Parts · Transistors

2N5308

Si NPN Darlington BJT TO-92 TH.5 circuits use this part.

Selector table · a row in a maker's catalog, not a full datasheet; the part is discontinued

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
2N5308	7000	40 V	300 mA	0.4 W	60 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
KSP13	5000	30 V	500 mA	0.625 W	125 MHz	3
BC517	30000	30 V	400 mA	0.625 W	120 MHz	4
2SC1815BL	500	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	4
BC184C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	15
BC183C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	6
BC318C	400	30 V	150 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz	3
2N6429	400	45 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	1
2SC2458BL	350	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	1

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
BCX38C	6000	60 V	800 mA	1 W
KSP25	10000	40 V	500 mA	0.625 W
2SC1472B	5000	30 V	300 mA	0.5 W	50 MHz
KSP26	10000	50 V	500 mA	0.625 W
BCPA27	10000	60 V	500 mA	1 W
2N6427	10000	40 V	500 mA	0.625 W	130 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Bass Brassmaster BB1 2N3392 · 2N5308	—	Bass	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	60
Maestro Brassmaster 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster	Maestro Brassmaster	Fuzz	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	43
Maestro Brassmaster 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster	Maestro Brassmaster	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	43
BrassMaster 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster · 1590BB	Maestro Brassmaster	Fuzz	Fuzz Dog	1590BB	3	£45.60	63
BoomBoom 2N3392 · 2N5308 Maestro Brassmaster · 125B	Maestro Brassmaster	Distortion	Madbean	125B	4	$12.00	65