Behringer HB01

For someone who's more familiar with Dunlop Original Cry-Baby, there just maybe too many tweaks here. But then again, we want tweaks! This thing gives you all the flavors you may want, PLUS... you can use it on bass guitar too!

You will need a tool to adjust the Time Adj option so that drops another one, but otherwise, good work.

Another thing is that Dunlop users will have to push the toe all the way down to get the maximum wah, since the switch under the pedal is non-existant and doesn't need any compensation. However, that won't cost a point in my opinion because that's just a matter of getting used to.

Anyway, the essentials: Boost, boost function, Q and Fine adjustments, input, output and bypass output, Time Adj tweak. Led to indicate that Boost is used, and another one to indicate that you're using the effect. Switches off when effect is inactive - meaning you removed your foot. Works with a 9V battery or an external power supply.

I tested this out in chain with my Boss GT-8 and tried it also with my Roland Cube 30x. I like what I hear, though with certain sounds the wah doesn't seem to react. Whether that's because of the wah or the amp, I won't touch.

You'll benefit of the boost option if you're a bass player and use mild overdrive in your regular sound. Say, if you play Metallica and want to do For Whom The Bell Tolls. The boost grabs the mild overdrive quite nicely and smears it into your face for that classic Cliff Burton intro.

I doubt that the boost option comes so much in handy with guitar and metal tones. It'll only add further noise there... But for bass, it's good!

I do complain a little bit about the Effect Off function. If you're in heel down position for too long, the effect chops off and gives you a sudden attack of regular sound. This can probably be compensated with the Time Adj function, or otherwise, just getting used to the touch of this wah.

The casing is plastic and so is the large frequency knob on the side - therefore I DON'T recommend trying to drop it. However, if you treat it nicely, it'll treat you nicely. It's quite sturdy despite the plastic, so it'll sustain the standard use.

People experience problems with the Switch Off function and yeah, I can see what they mean - the pedal may remain on. You have to resort to some home engineering to fix this problem, but in general you shouldn't need to, cheap or not.

Having that said, maybe not without a backup.

Well, for this price range, I don't think I'll dwell into that a whole lot. I somehow don't really expect this thing to last, I wanted to see how it works and what it does. If it breaks, fine... and if not, YAY!

This is a decent and versatile wah pedal as an effect. There's plenty of controls for everyone and a bypass option as well. The only problems you'll have are with the mechanic engineering which unfortunately cause the Switch Off function to be a bit spotty. On mine the pedal portion moves left and right, and I noticed that this effects the Switch Off functionality. A little bit of knife and tape can fix this problem, although I don't generally vote for a product that needs an extra warranty-voiding touch to work properly.

Other than that, there are just the matters of getting used to and this pedal does what it's supposed to, and will get you started on wah pedals if you're a beginner. However, even with experience you'll probably find new things with this. Speaketh playing since 1992.

It's plug and play.

It sounds fine, you just need to mess with it a little bit. And learn how to run this pedal.

I have never had a problem with it, and the battery last a long time. And it is plastic, ABS plastic, which is on your car. Which means, it's not gonna break anytime soon.

Never had a problem.

Christian rock, classic rock, etc...

Lots of Features.. but its been described here too many times!

Really like the big nob!

Here is were we can discuss some things!

First i bought mine used.. 15eur, something like 20 bucks!

First i did the triangle thing mod, enlarged the damn thing and put electrical tape to shape it better, now we have a better tracking

Second i messed with the bypass led and fotoresistor, now as soon as the pedal moves the wah is activated

Third i removed the rubber thing at the end of the footplate and at the bottom.

RESULT:

Nothing like it comes from the box, now i have full tracking of the wah.. and a sweet sweet mee-oow..

It reminds me of a bad horsie.. loving it!

For a 20 buck wah.. its the biggest bargain everyone could get!

Its pretty sturdy..

But then again for 20$ you couldnt get any better!

Get one of these, mod it like i did.. and keep an open mind!

Dont bash it right away just cause its cheap and its a Behringer pedal!

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Pretty simple. Other than the big knob, the controls don't really do much. Turn them up or down, and it really doesn't make a difference. The boost is easy to "kick" on, but, again, doesn't really add much. The small knobs on the side (boost control, Q control, and fine tune) are close to impossible to grab and turn, and even if you manage that, it's hard to see where they are set; not that it really matters. Really poor design on the little controls.

I don't like the delay after you release the pedal before you get your normal sound back. Kind of defeats the purpose of "engaging/disengaging" an effect, no?

The sound is actually not bad for the price. It's not a crybaby or a weeping demon, but does have a nice, crisp sound with little noise (though it does fuzz up when I use it with my digitech multi-effects processor--but only on certain settings--I fault the digitech pedal more than this thing, because without certain digital sounds kicked in, this thing is clear as a bell.

I've seen a lot of people complaining about the sweep range and how the pedal just jumps from one frequency to another with little "climb/descent" in between. My guess is they have no clue how to use a wah pedal. That's like crashing your car and saying the steering wheel doesn't work well. It's fine. Just requires some touch.

I like the range of different sweeps from the big knob. It's supposed to be for setting it to lower frequencies for basses and such, but let's be honest, this is a Dunlop Q ripoff and the big knob changes the actual effect of the sweep, from dark and muddy to creamy and "wowpy" to bright and stinging.

Fpr 30 bucks... not bad at all.

Kinda junk. I broke the poorly designed "time setting" the first day I had it. It's a useless feature. It sets the amount of time after your foot leaves the pedal until the wah effect is disengaged. I'm thinking if you want the effect to last a few more seconds, you'd just leave your foot on the darn thing, but I suppose some brilliant "engineer" in Germany who makes too much money felt it was a good idea to have the effect resonate on your gitar sound after you've stopped using the pedal. I say let's fix his car so that it stays running for an extra 2 minutes after he parks it in the garage. Makes about as much sense.

So there's a small screw or something on the bottom (inside the metal plate) that requires a screwdriver too small to even be practical in order to adjust the time setting. It's very cheap, and you have no idea when you've reached the limit, like mine, so I just kept turning and it snapped off. Whatever.

It's flimsy and seems like it would easily break after lugging it around too much. Anyone who says they gig with it is either lying, or plays at their nephew's graduation party with 3 of his drunk loser friends and considers that a gig. This thing is not road worthy and will most definitely break after prolonged use.

I just got it to hold me over until I get a new crybaby. Then the only show this toy will will ever see is when I throw it up in the air and show it my aluminum baseball bat.

It's cheap for a reason. Don't listen to the hype about "well it's good plastic"... NO IT'S NOT! That's why it costs 30$ and not $140 like a crybaby. I hate to burst people's bubbles, but sometimes, you actually do get what you pay for.

I don't plan on ever calling them as it's more trouble to sit on the phone waiting to speak with someone you can barely understand because of a 30$ pedal than it is to just go out and buy a new one.

I play a lot of blues, rock, psychedelic, and creepy stuff. I'm not gonna snob out like a lot of people and use this review as a platform to brag about my gear and all the neat stuff I have while typing in music nerd language so that I appear smarter than I am by being incomprehensible, so I'll keep it simple: I play a Les Paul through a Marshall solid state with a muff, phaser, Guv'nor and a few other odds and ends in the loop. I like to mix up effects. This works well with all the pedals and in the amp except for the specific settings on my effects processor. It's decent for the short time I've played around with it so far.

