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2SC1815-GR

5 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
2SC1815-GR	200	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC2458GR	200	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	2
2N6428	200	50 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	2
BC550B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	2
BC107B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	4
BC546B	200	65 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	2
BC547B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	11
ECG123A	200	40 V	800 mA	0.5 W	300 MHz	1
BC550	240	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	10

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BC290	200	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W
BC290A	200	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W
BC290B	200	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W
BCM61B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.39 W	100 MHz
2SC2868GR	200	80 V	100 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz
BC280C	200	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz
BC317B	200	45 V	150 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz
BCW72L	200	45 V	100 mA	0.225 W

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Akira 2SC1815-GR	Kurosawa "The Fuzz"	Fuzz	Dead End FX	1590BBS	3	$15.00	56
Bottle Rocket 2SC1815-GR	Vizion Valve Extreme overdrive	Overdrive	Dead End FX	1590BBS	1	$15.00	39
Charonium 2SC1815-GR · MN3102	Last Gasp Labs Misty Cave	Vibrato / Chorus	Dead End FX	1590BBS	4	$15.00	74
Meta Morph V.2 2SC1815-GR · 2SK30A-GR · 4558 · MN3011	Last Gasp Arts Lab Transroom	Vibrato / Chorus	Dead End FX	1590J	2	$15.00	102
XY 28C1815-GR · 2SC1815-GR · NE5534	—	Overdrive	Dead End FX	1590BBS	5	$15.00	112