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2SC2458-GR

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.1 circuit uses 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-GR	200	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC1815Y	200	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	3
BC167B	180	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	85 MHz	1
BC107B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	14
BC237B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
2N6428	200	50 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	2
BC550B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	11
2SC2240	200	120 V	100 mA	0.3 W	50 MHz	9
2SC2240GR	200	120 V	100 mA	0.3 W	50 MHz	3

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BCW72L	200	45 V	100 mA	0.225 W
2SC2712GR	200	50 V	150 mA	0.15 W	80 MHz
BC5347B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.225 W	100 MHz
BC847BL	200	45 V	100 mA	0.225 W	100 MHz
BC850BL	200	45 V	100 mA	0.225 W	100 MHz
BC846BL	200	65 V	100 mA	0.225 W	100 MHz
BC847B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.15 W	100 MHz
BFR67B	200	45 V	150 mA	0.1 W

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	Boss OD-3 2SA1048 · 2SC2458-GR · 2SK118 · 2SK184-GR Boss OD-3 Overdrive	Boss OD-3 Overdrive	Overdrive	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	83