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BC560B

1 circuit uses this part.

Substitutes Si PNP 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
BC560B	240	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
BC307B	240	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	130 MHz	3
BC557B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	75 MHz	1
2N3965	250	60 V	200 mA	0.36 W	50 MHz	3
2N5087	250	50 V	50 mA	0.31 W	40 MHz	73
2SA1015Y	120	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	2
PN2907	100	40 V	600 mA	0.4 W	200 MHz	4
2N4403	100	40 V	600 mA	0.31 W	200 MHz	4
2N3906	100	40 V	200 mA	0.31 W	250 MHz	113

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BC556B	240	65 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz
2SA1114	250	70 V	200 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz
BCX79-9	250	45 V	200 mA	0.6 W	200 MHz
BCY79B	250	45 V	200 mA	0.35 W	180 MHz
BCY79C	250	45 V	200 mA	0.35 W	180 MHz
BCY79CP	250	45 V	200 mA	0.35 W	180 MHz
BCAP77B	240	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	200 MHz
BCX79IX	250	45 V	200 mA	0.45 W	100 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	Amnesia 1458 · 2N7000 · BC560B	smallsound/bigsound No Memory	Vibrato / Chorus	Dead End FX	1590BBS	5	$15.00	78