Super alpha pair

[isal]

Hello everybody

Im thinking to add a super alpha touching circuit
From this page
http://talkingelectronics.com/pay/BEC-2/Page44.html

The idea is to switch on momentary a circuit (fuzz distortion sustain etc)
With that simple circuit?

I was trying in a protoboard to ligth up a led but it is not working

Any sugestions? 

Thanks

[jtn191]

that looks a lot like what smallbear calls a Darlington Pair when talking about germanium