I've found that I only like 2 settings on there: if the big knob was numbered from 1-5 with each click of a setting, 1 being the lowest, bassy pitch and 5 being the highest, sprakly pitch, I like 3 and 4. 1 and 2 are too muddy and bassy and 5 is wayyy too bright for my tastes.

If it were stolen I'd probably laugh at the idiot who passed up on something better to steal and not replace it unless I had no other wah.

What I love: I like the optical effect of engaging simply by pressing on it, and I like the spring-back. Give a nice, tight, flexy feel to the stomp. I love the fact that it's not costly. I love the fact that it works well with other pedals for the most part.

I hate the lame delay after you release the pedal. I guess if you're in a band and the bass and other rhythm guitarist are playing after you disengage, it's not the end of the world, but... it's a useless feature and they ought to fire the guy who decided that it was a good idea. It defeats the whole concept of an optical pedal. I also hate the small knobs on the side. The don't do much, and you can turn them at anyway. Too small. Again, bad design.

I wish it had bigger knobs that actually did something besides give you a headache when trying to adjust them.

It's not really a bad pedal, just not that great. It's got its uses, but don't buy this thinking you've solved your need for a wah pedal. This is a good beginner toy or to hold you over until you can afford a "real" wah pedal, but that's it, and that's the truth.

I gave it a 7 due to the value, and I also rated the sound high for the same reason. But comparing this to a crybaby is like comparing a Ford Escort to a Porsche 911.

Pretty straighforward to use really. Just a Wah with a Boost cuircuit. Manual is good, explains all the necesay functions.
You can get some usefull sounds out of it stock, although I found the Wah range a bit too short. So I simply modded the pedal as explained below. I did not completely cut away the rubber stoppers, just shortened them (made them almost flush with the edge of pedal) and carefully enlarged the smallest triangle inside with an X-acto No.11 blade. This expands the ranged of the wha with about 30% Which was my goal.

But hey, for the price these are going for, the mod is just a small thing! I had a Vintage Shaller Wah-Fuzz (late 60ties) and it was a complete disaster...Meaning Whatever people say not all Vintage stuff is good. Sold the Shaller for about 7 times what I paid the HB-01! Seams a common practice to take a Dump on Behringer products, but hey, I don't see any other manufacturer doing the same. Ok, a Morley or Dunlop will sound perhaps better, but you pay about 5 times more for such a unit! And let's face it, we aint all Claptons or Hendrixes! Watch You tube for some demonstrations of the HB-01 and judge for yourself.

Sound quality is good for such a cheap priced unit! Although the mod I did made it even better. I found the unit not very noisy when using good quality Patch cables and the correct power adapter (I use an Ibanez one) Although when used with cheap patch cables and a cheap adapter is verry noisy, but so are even more expensive pedals!
I mostly use the HB-01 in front of a Dirt box, my favorite being the Zoom Ultra Fuzz UF-01 (a sadly no longer in production pedal) this gives me the sound(s) I want. From creamy Jimi, to 60ties garage and all in between. Sounds also good with a Behringer VD-1 (Although this is noisy box) and it sounds very bluesy with a simple Overdive or tube screamer.

I don't find the Boost very good, it's tweakable, but since it only runs when the wah is being used, the boost signal weakens when you push the wah back in the lower frequenties.

I mostly use a original "64 Fender Tremolux or for home use an old small Eko 10watts transistor amp and some upgraded MIJ Fender Jazzmasters. Hellbabe sounds good on both.
The High-Low knob is usefull when switching between brighter and less brighter guitars.Although the differences are subtle.

Well, it's a heavy plastic box with a heavy iron plate under it. So far I had no issues with it. I have used Danelectro mini pedals (also plastic ones) for over 40 gigs in the past few years and the housing of those never gave me any problems, so I don't expect any with the Hellbabe.
I never use backups and I never needed them!

Behringer seams to have a very decent customer suport. I heard the even have a waranty on their products on which they engage themselves to replace any broken product within waranty. Not bad I think.

I play a lot of styles from Instro 60ties to garage to post rock and a lot in between. Been playing for about 15 years now and used a lot of gear over these years. Played my part in various bands.
I bought a few used Behriger pedals, the Vintage Distortion, Vintage Phaser and The Hellbabe. I could't ressist them for the price and I'm impressed by their value for money. In a perfect world all stompboxes should be cheap, but they aren't. So to me Behringer is a welcome change.

Many others have already detailed the features here so I won't repeat. The manual (which I downloaded from Behringer's site) is not particularly useful but makes the functions of everything clear enough. Once the bypass timer is adjusted it's actually pretty usable no matter what settings anything else has. It's not the most aggressive or strongest wah effect around but it is good.

Most guitarists will probably only use the higher frequency settings but there is enough scope available in the rest of the settings for 7-stringers, baritone players, and bassists. More than enough volume boost on tap if you need it too.

Some people have complained about the length of travel of the pedal but, while not the longest on the market, I don't feel that it's too short.

Sound quality is excellent. The pedal has no problems with noise or interference, or tone suck, and once the bypass timer is set right, there is no obvious clicking or thumping when switching on or off.

The wah effect is not overly pronounced and, as mentioned elsewhere, could have a little more high frequency scope to it - meaning that it won't go into near ultrasonic shrieking as some wahs on the market do. As I said above, most people will still probably choose the highest frequency settings. Having said that, the lack of high end aggression gives the pedal a smooth, hi-fi sort of sound that I particularly like, and of course helps keeping the noise down, particularly with single coil pickups.

Sounds very good both clean and run before a distortion.

Build is very solid, internals are well constructed. I'm not anticipating any problems. Current draw is less than 10mA so battery life should be very good, probably 2 or 3 times longer than most over tuners for example, 3 to 4 times longer than most digital delays. Experience with other Behringer gear has me very confident in it's abilities to handle the four gigs a week that my one will be put through.

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I'm a pro musician (i.e. playing live is my only income) with 18 years experience playing rock, blues, folk, funk, soul and even a little country music from time to time. Even at two or three times the price, this would be a very good wah indeed. The value for money is astonishing.

As with any wah pedal, what sounds good is a subjective thing that each person has to decide for themselves. If you don't like it, fair enough, try something else instead. Those who do like this will love it, and they'll be laughing at the price too.

The Behringer Hellbabe is a decent wah. You can get nice sounds out of it on clean and when your soloing. Manual is decent, tells you which botton and knob is for.

The actully "Wah" sound that you get out of it is... not very good. It more of a "Wow" type sound then a "wah" sound. The OD channle on it does give it some boost but not much. The 6 diffrent effects that you can choose from are pretty decent but could be better.

It weighs about 3 1/2 pounds and its made out of plastic, but very hard plastic! I would trust it for now and how I use it but in a Live situation...I would deffinatly bring a back up or just upgrade to a Crybaby or some other wah

Havnt delt with them yet. I bought it about a month ago and nothing has happend yet.

I play Hard rock and Metal and it suits me for the time being. Been playing 2 years and I have a dean ml and epi sg

If it was lost or stolen I would probley buy a diffrent one since I would like to try a Crybaby out. Not that this one is total junk and I would never buy it again. Just like to try something diffrent.

easy to use but the sound quality is bad. very small controls which dont really make much of a difference to the sound.

dont buy this pedal! its rubbish! seriously you can get a second hand crybaby off ebay for not much more than you can buy one of these new. DO NOT BUY ONE!

got rid of it before it had a chance to break

got rid of it before it had a chance to break

like i said before...DO NOT BUY THIS PEDAL!!!

