some "soft", low gain PNP silicon transistors...

[mordechai]

I'm building up a Buzzaround circuit, and some of the build reports have commented that subbing in a low gain silicon PNP in the Q2 position cuts down on noise without affecting the authenticity of the tone.  Anybody got suggestions about which devices might work well?  My Q1 transistor is a very low leakage 2N404 (at about 75 Hfe), so I'm guessing that a device sitting aroundf 50-70 Hfe for Q2 would do the trick...

[wordtobigbird]

Russian KT transistors. Theyre little coloured box shapes in either yellow green or red. Cant remember the designation but they come in pretty low hfes. Only issue is theyre ECB pinout but a little vero and some jumpers takes care of it.

Heres some - http://r.ebay.com/lP9F4C

[antonis]

Or place a feedback cap of some tens to hundreds pF between Collector & Base...

[digi2t]

2N2904A

It's what I used in my Skyripper in place of a Ge, and it rocks. They tend to sit in the same gain range too.

[mac]

Try power transistors, BDxxx or TIPxx.
Low gain and high output capacitance like many germs.

mac