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2SC1815GR

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.6 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
2SC1815GR	300	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC2458BL	350	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	1
2SC1000	300	50 V	100 mA	0.2 W	40 MHz	5
TIS97	250	40 V	100 mA	0.5 W	125 MHz	6
BC182B	240	50 V	200 mA	0.3 W	120 MHz	3
2N5828	400	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W	90 MHz	1
ZTX382B	240	45 V	100 mA	0.45 W	150 MHz	1
2N6429	400	45 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	1
BC209	240	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BCX59X	300	45 V	200 mA	0.45 W	75 MHz
2SC2274	320	50 V	500 mA	0.5 W	60 MHz
2SC2868BL	350	80 V	100 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz
BCX59IX	250	45 V	200 mA	0.45 W	75 MHz
BC290C	250	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W
2N5234	250	60 V	100 mA	0.33 W
2SC6033	250	50 V	2500 mA	0.625 W
2N5827	250	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W	90 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Arion SAD-1 2SC1815GR · 2SK304 · MN3102 · MN3205 Arion SAD-1	Arion SAD-1	Delay	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	47
Ibanez AD99 2SA1015GR · 2SC1815GR · 2SK118 · 4558 Ibanez AD99	Ibanez AD99	Delay	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	134
Ibanez CD10 2SA1015GR · 2SC1583F · 2SC1815GR · 2SK118(O) Ibanez CD10	Ibanez CD10	Vibrato / Chorus	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	148
Ibanez EM5 2SA1015Y · 2SC1815BL · 2SC1815GR · 2SK118O Ibanez EM5 Echomachine	Ibanez EM5 Echomachine	Delay	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	111
Ibanez LS 10 2SC1815GR · 2SK246Y · 4001B · 4013B Ibanez LS 10	Ibanez LS 10	Utility	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	2	—	106
Ibanez STL Super Tube 2SC1815GR · 4558	—	Boost	PCBWay: Glory to Ukraine	—	4	—	29