Easy to use, hard to get a good sound from it. I don't personally like the spring action, always gotta have your foot on the thing when in use.

Badly conceived and made from cheap components, guess what, IT'S A 30 DOLLAR PEDAL FOLKS!!

I would not depend on it for regular stage use.

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I modified mine and got lucky, sweep range and sound improved a lot, OK for messing with at home but that is about it.

PS. you don't need a schematic to do the mod! just a screwdriver and an exacto knife. (adult supervision needed...watch you don't cut yourself kids) perhaps a little electrical tape if you cut to much.

The adjustment knobs on the left side of this pedal are small and cannot be adjusted verye easily. The knob on the right side is easy to adjust becuase of its size. The manual that came with it is clear and the controls are simple as well.

I thought the wah effect was pretty weak, it has a huge volume swell between the up (but activated) and down foot positions. It sounds like it is just switching between 2 different frequencies. When the wah is turned on with out the boost it drastically cuts the volume, when the front of the pedal is high, with the front of the pedal depressed it is really loud. When the wah switches on it clicks really loudly. But as i said the main problem I had with it is the outright weakness of the wah.

It seems relatively sturdy

The place I bought it from said if it stops working in the next year i can bring it in with the recipt and they will give me a new one.

This pedal is not a bad deal for the low price, but i would recommend just getting a crybaby, because the wah effect is weak, the volume is inconsistant, and the pedal clicks loudly when the wah is first activated so it can't be played live and sound very good

You have possibility to set Q, Boost and Freq Range.

Don't buy this if you are professional musicians. Try the other competitor too and you will hear the difference. Without mods you can not use it. The pedal trevel is to small and there is no continous wah effect, in reality the effect change between two frequecies (bad opto concepte). There is noise when the effect is switch on. Inside you can find very low quality soldering (made in China).

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I asked for schematic to make the mods and did't get it.

Don't buy this because of low price (as I did). It only works with mods for professional use.

If you are old school may take 5 minutes to get the tweaks down. But this pedal has all the mods that people have been doing and wanting on wahs for years.

I run J&H overdrive/distortion into Boss DD-3 then this wah. I was surprized by the tone I just returned a cry baby it sucked all the life and character out off my Fender Deville 2x12. Pick this up for 18 buck's. For the price you can not go wrong.

have only hade for a few day's This is not built like a tank the housing is plastic. The base plate is metal. If you drop this of a stage of back of truck you can just pick up a new one for 30 bucks.

Have not used yet.

For the the price and functions this pedal is a winner. Many time you get what you pay for and some times you get bent over for the big name brands. This is a good pedal for a good price.

Pretty straight forward usage. I kinda like the fact that the boost button is horizontal, less room for a slip up. The sweep range is misiscule and is unacceptable. Follow the mod that Flup posted by removing the rubber stops, and cutting the optical hole bigger to increase the sweep range.

When I first plugged it in I found the sound kind of thin, but with a little tweaking its okay ... of course it all depends on your setup. I'm using a cheap Zoom 707 fx pedal with overdrive into the wah, which goes into my old Harmony 415 combo amp. This is a blues amp with too much tone and needs low end EQ to grow balls. The wah is sweeping through the upper mids alright but trying to do a slow wah like in "civil war" or "no quarter" won't work until you apply the mod.

Pretty heavy and solid pedal despite the plastic. When I can afford to throw pedals against brick walls for fun I'll let you know.

dunno, i havn't had any problems with my Behringer stuff yet.

It's a Behringer so it's alot of bang for the buck and with some modifications its almost as good as a Dunlop.

It is easy to use, 3 knobs, 2 for low and high freq limit and one for the boost. you have a boost switch too.

I tried Morley and Dunlop and decided to by Behringer because of same quality but 6 times lower price. The sound is absoltely the same like other two, no noise or hum or something else, freq range is nice and even you can set it.

no problem until now

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This is good wah wah and price is correct. I play rock and jazz for 40 years and it works very well with my messa boogie.

It is very easy to use the effect and has been already described by another people. I can say that you can set much more than by effect of other competitors.

The sound quality is the same in comparison with other expensive competitors because of the almost same parts and features used in the hardware.

The reliability can be defined after certain time of use and this is not the topic yet

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I'm playing guitar over 20 years everything from rock to jazz and I???m electronic engineer by profession. If you look inside of expensive effects you will see that the price of all parts used is about 10 USD. Most competitors improve only small part of hardware with minimal cost (few USD) and sell it than for more than 100USD, especially the names like Vai, Satriani and other dudes were used to support this praxis. And it works because there are still many players which would buy rather the name than the thing itself. Fortunately there is the Behringer wah to buy otherwise I???m going to make one by myself...

excellent ease of use. i just leave all the knobs except freq on full, and adjust the freq to wat i need depending on wat im playing. the rocker resistor adjustment screw i found to be near useless, the resistance doesnt seem to change. the manual was pretty helpful except the bypass jack, i still dont understand it.

i use this pedal for slow sweeps wen playing dream theater and stuff, and all out wah for metallica. works well with anything. the only thing i wanted to change was sweep range and amount of movement. u can improve both of these by the following:
1. remove the rubber stoppers on the front and back of the pedal. this gives u all the rocking movement u need.u can put tape on that part to stop it hitting the base.

2. take the pedal off the base. u will find a vertical piece of plastic with two holes in it. the sqarish 1 controls wen the effect turns on and off. making this bigger will extend the amount of movement in which the effect is engaged. u can fix any mistakes with some opaque tape.

3. the triangle hole is to control wen the wah sound actually starts affecting the signals, and the shape of the sound. u can adjust this to suit personal preference. again, fix mistakes with tape.

might need a few attempts to get right but the end result is worth it... a near- perfect wah pedal.

i think i can depend on this pedal, although i havent had it for very long. plastic seems pretty heavy duty. i would use it on a backup.

never had to contact them.

i play dream theater, metallica, and my own stuff. ive been playing for a few years, and also have a behringer overdrive/distortion, behringer equalizer, behringer phaser, and behringer multi FX. im sick of people writing bad reviews about behringer because of their price, they just know musicians dont want to hav to pay $150 for simple distortion. i would definitely get another 1 if it were stolen, its a great pedal. the best thing is the freq range control, set it low for bottom sweeps and right up for solos.

I found that this product was very easy to use. Once you have adjusted the 'range' knob to the correct setting, I just turned everything else up to the top. The manual was simple but explained everything that I needed to know. The battery compartment is easy to access.

My setup is as follows:

OLP Benji Madden with Dimarzio Breed>>HB01>>Danelectro Grilled Cheese>>Behringer Tuner>>Marshall VS65r

The sound of this pedal is very good. It is not quite as good as the Cry Baby, but it is a quarter of the price! I have not detected any noise, and the bypass works fine. The range control works fine as well - in my other band, I use it for bass, and it sounds great!

I have noticed the spring squeaking sometimes, but it does not come through the amp, and when I am playing, you cannot hear it over the amp, so it is not a problem.

This is the only wah that I gig with - so I think is is reliable. Although the casing is plastic, is is tough, and the other guitarist in my band once jumped off the bass drum and landed on it. The pedal was fine - the only thing that broke was my lead! I have been using it for about eight or nine months now, and I have never had a problem with it.

Never had a problem, so I have never dealt with them.

I play in two different bands, playing all kinds of music, from funk to pop to metal, and this pedal fits in with everything. If it was stolen, I would definitely buy this again - what would be the point of spending four times as much on the Dunlop?

