Russian GT108V, GT313A

[sgmezei]

Just wanted to say, I had a batch of GT402's and GT108v's and they were both great. More than 90% were great Fuzz gains and minimal leakage.

[nomorebetts]

Sorry to bump an old thread.

But being a germanium novice I was just wondering what were the things you should look for apart from hfe if buying bulk and not being able to test them first.

[digi2t]

Check around the forums, and ask the folks that are happy with the ones they`ve used, where they got them from.

That`s what I did, and my batches have been pretty good. For the price, the dud rate has been quite acceptable. Especially considering the garbage that`s out there.

The MP16 and MP20 series is pretty good as well, as is the GT402, and GT404. I really like these ones.

Like I said, do your homework.

[IvIark]

The GT402B may be better for Q3 in a Tone Bender type circuit.  Out of a batch of 50 that I bought, gain ranged from 78 to 193hfe, 39 of them were over 100, and all of them had leakage but only 2 had what I would consider to be excessive.