Re: Great Jumpin Germaniums! (Ge Diode and Transistor Reviews & Discussion)

Posted by Vince on Sep 12, 2014; 9:29am
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I've had great results with my 1T308b's... I've found that the low HFE's do not matter in a fuzz face. I've dropped a couple of 40 and 80 hfe and it's the same if not higher gain than two AC128's at 120hfe..

There is a video on youtube somewhere explaining why that is.. something to do with frequencies rather than gain values... Measuring them is all good but I prefer to drop them in and hear it....