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READ IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SWEEP RANGE OF YOUR HELLBABE.

first sorry for my english

mine has a very little sweep range, so little it just seem the pedal goes on and off, i couldn't play with this. i was quite upset, it was unusable, unless you get veeeeery precise with your feet, which gets boring quickly.

first i removed the two rubber feel at the front of the rocker, so that the pedal bends higher. the sweep goes higher now and the pedal range is improved. i'll add some tape to avoid the noise of the colliding plastic but this is a great improvement to the pedal, and anyone can do it with no warranty problem.

then i opened my hellbabe to check what was inside it. i've found there was a big design problem. the optical sensor just wasn't getting any signal until (more than) halfway through the complete range of the pedal.

there's some small plastic piece inside which hides the red light from the led so that it doesn't reach the optical sensor controlling the sweep frequency. when you press the pedal, a hole in the plastic, shaped as a triangle, allows the red light to progressively reach the sensor.

this triangle isn't just long enough. as i thought my unit was unusable i thought damn let's try it i got nothing to loose.

WARNING !! DOING THE FOLLOWING WILL END YOUR WARRANTY !!

so i cutted the triangle to make it longer. my cut wasn't very clean so i added some opaque scotch tape to adjust my shot. after a few try (take your time and do things progressively) and a special adjustement for my taste (i gave it an exponential curve with some tape), i was thrilled to play my "new" hellbabe.

now the sweep goes on as soon as you put your feet on the pedal. i can make slowly progressive sweeps which were absolutely impossible without this modification.

i'm really happy with this pedal now, it's very versatile and from what i remember from a cry baby i used to own, i now prefer my hellbabe

enjoy

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my first one was dead on arrival. got it replaced

Very easy to use, lots of options and tweaks that will enable you to get a satisfactory sound. Manual quite basic but everything explained.

Not too bad if you are just starting out or can't afford a Jim Dunlop or Vox. I found the actual frequency effect range a little limited but for the price (NZ$69.50) what more could you ask for?

This is an entry-level pedal which means it will get you going but you will probably want to move on to a Dunlop or Vox if you become serious with your music.

Quite acceptable for the low price.

I only had it for a week as it was an unwanted birthday gift...so I am unsure.

I wanted a Jim Dunlop but got this. I used to own a Cry baby but it got stolen after I passed out at a party one night.

I kind of always wanted to get another Jim Dunlop but ended up with this as a birthday gift instead. Boo Hoo. Interesting to check out though.

I ended up selling it for NZ$70 so I guess I made 50 cents on the deal! GREAT DEAL!

Not needed within 1 week of owning it.

Pretty good for the price but I think it is best suited to bedroom guitarists, newbies or poor folks.

You pay for what you get and this is neither fabulous nor crap.

It seemed easy on batteries so that's a good thing right?

It's a standard effect that will get you through but before long you'll be reaching for your mom or dads credit card so you can get the real deal.

Cheap and reasonable is what it is.

Controls are straight forward but I don't like the trim pot for the bypass timing, Behringer should have made a small black pot like the others.....
Boost switch has to be pushed horizontaly, huh????

The wah sound is great, very vocal and unique. I directly compared this wah with a "Dunlop Jimi Hendrix", Hellbabe is more vocal!
There is a "click" when the effect is engaged but how many times do you engage the wah without playing any notes??? (who me,never)
The range of this peddle is fine when compared to the the Hendrix,
in spite of that guy who bases his whole review on how short the range is (he said 1/2 inch..doh)I hope he isn't a carpenter LOL!!!
One of the coolest features is that the peddle engages on the up swing and not at the top (toe down) I personally like that.
The range control is very cool and dead easy to set and tweak.
The wah Sound can be bright or mellow, any way you want it....

Everything works fine!!!
Seems to be built strong.
I have lots of Behringer gear new and used, all works fine.
For the money you CAN NOT BEAT THEM!!!

Never dealt with them...

Makes me laugh when people write bad reviews all emotional from not knowing the products properly.
EHEM, you can take the spring out if you want it to stay in one place.
EHEM, you can use a bypass switch it has a jack.
EHEM, you can tweak every feature you would need to tweak.
Looks and sounds great for $55 Canucks (you want gold or somethin?)
Try to be more neutral and learn how to spell and READ axe monkeys!!!

for a wah.. just because you should just stand on it but you shouldnt have so many knobs on a wah...does it turn it's self off mine didnt. it's a piece of crap.
i read that people didnt like the boost it's a bit crapy on my ac30 but on my ampeg it is an amazing boost an i have many overdrives..

.. i have not had so much fun with a pedal in my life.if you read the above crap bit.i have lots of wahs when they wernt avail to me i got a 20 buck cheepo to do a project on the pc for a friend. to make adjustments with an optical wah all you do is move the led closer or further from the diode since this has 2 hey this is cool i thought my morley was good for an optical but play with it you will not be disapointed yea that spring has a cool creak to it but it dosent get picked up in recordings i miked it up cause i had a million tracks that sqeeky sound rocks..i just bought another morley for 10 bucks and im buying another of these crossing them and since its got an inductor aswell making a 3 way wah with a pot an old board. im still laughing

if i bought it as my main wah on stage out of the packet..'not in my life'..but that base plate can kill any drummer. if youve taken it off
before. could be my main wah with the improvements i have in mind it's like the ibanez tank series great qulity at low price and too modify a dream i.e the "ts5" get one of these mdify with a few resistors and you save 150 bucks all that is top plastic is'nt crap..does it turn itself off....?

behriger............i knew the rep in europe , there pedals are crap
mostly cause of elec current you get a slight buzz at u.s current using d.c that shouldnt matter i.e use one of their d.i as a hot plate he told me this a lot of their gear you can change .. the proccsors sound like
crap great mixing desks but why would you want custommer support on a 20 buck wah.. try an buy the parts to fix your morley for 20 bucks.. hey does this turn off. yea they are great call them up just to see how they are doing..

i played pro for 25 yrs , i try not to play anymore cause i hate to but its just an addiction,got 3 fire birds,strats with hums,90's 180's,well 9 of them ,tele,hofner troberdour"what"6 gordon smiths, 3 blundells,58 335,amps 62 ac30, 69 ac30, apeg v40,marshall marshall vol 76 50 watt& 79 100watt, marshall major 70..rack gear too much i really like my alesis midiverb2 which i use instead of a reverb tank in the ampeg,i cant live without the chamelions ..peadals..im not going there put it this way i use 3 a/b swithches.. useuall set up is is ac30's in stereo and i kick in the solo chanel with the ampeg at about 30db boost the ampeg is one of a kind i swear i have nver heard such a fast response from an amp, any time i kick i look at it..use a foxx wah live an a jen..ian

Very easy to hook up. It went downhill from there.

Les Paul Junior into HB01 into Crate GT500H.
Noisy on all settings. On initial engagement there is an audible pop/click noise. All foot pedal movements are clearly heard through the amp.

Definitely would not depend on this unit nor would I consider using it on a gig.

Will not be needing customer support. This unit will be returned tomorrow.

I play metal and blues. This unit is not suitable for either one. If it was stolen I bet it would be returned. I was hoping this pedal would work out but I should have known better by the price tag. Do not waste your money on this pedal. Save your sheckles and buy something good.

Paid $45.00 Fairly Easy to use optical eye so no pots, ythe only thing I did not like was the pedal does not stay in position which I used to like to do with my cry baby in the early eighties other wise does what it needs to and if it holds up will be a gem of a deal. I bought a Soundstage by Divinci and returned it it was analog but the pedal squeeked gosh awful. The pedal is no biggie on the Hell Babe as I think I may be able to adjust it.Oh and the boost kicks very well!

