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I am building MBP Violenzz and Hipster pedals. I am stuck trying to decide on transistors for these circuits. I have a small selection of NPNs and the hFE reading on all of them are ~280-320. The hipster doesn't say it needs anything specific, so I am guessing that I can just use 2 of the same transistor, the lower hFE as Q1 and the higher as Q2.
The Violenzz says that Q2 needs to be double of Q1. Does anyone know what NPN transistors would be in the 500-600 range?

Transistors I have on hand: 2n3440, 2n3904, 2n5087, 2n5088, 2n5457, bc 183 TI, BC549, MPSA18, bs170, BC407B

Hello All,
I was putting together a pedal kit and one of the diode casings cracked. I figured it should still function, but once the pedal was together, the octave part of the pedal doesn't seem to do anything except light up an LED. The octave part routed through that diode, so I was thinking that it is the problem.
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_toct_lo_dist_f.pdf
It is the D2 diode on that wiring diagram. Would a cracked diode casing result in no effect from the second footswitch (Sw2)?
Thanks!

I have just recently tried my hand at building pedals. My first pedal was the ross compressor kit from general guitar gadgets: http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/effects-projects/compression/ross-compressor/

I have also built an AB switch after that and put new pots, pickups, switch in a guitar before.

What I am looking to know is if anyone could advise on the madbean scale noob -> zeus the compressor would be rated. I didn't have any difficulty putting the kit together and I am looking to challenge myself to the next level.

Thanks