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2SC1815-GR

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

Datasheet · archived copy from Toshiba; the part is discontinued and the maker no longer publishes it

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	11
2N6428	200	50 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	2
BC167B	180	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	85 MHz	1
BC550B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	11
BC107B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	14
BC237B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
BC546B	200	65 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	7
BC547B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	61

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 · TA75558P · TLP222A Kurosawa "The Fuzz · 1590BBS	Kurosawa "The Fuzz	Fuzz	Dead End FX	1590BBS	2	$15.00	61
Bottle Rocket 2SC1815-GR · 4558 Vizion Valve Extreme overdrive · 1590BBS	Vizion Valve Extreme overdrive	Overdrive	Dead End FX	1590BBS	3	$15.00	43
Charonium 2SC1815-GR · 4558 · MN3102 · MN3207 Last Gasp Labs Misty Cave · 1590BBS	Last Gasp Labs Misty Cave	Vibrato / Chorus	Dead End FX	1590BBS	3	$15.00	78
Meta Morph V.2 2SC1815-GR · 2SK30A-GR · 4558 · MN3011 Last Gasp Arts Lab Transroom · 1590J	Last Gasp Arts Lab Transroom	Vibrato / Chorus	Dead End FX	1590J	4	$15.00	108
XY 2SC1815-GR · 4558 · NE5534 · TLP222 1590BBS	—	Overdrive	Dead End FX	1590BBS	5	$15.00	116