Peavey predator, roland cube 15, various pedals, not much noise as you can fine tune it.

I have not had it for long so I cannot say!

They were quick on the response with the registration confirmation, some Roland sucked at as I get their(rolands) emails but no free mags,
or registration confirm.

very easy to use (just like any other wah), very flexible range, boost, tone, etc. manual not needed at all.

i use an various les pauls to various amps. i like that it's switchles and the flexibility it has; but here's the bad part: the effect range is weak! the wah effect should be more prominent and more trebley in toe down position, in other words more vocal. On the other hand, it sounds great with distortion. i brought it as a back, but after using it i might have to use it as a last resort wah and just buy another backup. With the exception of the sweep tone and range, everything else is ok.

it seems pretty sturdy and reliable, bult like any other wah, like i said it's my last resort wah, maybe a travel wah with my pandora or pactice amps.

Behringer is a great company with good products at a great price, but it's have to get good maintenence service from them. since they're in Germany, no one here can really work on their products unless they're an official behringer dealer and repair, with the ones in the U.S. are backed up so you'd have to ship to Germany and you don't know how long and how much that's gonna be. Called them about the GDI21 about where to get a power supply that works and they told me exactly what i already know about the product then told me that i'd find what i need at radio shack. took it there and nothing!!! so I guess I have a love/hate relationship with behringer!

i play all kinds of music and have several amps, guitars, and effects. Been playing for 15 years. I have a hendrix wah (on my pedal board), a crybaby standard, a morley pdw wah (doesn't work), even a crybaby 95q (it's my dad, but i use it from time to time); the behringer doesn't come close to any of them and the morley was crap when it was working. what i like about the HB01 is that it's flexible and hate its lack of vocal range. If it was stolen i wouldn't get another one i'd just get another crybaby. It's still a usable wah but not a good one and that's better than nothing i guess. a good wah will scream and this one doesn't so I wonder why they call it the "HellBabe"? Sorry Behringer, you guys are great, but it's back to the drawing room.

Here's my honeymoon review. Just received it 2 days ago. It's on my board now and it will be used with electric guitar in a three piece band, and also used for bass in another band. It's being powered by a Visual Sound 1-Spot.

Have only used it with electric guitar. Excellent for dirty lead work.

Just got it, will have to report back. It worked right out of the packaging, no issues with optics or the pedal moving side-to-side as someone previously mentioned. It's heavy and seems sturdy. I don't anticipate having any problems with it, especially since I took off the bottom feet and now it's velcro'd to my pedal board, so it's not going to be banged around a lot.

I've owned Behringer gear before and have never had a problem with it, so haven't needed to contact them.

So far it sounds great. For the money it's a ridiculous deal. Now for my sermon: Quit worrying about what brand of equipment you use. If it works and it's inexpensive use it. Nobody you're going to be playing in front of is going to give a ratsass, except for the guys in the crowd who spend more time fixing their hair and picking out their wardrobe than they do playing guitar. And if those are the people you want to impress you might have some other issues you need to deal with first.

This is easy to use and really Behringer put in some good innovations. When you tilt the pedal it works. Take your foot off and it returns to base position and the unit is off. Optical switch works fine. Adjustments are easy to make, large range knob on the side, smaller on the other side.

Actually the wah sound is really good. You can adjust a lot to your liking and it appears to work well and smooth. The relatively small pedal displacement does not bother me, it is not a problem.

However there is TONESUCK, enough to be heard. You loose some brightness. So some minus points for this.

Option is to put in a hard bypass switch option.

Is out of plastic, however seems to be reasonably sturdy. Don't forget about the price - this unit is LOW COST. You can buy four for one Cry Baby.

NEver dealt with them.

I play in a rock coverband. If it had a hard bypass - yes I'd buy it again. I dislike the tonesuck, I like most of the rest especially for this price.

Spring loaded wah which is removeable.
Range, Q(frequency bandwidth), sensitivity, fine tune and boost controls
LED's to indicate power and sensor controlled bypass/engagement

It's a cinch to use

The range of play in the pedal is borderline useless!!!!

Sound is awesome but the controls are extremely lack luster. Other than the booster, the variation they give is so miniscule that that they may as well be there for appearance though they do make audible differences. The range of play in foot movement is literally less than a sewing machines foot pedal, it reminds me of the piano style foot pedal volume controls used with keyboard. I mean you LITERALLY have about HALF AN INCH of foot play!!
WTF WERE THE ENGINEERS AT BEHRINGER THINKGING?
OH WAIT, THEY WEREN'T THINKING!

I'm just absolutely disgusted by the limited play in this pedal, the engineer behind it was absolutely moronic in this phase of the design. The variety of Crybabys don't have much more but a Morley is about 3-4 times this, I can't believe these guys put this thing to market with such a miniscule range of foot movement, it's absolutely absurd.
I'd of given it a 10 for sound quality but this factor makes me want to give it a zero, I really doubt I'm going to keep this thing.

It's incredibly heavy and though it is plastic, it's solid. I could see one of these lasting possibly 10 years or more

The number below says it all

What else can I say, the range of play is moronic and that's putting it gently. Whoever said lets put it to market must not play much guitar. I'd say this wah has about 2/3 to 1/2 the range of a Crybaby and 1/4 that of a Morley, your foot gets about as much movement as it will stomping on those heavy duty stomp box switches, it's literally that bad.

At the same time, you're not going to get any of these features or this sound quality out of a wah anywhere in it's price range.

For a beginner, great choice, for a pro, no way. Even at $30 I can't really justify keeping it since I'm not exactly swimming in cash. The bottom line is I'm not the type of guitarist that should of had to pay for this, I should have demo'd the damn thing for Behringer so I could tell them what's wrong with it before it ended up on the market. I sent Behringer a pissy email about this huge fault in what could have and should have been an amazing piece of guitar equipment.

Not the easiest wah in the world, but it's still a wah - a simple pedal. The Range, Q, and Fine controls take a little tweaking to get the best sound. The optical switching is dead simple, when it works (more on that later). There is a trim-pot on the bottom to adjust how quickly it bypasses when you stop using it. If it's set too short, the wah will shut off if you rock it too slowly. If it's set too long, the wah will remain on after you're done using it, and shut off in the middle of your next phrase (very annoying).

But I found a way to get rid of the optical bypass and install a standard stomp switch (see "Overall Rating" below).

Here's where this pedal shines. The sound is very good. Not just "good for the price", but as good as many other wahs I've used (Morley, Dunlop, etc). The range control lets you select how much treble you get in the toe-down position - great for me, because I find most wahs too shrill and noisy at the end of the sweep.

I use it with a Fender Strat, Ibanez RG-220B, or Epiphone SG through either a vintage Fender Champ or Randall 4x10 amp.

There is no noticable tone-sucking when bypassed. It sounds great when clean or before distortion. Despite the plastic case, it doesn't add noise or pick up radio signals. Since there is no pot to wear out, I don't expect it to ever get scratchy like my old Crybaby did.

I'm not sure how to rate it in this category. It had a problem when it arrived. The optical sensor that controls the bypass got bent in shipping. THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW - the sensor isn't held securely. The only thing that keeps it in place are the 2 wires coming out of it to the circuit board. A good bump can throw it out of position - and the wah won't shut off.

