Hipster Bias Question

[guitarhands03]

Just finished up a Hipster baby board build and Im running BC 108's. I messed around a bit on the bias ranging from 3.5v-5.5v on the collector of Q2 and didnt care too much for the fuzz so I cranked it to 8.2v and really dug the sound. Will this do any damage to the transistor and is it ok to just bias to taste? Thanks!

[jkokura]

The quick answer is probably not. The definitive answer is found in the datasheet.

Jacob

[guitarhands03]

I feel like such a boob  ! looks like max voltage it can  handle at the collector is 20v if I read the datasheet correctly. Thanks for the reply!