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2N5306

4 circuits use this part. Listed as: Semiconductors.

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
2N5306	7000	25 V	300 mA	0.4 W	60 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N5308	7000	40 V	300 mA	0.4 W	60 MHz	5
KSP13	5000	30 V	500 mA	0.625 W	125 MHz	3
BC517	30000	30 V	400 mA	0.625 W	120 MHz	2
2SC1815BL	500	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	1
BC184C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	4
BC183C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
2N6429	400	45 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	1
MPS3704	300	30 V	800 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	2

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N999	7000	60 V	500 mA	0.5 W
2SC982	7000	30 V	300 mA	0.3 W	100 MHz
2SC1472B	5000	30 V	300 mA	0.5 W	50 MHz
BCX38C	6000	60 V	800 mA	1 W
BCX88	10000	25 V	500 mA	0.5 W	80 MHz
KSP25	10000	40 V	500 mA	0.625 W
KSP26	10000	50 V	500 mA	0.625 W
KSP14	10000	30 V	500 mA	0.625 W	125 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Ampeg Scrambler 2N3904 · 2N5089 · 2N5306	—	Octave / Pitch	General Guitar Gadgets	—	3	$14.00	40
Antique Wave Disruptor 2N5306	old version of the Death By Audio Soundwave Breakdown	Fuzz	Moonn Electronics	—	4	€4.50	14
Pew Pew 2N5089 · 2N5306	Supersonic Fuzz Gun by Death By Audio	Fuzz	Moonn Electronics	—	5	€4.50	27
Wave Disruptor 2N5089 · 2N5306	Soundwave Breakdown	Fuzz	Moonn Electronics	—	5	€5.50	36