"on-board" transistor switching (for fuzzface etc.) idea (layout inside)

[unidive]

I made one pedal using the beavis method of tranny switiching (mount emitter and collector on switch then do a "dead bug" like joint for the base), but that method doesn't lend itself to tranny swapping using pins. What I want are transistors that sit entirely in a socket, on the circuit board, so I can change my bank of transistors - so I devised this way of mounting the transistors. Will this work? will all the extra lead material in higain circuits encourage noise? is there a better way to do this?



thanks! hope you find it useful.


oh ps, apologies to Andrew Carrell for the 69' layout

[dano12]

If it is high gain, I'd really try to avoid the long lead lengths. A possibly better option is to glue sockets directly to the switch, that's what I typically do....





Hope that helps...