Re: J201 and 2n5457 replacements

Posted by Muadzin on Oct 06, 2015; 8:03am
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/J201-and-2n5457-replacements-tp24940p24996.html

If I can do it, anyone can. I dab some solder onto one of the pads, then put a transistor between the tips of a plier (this where you should be careful because they will be a bitch to find if they snap free), reheat the solder on the pad and shove the pin of the transistor into it. After that the transistor is fixed into place and you apply solder to the other two pads/pins. Use the thinnest strand of solder you can find though and it probably still won't win you any solder awards.

Afterwards I always check to see if there is continuity between the transistor pins and the holes where you can solder the legs into.