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I bought a set of 5 OC81D transistors off eBay and their Hfes measured less than 45, tried using three of them in a breadboarded Tonebender Mk II circuit and got good results after tweaking the value of just one resistor..... :thumbsup


https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic ... 10&t=23674
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