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BC560C

Si PNP BJT TO-92 TH.11 circuits use this part. Listed as: Transistor BC560C.

Datasheet · from onsemi.com

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
BC560C	420	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
BC557C	450	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	75 MHz	13
BC307C	500	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	130 MHz	2
BC307B	240	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	130 MHz	6
2SA798	250	50 V	100 mA	0.4 W	50 MHz	1
2N3965	250	60 V	200 mA	0.36 W	50 MHz	3
BC557B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	75 MHz	6
2N5087	250	50 V	50 mA	0.31 W	40 MHz	171
2SA970	200	120 V	100 mA	0.3 W	100 MHz	5

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BC454C	420	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC556C	420	65 V	100 mA	0.63 W	150 MHz
2SA1944	400	50 V	1000 mA	0.5 W	90 MHz
2SA851	500	50 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz
BCX79-10	380	45 V	200 mA	0.6 W	200 MHz
BCY79D	380	45 V	200 mA	0.35 W	180 MHz
BCY79X	380	45 V	200 mA	0.35 W	180 MHz
BCX79X	380	45 V	200 mA	0.45 W	100 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Exar OD-02 Overdrive Vero18×19 Unverified BC547 · BC550C · BC560C · J113 Exar OD-02 Overdrive	Exar OD-02 Overdrive	Overdrive	Dirtbox Layouts	—	3	—	23
Roger Mayer Vision Octavia Vero19×16 Unverified BC550C · BC560C Roger Mayer Octavia	Roger Mayer Octavia	Fuzz	Dirtbox Layouts	—	3	—	29
HexeFX Night Train OD Perfboard Verified BC550C · BC560C HexeFX Night Train OD	HexeFX Night Train OD	Overdrive	Effects Layouts (blog)	—	3	—	20
Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor Perfboard Unverified 2SK170 · 78L05 · AD797 · BC550C Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor	Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor	Compressor	Effects Layouts (blog)	—	3	—	39
Elektor Harmonic Enhancer 2 BC264A · BC547B · BC550C · BC560C	—	EQ / Filter	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	2	—	66
Hi-Fi Preamp BC550C · BC560C	—	Preamp / Amp-in-a-box	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	13
S-Cabsim 2N5457 · BC550C · BC560C	—	Preamp / Amp-in-a-box	HotKits	—	—	$2.50	42
Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor Vero 2SK170 · 78L05 · AD797 · BC550C Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor	Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor	Compressor	Revolution Deux	—	3	—	62
Bog Fuzz BC549C · BC560C · MP38A Dunlop JHF-3 Band of Gypsies Fuzz	Dunlop JHF-3 Band of Gypsies Fuzz	Fuzz	Sheepylove	—	3	€10.00	36
Heathkit TA28 Vero17×9 Verified BC550C · BC560C Heathkit TA28	Heathkit TA28	Boost	Tagboard Effects	—	2	—	17
Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor Vero21×22 Verified 2SK170 · 78L05 · AD797 · BC550C Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor · 1590B	Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor	Compressor	Tagboard Effects	1590B	3	—	40