So, with the help of someone named Justice on alt.guitar.effects, I learned how to bend the sensor back into place. But I didn't trust it. So I removed it and soldered in a heavy-duty stomp switch. Now it works fine.

Would I use it without a backup? Maybe. But I actually got it as a backup for the wah in my Pod XT Live. As such, I trust it.

So, before the modification, I'd give it a 3 for reliability. Now I'd give it an 8. Since the average is 5.5, I'll round it up to 6.

Don't know. It only cost $29, so I decided to experiment on it, rather than contact Behringer.

I play a lot of styles. I've been playing over 20 years. If it were lost or stolen, I might buy another one. Heck, I might buy another one just to tinker with it.

And speaking of tinkering, here is the modification I did:

1. Desolder the sensor. This is the one closest to the front (toe end) of the pedal. Remove the screws holding the circuit board. Lift it out of the case. Using a heat sink (to avoid damaging the sensor) desolder and remove it. Keep it if you ever want to reverse the mod.

2. Solder 2 wires in it's place (aprox.10" lengths). Return the circuit board to the case and put the screws back.

3. Solder the wires to a heavy-duty SPST stomp switch.

4. Drill a hole in the case and mount the switch. Adjust the height of the switch to get it to work correctly. Extra rubber or felt pads allow the pedal to be depressed without accidentally clicking the switch. This step may take a little trial and error.

5. Adjust the trimpot that controls the bypass time all the way
to the right (instant shut-off).

There you go. You may want to remove the spring under the pedal, depending on what feels best to you.

The controls are quite obvious and instinctive!
Just select mode, boost, Q and sweep range.

The optical mechanism and "heel return" are brilliant ideas!!!

Not bad. It definitely isn't a Cry Baby nor a Morley, but it gets the job done.
The aditional parameters allow for a multitude of sounds, maybe more than you will ever need.

The boost parameter comes quite useful in order to level your "wet-vs-dry" sound volume.

Apart from the above mentioned failure when "switching off" the wah, I have nothing else to report.

The construction isn't the best: the pedal itself swings from side to side and the optical mechanism gets "confused" and "thinks" the pedal isn't at its zero position (heel down), thus, the wah does not switch off.
To solve this problem, shift the pedal towards the left.
This might get you into a rather delicate and unpleasent situation when playing live.

It is a quite good pedal, taking the price into account.
As far as I'm concerned, I have only bought it because a 535Q is WAY TOO expensive. I might exchange it for a 535Q when I have some money to waste on a wah pedal.

Easy once you get used to the controls.

Maybe the range of the pedal sweep isn't wide enough to get a better control over the wah.

Sounds nice, without harsh, popping or clipping in the majority of settings (unless you set the boost control to max).

To me, the vocal effect should be more evident.

Don't think it's a very reliable device. The first one I got from the store didn't work at all.

The pedal hasn't got a very good attachment to the structure and apart from the typical movement of a pedal it can be moved unintentionally from left to right a little bit, but enough for the bypass mechanism not to work properly (when this happens the sheet used to interfere with the optical mechanism a thus control the wah, goes to far from the led and it never changes to bypass mode)

So far I just give a 4 to reability... Time will say the last word

Ok, everything is a balance between quality and price.

PROS: The sound it's good. You can adjust many parameters and can even use it with a bass guitar. It's incredibly cheap, I can't afford a Crybaby with similar features.

CONs: It won't probably last long. But it's Ok if it lasts at least one or two years.

Very easy to use, if you are used to stomp boxes. It has is own specific options, but nothing very hard to understand at the end of 30 min operatin on it.
I'm not very interested in how to produce a Metallica or Jimmy or any other artist sound, so if that is your interest just put on the cd and try to copy it, but that is not the function of a manual, so I realy think that the manual is good enouph, it explains what the knobs do and for me that ok.

I use it with a Epiphone LP Bird's Eye, thrue a Fender Rock Pro 1000, with a few other effects, and it produces no noises even on switching.
Never heard no radio station etheir.
The effect sound ok, like a Wah tipe effect, and you have a variaty of options to shape your sound but it's like someone said before, it sounds diferent from other pedals, and i never heard a similar pedal from diferent brands sounding the same, and that's good because it enshures variaty, otherwise all guitar players would sound the same.

I have it new so in terms of durability, i realy can't tell.
It as a hard plastic shell and a bottom metal plate, it seems very robust and my only concern is the plastic knobs, that seems very fragyle, like in other behringer stomps I Own.
But if are not a real pro touring guitar player, it might last time enouph for the money you spent.

Never deal with them, but I heard they are very good.

I play a Electro/Indie/Blues kind of sound, and i use it for shaping sounds in different parts of the musics, nothing to hard (i'm the Singer to, so...). I also have a trem and a booster from behringer and a BD2 from boss. I realy like the shaping options, and the optical sistem along with the auto switch mode. the booster might come ok for some solos where you need that extra depth. The only thing I didn't like is that the hard screw that controls the hardness of the pedal doesn't realy work and you can't get that extra touch you need to control the sound a little more subtle.
And the thing i like the most is the price.
I Will give it a 7 because of the fragile plastic knobs, and plastic sheel, but that's ok for the price you pay.

Just wanted to add 2 cents to this products review, and the confusion over what the "optical" circuitry does. It does NOT provide quick response, as someone else had stated. It is there, merely to control the wah's sweep, instead of a usual pot, and this technology is employed on plenty other wahs, as proof, as well.

More options = more time spent tweaking. Either deal with it or get a wah with no knobs.

The switchless feature is the reason I decided to try this pedal out.

The manual is almost entirely useless, but I don't care.

I just got it and haven't had time to experiment with it yet, but it sounded good right out of the plastic. (I'll give it an 8, but it may be better.)

No noise. The transition from active to bypass was smooth for a switchless pedal (better than the original Morley BadHorsie).

Good clean sound, especially with reverb. Also good with BOSS DS-1 or IBANEZ FZ-7 (separately).

Cheap cunstruction makes me doubt this pedal's reliability/longevity. I would definitely get a back-up. However, it is so inexpensive that buying a back-up is not a problem.

I've owned a few of the dunlop original crybaby, a crybaby classic (with fasel inductor), a ThomasOrgan fuzz-wah, a Morley Bad Horsie, a Digitech Whammy-Wah, a reissue Vox, and an Ibanez WH10.
All wahs sound different. I like this one so far...

If this pedal were lost or stolen, I might get another one (not sure yet).
Love: the switchless feature, adjustability, and PRICE.
Hate: the flimsy housing, but at least Behringer priced this thing accordingly.

Just to add to my earlier review just below. The double output lets you take the Wah signal and a raw uneffected signal to two amps or two lines of effects (one with Wah and one with out). You could go to a tuner as well (if the Wah is firs tin the chain). One of the reviewers didn't understand why two outs.

Just to clarify - it is good sound as far as I am concerned

See earlier review

See below

Just bought this and thought I would add my two cents. Some confusion from other reviewers (reading theirs first). The optical concept is supposed to make life easier in that you can engage the Wah right away from the heel down position rather than having to hit a switch at the toe down position and starting your sound off at the high end of the Wah. This is a great thing but not unique to this product. Other companies have versions of this including Dunlop.

The advantage of this unit seems to be that is has the coicing options not found on many other units including the Q setting.

The manual seemed straight forward to me but the reference to boost should not be confused as a separate option to the Wah itself. You get a boos t on the Wah sound not on the signal with no Wah.

