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2SC536SP

Si NPN BJT.3 circuits use this part.

Datasheet · archived copy from Sanyo; 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
2SC536SP	60	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	50 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N3397	55	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	60 MHz	1
2N3565	70	25 V	50 mA	0.2 W	40 MHz	42
2SC828	65	30 V	50 mA	0.25 W	110 MHz	27
2SC2458	70	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	10
2SC828A	65	45 V	50 mA	0.25 W	110 MHz	1
2SC2712	70	50 V	150 mA	0.15 W	80 MHz	1
2N3416	75	50 V	500 mA	0.36 W		1
2SC1815	70	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	85

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BFY50I	60	35 V	100 mA	0.2 W	60 MHz
BC132	60	25 V	200 mA	0.2 W	40 MHz
2N2693	60	30 V	50 mA	0.3 W	42 MHz
2SC376	60	35 V	100 mA	0.2 W	75 MHz
2SC402A	60	25 V	100 mA	0.18 W	70 MHz
2SC403A	60	25 V	100 mA	0.18 W	70 MHz
BSY93	60	40 V	300 mA	0.36 W	50 MHz
2N3398	55	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	60 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Ibanez FL301 2SA1015 · 2SC1583F · 2SC536SP · 2SK44SP Ibanez FL301	Ibanez FL301	Flanger	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	114
Ibanez PT-90 1458 · 2SC536SP · 2SK30AY · 2SK44SP Ibanez PT-90	Ibanez PT-90	Phaser	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	102
Ibanez PT909 1458 · 2SC536SP · 2SK30AY · 2SK44SP Ibanez PT909	Ibanez PT909	Phaser	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	100