0.22 W	1 MHz
SFT242	70	30 V	550 mA	0.225 W	1 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	One Knob Fuzz Face Turret board2×6 2N527 Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face · 1590B	Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face	Fuzz	Amplified Parts	1590B	1	—	11
	Park Fuzz Sound 2-Knob Turret board2×6 2N527 · OC46 Park Fuzz Sound · 1590B	Park Fuzz Sound	Fuzz	Amplified Parts	1590B	—	—	15