How important is transistor matching in a Neovibe?

[Nitefly182]

Ive heard that the 12 transistors are supposed to be martched  for gain in a neovibe but I dont really have a gain measuring setup on my multimeter or elsewhere. Is the matching particularly important or will 12 good quality parts be close enough to do the job right?

[plankspank]

Good quality parts are all you will need. I've built one with off the shelf BJT's from Mouser and it works great- I would not worry about matching: BJT's are not like JFETS.Your biggest circuit variable will be the bulb / photo resistors / lite box combo.

[Nitefly182]

Good quality parts are all you will need. I've built one with off the shelf BJT's from Mouser and it works great- I would not worry about matching: BJT's are not like JFETS.Your biggest circuit variable will be the bulb / photo resistors / lite box combo.

Thanks! I think Ive got that pretty figured out via sheet metal bending. I assume the bulb and vintage style LDRs from smallbear will do the trick.

[R.G.]

Ive heard that the 12 transistors are supposed to be martched  for gain in a neovibe but I dont really have a gain measuring setup on my multimeter or elsewhere. Is the matching particularly important or will 12 good quality parts be close enough to do the job right?

Go tell whomever told you that matching was necessary to stop spreading info they really don't know anything about. Matching is not important in the neovibe.