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2SC828

8 circuits use this part. Listed as: BJT transistor, NPN TO-92.

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
2SC828	65	30 V	50 mA	0.25 W	110 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC536	60	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	115 MHz	1
2SC2458	70	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	1
2SC1815	70	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	28
2N3565	70	25 V	50 mA	0.2 W	40 MHz	11
MPSA05	50	60 V	500 mA	0.33 W	100 MHz	2
2N3707	100	30 V	30 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz	1
2N3903	50	40 V	200 mA	0.31 W	250 MHz	8
2N6076	100	25 V	100 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BF594	65	25 V	30 mA	0.25 W	130 MHz
2SC2619C	65	30 V	100 mA	0.15 W	115 MHz
BF394	65	30 V	50 mA	0.31 W	80 MHz
2SC2070	70	32 V	50 mA	0.3 W
2SC896	70	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	100 MHz
2SC2669O	70	30 V	30 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz
KSC3488	70	25 V	300 mA	0.3 W
2N3845	60	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	120 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Rift (Legacy) 2SC828	Univox Superfuzz	Fuzz	Aion FX	1590B	4	—	64
Cosmo King 2N5088 · 2SC828 · 2SK30	Royal Cosmo Wah	Vibrato / Chorus	Dead End FX	—	4	$15.00	69
Larry 2N5088 · 2N5457 · 2SC828 · NE571	—	Flanger	Dead End FX	—	—	$30.00	124
Standard Fuzz 2SC828 · 2SK30A	Ibanez Standard Fuzz	Fuzz	JMK PCBs	125B	2	$6.00	46
Super Duper Fuzz 2SC828	Univox Super-Fuzz	Fuzz	JMK PCBs	—	2	$12.00	58
Bonesaw 2SC828	Univox SuperFuzz	Octave / Pitch	Madbean	1590B	2	$10.00	60
Uno Fuzz 2SC828	Univox Super-Fuzz	Fuzz	PCB Guitar Mania	125B	1	€9.90 out	57
Uberfuzz 2SC828	Univox Super-Fuzz	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	3	$12.00	58