I haven't heard any radio sounds (which concerns me if they show up at a gig). The pedal itself does not give me a great deal of confidence in its durability - I took the first back since it did not disengage off the Wah. The second has a nasty squeak (the heel/toe top to the unit shifts from side to side as well as up and down - when it shifts side to side as you rock it, it squeaks - WD 40 did not resolve this)

I do like the sound and the ability to control it to your tone - it comes in real nice and the optical setting lets you blast on and off for tasty effects as opposed to a full on solo with it.

I'm using this through a rack of effects to a Fender Blues Junior amp (at home). I use several Gibson acoustics through my rack so I'm not rating this as a solo effect but as an item I can use in my chain for more rhythm stuff to add nuance to the sounds. I can't rate this as if I was a lead guy but it gives me a better tone than the others I've tired including the Dunlop Q optical and Boss version that has way too much to do to get it engaged.

Some of the other units in the rack include the older Boss C2 chorus, a micro vibe, MXR phase 90, compressor and noise gate, a DOD vibro thang (a good example of a lees "cool" brand thing that works quite well), a TR-2 Boss tremolo, Apex sound enhancer, a Dan Electro echo unit and the V-TONE GUITAR GDI21 and V-TONE ACOUSTIC ADI21 units from Behringer (both of these seem fine but quality issues for survival are again a question).

The key to my rack is to be able to bring on some thrills or tones that keep things moving from the traditional folk singer songwriter dude sound. I don't play harmonica so I can't use that as a balance from strumming along. I use the tones from the rack instead to have some of my songs come off differently than just a set of full acoustic sounding folk songs with no lead or harmonica for solos.

A bit of trem and vibe here and there goes a long way in cutting through the evening of other folkies who play pure. I also add in sound bits and bites (a la Roger Waters/Floyd) for parts so it sounds pretty full for a one man player.

I've tried out hundreds of pedals to arrive at the order and the ones that stuck usually have a tonal quality that works best with the Gibsons - I'm sure I would be reviewing differently if I were using the electric. Recently the whole distortion thing became an issue when not going through my tube amp and into the board(s).

Most of the units that rock for distortion do real well with a tube but not so well direct into the board. The Behringer GUITAR GDI21 does a good job here in giving you the option for less sustain (which sounds better) through the board.

The whole idea of distortion through an acoustic may drive some of you crazy anyway but, if you've seen the David Gilmour DVD on his solo show you can imagine what I'm talking about and trying to do. He is able to let his acoustic do some great stuff out of the norm and always come back to a pure sound when it fits. That's my aim in a nutshell and I'm getting pretty close to what I want and having it sound the same in any venue.

I am not making my living doing this but I perform at places around town and open stages a lot.

I think the reliability side is where the unit will suffer. It can't compare to the Dunlop in this area and that's where the pricing is reflected most. You get what you pay for here and I would not expect this to last very long on hard treatment. I'm not sure I'm going to keep it because of the squeak I mentioned earlier. I'm also not sure it won't end up like the first one with the on/off not working at the heel. I'd pay more for this Behringer to get more quality on this side of the coin. I'm not happy with its construction at all from a strength view.

Haven't used them directly since the store handles warranty etc. I will be deciding in a few days whether to return it or not.

When playing solo and with my acoustic I'd describe my use of effects as enhancers of the tone. I don't like to play all my set with the same pure acoustic sound so I bring on some trem or echo or chorus or distortions at times in some songs just to vary things up. The Wah helps add some spice on a few of my songs. So what I do could be described as acoustic rock. When playing with more guys I wouldn't use the Wah - leaving that to my lead guy to deal with. So I make the point that I'm rating this as a tool to give some variety as opposed to a traditional use of the Wah in a solo by an electric guitar. It is very handy to have the optical on/off for the way I want to use it. I have also tried the Morley optical Bad Horsie and did not like the tone of that at all. I tried a tech 21 unit as well as an original Dunlop -= both with switch on/off. That switch at the toe just made what I wanted to do not possible.

So, if you are desiring an optical on/off, it might be worth trying this out - especially for home recording. I do predict, though, you will end up with a repair if you use it hard while gigging. If you take care of your stuff in the sense of packing it up well and safely and only use it once and a while in your rig - I think it will be ok.

As soon as you open it up and hold it you will see the difference in weight and quality to the Dunlops. It's very light and I mention again that the price is the reason for the difference in feel. The Dunlop does give confidence that it will last just the way it feels. The Behringer does not. But we are looking at almost a 150 dollar difference. It is only natural Behringer compromised on something to get to the 50 buck range. I say the sound of the Behringer is more what I want and the adjustable range (for closer to bass) is what does the trick. So I'm pleased about the sound aspect.

I mainly wanted to give it a try since their newer products including their Direct box akin to the Sans Amp, seem pretty good - not great quality again but certainly great sound.

I also note that I've had switches on 300 plus dollar pedals go bad on me so I'm not entirely convinced a cheaper priced unit will go bad any more often than an expensive one. Two Micro Vibes, a Tone bone, an APEX acoustic booster and Boss A/B switch have broken on me and I'm not rough at all on these. Most of these were new or just new when the switch went. Everything but the Boss cost over 200 dollars. So, I'm starting to figure out that the "name" brand (or, shall we say, the more "cool" brand is not always a guarantee that it will last or function well.

I'm rating a little lower than I would if I had this longer and it survives. There is that annoying squeak!!!!!

pretty easy to use provided you arent crippled. stomp on it and it goes. the timer adjust switch is in an awkward spot, but itd be a nightmare to accidentally change it to something weird during a gig, so i guess thats a good thing.

i play a USA strat w/single coils and a sovtek midget 50 i modded to be a bit fatter and angrier. you can get some pretty huge wah sounds out of this, its just a matter of tweaking the knobs to where you like best (as always). it is a very versatile wah because of all the q and fine tune knobs. i didnt really like the taper of the wah sweep, so i cracked it open and had a look inside. the sweep is controlled by a light shining through a slit that gets progressively larger, then opens right up. i strategically stuck a bit of tape in there, and i find it to be much better. compared to the other major wahs, this is a COMPLETELY different beast, so dont compare, just enjoy it for what it is. on another note, you sorta get a faint crackle when you nudge it with your foot. not a big issue, just i thought a little weird. also, you get radio stations, but this can depend on where you are standing at the time, if an area is susceptible to interference.

it is made out of sturdy plastic, and the bottom plate could probably stop a bullet. the inside looks fairly secure, but there are some parts (the piece that controls the wah sweep) that are made out of what looks like thick cardboard or stiff foam, so over time, things could potentially go wrong. it wont last as long as your vox, but who cares, go buy another 5.

never dealt with them. i hear they are very good, but thats only because so many people send their stuff back...

i find this very good for the price. it does the job, and until i get a 3 record deal with a major label, and have a few world tours lined up, i think it will stay in my chain before it gets traded in for a clyde mccoy.

