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Re: SolaSound tone bender transistors

3/29/2000 9:47 PM
Stuart	Re: SolaSound tone bender transistors I've made two of these, a few years apart, but I didn't bother with any transistor selection or substitution, I just picked some AC128's out of the parts box. hfe's are: No.1 Q1 = 72, Q2 = 49, Q3 = 77 No.2 Q1 = 148, Q2 = 300+ (hmmm), Q3 = 184 You might not expect it, but both sound identical. Neither one cleans up like a Fuzz Face, but that doesn't bother me. The second unit has newer AC128's, which are in a different style case to the ones I've used before and seem to be generally higher in gain (notwithstanding leaky ones). Stuart

3/29/2000 9:47 PM

Stuart

Re: SolaSound tone bender transistors

I've made two of these, a few years apart, but I didn't bother with any transistor selection or substitution, I just picked some AC128's out of the parts box.

hfe's are:

No.1 Q1 = 72, Q2 = 49, Q3 = 77
No.2 Q1 = 148, Q2 = 300+ (hmmm), Q3 = 184

You might not expect it, but both sound identical. Neither one cleans up like a Fuzz Face, but that doesn't bother me.
The second unit has newer AC128's, which are in a different style case to the ones I've used before and seem to be generally higher in gain (notwithstanding leaky ones).

Stuart