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2SC2458

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.10 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
2SC2458	70	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC2712	70	50 V	150 mA	0.15 W	80 MHz	1
2SC1815	70	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	85
2N3416	75	50 V	500 mA	0.36 W		1
2SC945	75	40 V	100 mA	0.25 W	125 MHz	10
2N5551	80	160 V	600 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz	6
MPSA05	50	60 V	500 mA	0.33 W	100 MHz	6
2SD667	60	80 V	1000 mA	0.9 W	70 MHz	1
2N3569	100	40 V	500 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz	3

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2SC4116	70	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz
2SC5343	70	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz
2SC2712O	70	50 V	150 mA	0.15 W	80 MHz
2SC734O	70	50 V	150 mA	0.3 W	75 MHz
2SC1815O	70	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz
2SC4207	70	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz
BFR69TS	70	45 V	150 mA	0.1 W
2SC4116-O	70	60 V	150 mA	0.1 W	80 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Mangel Wurzel 2SC1015 · 2SC2458 · MN3102 · MN3207 1590BBS	—	Vibrato / Chorus	Dead End FX	1590BBS	4	$20.00	111
BOSS FZ-2 2SA1335 · 2SC2458 · 2SC3378 · 2SK118 Boss FZ-2	Boss FZ-2	Fuzz	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	4	—	65
BOSS PW-2 2SA1048 · 2SC2458 · 2SK118 · 2SK184 Boss PW-2	Boss PW-2	Other	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	4	—	49
BOSS RV-3 2SA1312 · 2SC2458 · 2SK880 · 78L05 Boss RV-3	Boss RV-3	Reverb	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	4	—	172
Boss MD-2 2SA1048 · 2SC2458 · 2SK118 · 2SK184 Boss MD-2	Boss MD-2	Distortion	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	47
Ibanez AD9 2SA1048 · 2SC1583 · 2SC2458 · 2SK118 Ibanez AD9	Ibanez AD9	Delay	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	144
Ibanez MS10 2SC2458 · 4558 · ? · JRC4558D Ibanez MS10	Ibanez MS10	Distortion	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	120
Ibanez PC10 022 · 2SA1048 · 2SC1583F · 2SC2458 Ibanez PC10	Ibanez PC10	Vibrato / Chorus	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	6	—	212
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion 2SA1048 · 2SA1335 · 2SC2458 · 2SC3378 Boss DS-2	Boss DS-2	Distortion	Revolution Deux	—	3	—	161
Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz 2SA1335 · 2SC2458 · 2SC3378 · 2SK118 Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz	Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz	Fuzz	Revolution Deux	—	4	—	133