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2SC539

Si NPN BJT.4 circuits use this part. Listed as: Transistor.

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
2SC539	250	25 V	50 mA	0.3 W	100 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
BC169B	240	20 V	100 mA	0.3 W	85 MHz	6
BC169	240	20 V	100 mA	0.3 W	85 MHz	1
2N3391	250	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	70 MHz	9
BC184	240	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	15
BC183B	240	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	3
BC184B	240	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
MPS6515	250	25 V	100 mA	0.31 W	200 MHz	3
BC208B	240	20 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BSW88B	250	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W
BSW89B	250	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W
BC172B	240	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	100 MHz
BCW65CLT1	250	32 V	800 mA	0.3 W	100 MHz
MPS6571	250	20 V	50 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz
2N5420	250	25 V	500 mA	0.4 W	100 MHz
BCW65C	250	32 V	800 mA	0.35 W	100 MHz
BCW65RC	250	32 V	800 mA	0.35 W	100 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Mirano EF-1 Exciting Fuzz Vero19×17 Verified 2SC539 Mirano EF-1 Exciting Fuzz	Mirano EF-1 Exciting Fuzz	Distortion	Dirtbox Layouts	—	3	—	30
Univibe 2SC539 · 2SC828 · MXY-7BX4 Shin-ei Uni-Vibe	Shin-ei Uni-Vibe	Vibrato / Chorus	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	47
Leeds Fuzz 2SC828, 2SC539, OR 2SC356 Univox Super-Fuzz	Univox Super-Fuzz	Fuzz	Moody Sounds	—	3	kr895.00 out	20
Shin-ei Uni-Vibe 2SC539 · 2SC828 Shin-ei Uni-Vibe	Shin-ei Uni-Vibe	Vibrato / Chorus	Revolution Deux	—	4	—	97