Matched Germaniums!

[Narwhal-Industries]

I have a ton of germanium transistors and I can match/test them. I mostly have ECG102A and ECG103B. I also have some really high beta Hitachi and Sanyo transistors. If there is something you are looking for I can see if I have any.

[eatyourguitar]

never heard of them. what are the you getting for Hfe. high, low, average. what have you built with them?

[culturejam]

ECG is, I think, Panasonic. Hitachi and Sanyo are pretty common names. All those Japanese companies made Ge goodies back in the day.

[Narwhal-Industries]

Last year our shop made an Overdrive that we called the Kraken. We had a germanium version, of which about a dozen were made. In the germanium Kraken I mostly used RCA transistors. But I did used the ECG 102A also which was made by Sylvania. I made a few with the Hitachi transistors which I liked the best. I have at least a few hundred germanium transistors in both PNP and NPN.

[Narwhal-Industries]

I've had good transistors with Beta as high as 500, most I pull are around 25. But what I consider useable is 70~120 hfe and I do still had a lot in that range. The high beta monsters are rare and always out of the Japanese stock, gain like an MPSA18 but not edgy.

[eatyourguitar]

if you have any npn germanium Hfe 300 - 500 I'll take 4 or 8 of them. I got a mojo triangle muff board from pigeon fx and the fs3699 (2n5133) I got are all 350 or lower. and if the price is right, I could grab some of the pnp Hfe 70 to 150 for fuzz face clones. whenever I find germanium for $1 each I buy a big batch. if its $5 or $8 I just buy what I need. oc44 and 2n270 are going for $8 each all day.

[Narwhal-Industries]

Ill see what I can dig up to your spec

[ARC Effects]

I'd be in for some suitable for fuzz faces as well