Behringer have taken a very close look at the DB-01 Jim Dunlop Crybaby from Hell and pretty much ripped it off, which is pretty much atizzied up 535q anyhow. It is pretty easy to use, just dial in your sound and whack away with your foot. The manual sucks. I would call it more a page of parts descriptions in poor English rather than a manual. It is of no help in getting sounds and in many cases , plain wrong. ie the robber knobs under the front of the rocker is the on/off switch? Uh, no rocking it forward 2 mmm is the on switch and the home position is the off switch. Boo to Behringer for this. Howsabout a few tips on getting some good sounds? On how the dials intract? On how to get a chili peppers wah, a metallica wah, a hendrix wah... I could go on. One piece of paper with part descriptions is weak and seems rushed - cost savings or nay. But Behringer manuals are often crap, so I guess this is atradition

I am using a Mexi Strat with a JB single bucker in the bridge with a Vox Valvetronix 30 watter. In my chain I have 1. Bad Monkey 2. HB01 3. Boss Flanger. Pedal has no real noise probs, unless the BM is dimed obviously. Doesn't seem to suck tone but what would i know. I know it aint true BP though, cos i hooked it up sans battery and there was a weak farty noise going through. Pedal has two outs that i don't really understand, i is effect and the other is effect out/2 bypass...apparantly it is hardwired to the input? If anyone can explain I would welcome your input. Re the Sound: all the wah bases are covered pretty well, as well as a bit of high end adjustment, Q control and a setting from Bass to High and squawky. Also the Boost can drive the amp into distortion when wah-ing into a cleanish channel which sounds sweet.

Weeeeeeell... it is plastic... but hard plastic, I have only had it a few days, but I doubt it would last 10 years like a vox or Cry Baby.... The switch and mechanism is optical however, so at least it won't go scratchy. Hey - it cost $70 aust - thats the price of 2 CD's buddy, so quit your bellyachin.

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Ok so overall I am happy with good bang for the buck, but let me stress i have played guitar for many a year but I am a Wah newbie. As this was my first Wah, I couldn't see the point of paying 300 - 400 Aust for a pedal I would use for 3 mins a show tops. This seems to have all the sounds I need, but there are a few issues. 1. The alleged "resistance adjustment" screw is an allen key in a weird spot, and even if you tighten the living shit out of it it makes no real difference to the pedal resistance.... ok maybe 2 percent more resistance. 2. When you let go it springs back into the off position quite rapidly. To counter this they have a micropot adjuster that changes the amount of time the pedal stays operational after hitiing the home position - ie a virtual spring setting...still with me... I wish you could disable the spring altogether to be able to leave it in a certain position al la Knopfler etc. Once you are used to it is no biggie.3. It doesn't seem to have much travel, so you have to be subtle with your fooring, but again , I have limited wah experience.
If it was stolen or lost i would probly get another, as I could afford 4 more before i had gotten a dimebag... but thats just me, a cheapskate, it personally hurts me to spend more than $100 aust on anything that isn't a guitar or amp. So that strobostomp is going to have to wait...

It's a Wah!! Just wiggle your foot on it, and it does what it's supposed to do.
The pedal can be tweak in different ways with the freq, boost and timer options. Though i don't quite understand why the timer option has been placed, so you need a very little screwdriver to adjust it?? Seems weird to me, since all other parameters can easy be adjusted with your fingers.
One importent note for thoose of you out there thinking it works like the fuzz crybaby. The BOOST option CAN NOT funktion on its own. The boost option is only working, when the WAH filter is active, meaning this is not at 2 in 1 pedal!!

I give it a 7 because even though it has alot of options, the timer adjust is not very accessibel and the boost does not work when wah isn't active. I have prior to this tried Dunlop Crybaby, Dunlop Fuzz Baby, Digitech GNX4, TC-Electronic G-Major. It's easyer to use, than Digitech and TC-Electronic. But the Dunlop series is more simple and works without a problem!

Quality i excellent. I think it's just a matter of sonic signatures, making the differens. Like the Wah from Dunlop and Digitech, and now the Behringer. Unlike the Dunlop, this works very well with Bass. I'll give it an 8. I don't now what, but i feel like it is missing something, but the hellbabe, can't be beaten at it's price range.

Hard plastic. Bottom is Metal. I have unscrewed the bottom plate to look inside. Very simpel. Almost all chords are glued to the inside board. Guess you'll loose your garanti if you fiddle with the inside boards :-) It's different from most any other Wah i have tried, in the fact it is engage optically. No footswitch. This makes sure you does as, with the Dunlop wears up the resistance for the pedal - Don't know if any of you ever tried a Wah where the pedal keeps falling down by it self? But i can't say how good the spring is holding the pedal op. Only time will tell.
Since it's new on the market, i can't rate it. But i would have seconds thoughts regarding using it on a stage - even without a spare.

Never had problems with Behringer. Once should have a new firmware to an ultracurve. The shipped one for free to me. I havent had any unpleasent moments with Behringer support, so i'll give them a 9 (don't believe in 10 unless it's extreme service ;-) )

Great Wah, if you don't like using boards, but wan't an cheap good Wah with easy "hands on" options. Great wah for Bas. Can proberly be a little difficult to use the first times if you are used to Dunlop Wah because it's optically controlled. As i stated ealyer. Nothing wrong with the pedal. Let your ears be the judge for wheter or not, you'll buy this one. Overall i'll give it a 9 because of the price/perfomance ratio.

I just got this wah pedal (HB01 "Hellbabe") today and this review will be my 1st reaction to the pedal ... I bought this pedal based on the specs listed on Behringer's website and no store where I lived had this pedal, Guitar Center didn't even know about it, so I bought the pedal off the internet.

The pedal has these features:
- Multi-function wah
- Spring back mechanism with resistance adjustment.
- Heel down frequency range (440 Hz to 250 Hz)
- Fine tune control for high end extension of sweep range
- Q control (6 areas)
- Tuneable Boost with on/off switch
- Dual LED (wah on/off and boost on/off)

Has one input and two outputs and the knobs are (Boost, Q, Fine and Range). The pedal will run off a 9 volt or adapter.

The pedal is simple to use as a regular wah, but the hardest part is turning the pedal off. The pedal does not have a switch in the toe area. The pedal is operated with an optical control to turn the wah on and off. To turn the pedal on you just have to step on it, to turn it off I found that if I slightly tap it it will turn off (sometimes).

The LEDs are a nice touch but they are in the back of the pedal and I could not see them very well while using the pedal.

To test the pedal I used a Fender American Standard Telecaster and a Epiphone Dot through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp. No other pedals added for the test.

The pedal in bypass mode was very clean ... no different in sound, A+.

The pedal when first stepped on (using the Telecaster) it made a few static noises then cleaned up ... I wasn't sure if it was the Telecaster or not so I switched the Dot after awhile). The wah sounds are useful and you could get a nice range of wahs (it did better than a MMFX wah I had a few years ago). I still like my standard Dunlop Crybaby but this pedal does have a few sounds that are a little different.

In some modes I used (using different settings) I was able to pick up radio stations which is not a good thing ... but they weren't loud but I did hear them coming through the speaker.

The pedal is made out of a hard plastic ... ALOT sturdy than other plastic pedals (Daneletro mini pedals).

I own a few other Behringer things and I've never had a problem with any of them.

With the price of this wah you could easily afford to buy 2.

I would practice alot more with the pedal before I used it out on a gig (to make sure I can turn the pedal off when needed).

I've never had to use them.

This wah is a nice pedal for the price and also a great bang for the buck. The wah also works great with the bass guitar. I already owned a 90's Dunlop Crybaby and it works fine and I've never had a problem with it but the price of this wah made me curious and I'm always interested in newer ideas for effects (even though some of these ideas of Behringer's have been around now for a few years).

I've been playing guitar now for well over 10 years and play lots of styles of music (gospel, classic rock, blues, etc.) and I own lots of gear (14+ guitars, 5 amps, 20+ pedals, etc.).

For the price of this wah it would be great for a 1st wah or even for some recording studios (if you an tune the radio stations off ... which is easy, just turn a knob more to the left or right and they dissapear).