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BC183C

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.5 circuits use this part.

Datasheet · archived copy from Motorola; 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
BC183C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
BC184C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	15
ZTX383C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.45 W	150 MHz	1
BC318C	400	30 V	150 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz	3
BC549C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	171
BC548C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	6
BC550C	420	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	81
2SC1583	500	50 V	100 mA	0.4 W	150 MHz	3
BC413C	380	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	250 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BC384C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC173C	450	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BCW83C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.225 W	150 MHz
BCW84C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.225 W	150 MHz
BC107C	450	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC209C	450	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC452C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC453C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
SolidGoldFx If 6 Was 9 Perfboard Verified BC183C Solid Gold FX If 6 Was 9 · 1590B	Solid Gold FX If 6 Was 9	Fuzz	Effects Layouts (blog)	1590B	3	—	19
Violenzz BC183C · BC183L Dunlop EJF-1 · 1590A	Dunlop EJF-1	Other	Madbean	1590A	1	—	21
Dunlop - Eric Johnson Signature Fuzz Face EJF1 Vero10×9 Verified BC183C · BC183L Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face	Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face	Fuzz	Tagboard Effects	—	2	—	16
SolidGoldFx If 6 Was 9 BC183CC Vero13×10 Verified BC183C SolidGoldFx If 6 Was 9 BC183CC	SolidGoldFx If 6 Was 9 BC183CC	Fuzz	Tagboard Effects	—	3	—	20
Dunlop EJ-F1 Eric Johnson Fuzz Face PerfboardVero BC183 · BC183C Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face	Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face	Fuzz	turretboard.org	—	2	—	11