Originally Posted by
duhvoodooman
Can't hurt to change the buffer trannies, though the pinout on the MPSA18 (which is what I've used in all my TS clones) is different, as you mentioned. Just leave the legs a bit long and bend them around carefully to avoid contact between them, and you shouldn't have any problem. I recently did the same thing to change from higher gain trannies to mid-range ones in another distortion pedal, and it worked fine. I'll be interested to hear if you discern any improvement from the switch.