OK. Stopped by the electronics graveyard today and went through their shelves of old transistors (one of the benefits of living in Silicon Valley is having access to a lot of old electronics "junk.") Found a few Motorola 2N2222 252 metal hats in the ~ 230 - 250 hfe range that I figured sho...

Thanks for the quick reply. I went ahead and ordered a batch of bc108 transistors so I will try replacing them when they arrive. I pulled both transistors off this afternoon and put in some female headers so I'll be able to test w/o resoldering or adding heat. I believe Q1 might be shorted too - I t...

I picked up a non working Dunlop - JH-F1 Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face and I'm trying to go through it and figure out what's wrong. When the pedal is clicked off / bypassed the clean signal feeds through ok. When it's engaged, nada. Switch and jacks seem to be ok. Wiring / solder points look ok. I found th...