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BC183L

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.4 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
BC183L	120	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
S8050	120	25 V	500 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
ZTX108	125	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
BC182	120	50 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	7
BC107	110	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	13
BC107A	110	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	3
BC237	110	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
PN4124	120	25 V	200 mA	0.625 W	170 MHz	2
BC318	110	30 V	150 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2SC735Y	120	30 V	400 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BCW60ALT1	120	32 V	100 mA	0.3 W	125 MHz
BCY58VII	120	32 V	200 mA	0.27 W	125 MHz
BC173	125	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC173A	125	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BCW60A	120	32 V	100 mA	0.35 W	125 MHz
BCY58CSM	120	32 V	200 mA	0.36 W	125 MHz
2SC1959Y	120	30 V	500 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
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
Really Simple Transistor Compressor Vero21×9 Unverified BC183L · BC213L Really Simple Transistor Compressor	Really Simple Transistor Compressor	Compressor	Tagboard Effects	—	1	—	21
DAM Meathead M-13 Vero19×9 BC183L · BC337-16 DAM Meathead M-13	DAM Meathead M-13	Fuzz	turretboard.org	—	1	—	16