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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: BDuguay on March 23, 2004, 09:46:14 AM

Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: BDuguay on March 23, 2004, 09:46:14 AM
I've seen these mentioned but I'd like to know if they're specifically good for any particular effect.
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: Jason D on March 23, 2004, 10:01:44 AM
I know they are used in the MXR Blue Box, but I don't think that ckt is too particular about what trans. you use.
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: Nasse on March 23, 2004, 10:23:09 AM
:shock: Was the Garage Fuzz using 2222
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: casey on March 23, 2004, 10:28:32 AM
gagan's tape measure boost uses it.
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: zener on March 23, 2004, 10:40:12 AM
It can work in any pedal that uses 2n5088 or 89, 2n3904, bc109, bc108 and other npn but from what i have read here, it has less gain than 5088 or 89,
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: Paul Marossy on March 23, 2004, 11:08:12 AM
The 2N2222 is a low gain general purpose transistor. It's about at the bottom of the totem pole as far as gain goes. It doesn't seem to be too noisy, though. I have a bunch of metal can type 2N2222's that were given to me.

That Garage Fuzz circuit does use a pair of those. I built that one just for fun.
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: BDuguay on March 23, 2004, 12:54:39 PM
That's the ones I'm talking about Paul.
The metal can types. I'm interested in using them to make a "gain" based pedal. Anymore suggestions? Anything I can check out at runoffgroove?
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: B Tremblay on March 23, 2004, 01:03:07 PM
Quote from: BDuguayAnything I can check out at runoffgroove?

I've liked using metal can 2N2222 in the Sili-Face & Sili-Face II.  The Multi-Face and Tantalus Project would also be fine with them.
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: Doug H on March 23, 2004, 02:08:42 PM
I'm guessing any kind of "vintage" silicon fuzz would benefit from a metal can 2n2222. I liked it when I breadboarded the FT70. I ended up using one in my axis fuzz build too. It has a nice smooth sound, when you don't want or need high hfe.

Doug
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: nightingale on March 23, 2004, 09:44:43 PM
i think my lpb-1 clone has one in it right now~
i was running low on 5088's so i snagged my last 5088 out on my lpb-1...just dropped one(2222)in the socket... and it sounds good to my ears...
hth,
Title: 2N2222, what pedal can use these?
Post by: ian87 on March 24, 2004, 11:45:52 AM
lofo mofo, IIRC....
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