Chicago Iron Para Baby DIY

I just got this today from some guy on Ebay it was a kit I guess installed into Dunlop Crybaby housing!!
It has some sort of control knob on the side but all it seems to do is act like a volume.
No manual just plug it in and mess with it till you run the battery down you get the Idea?
IT will take some messin with to find out what to use it for as it is to me a one trick pony like a Wah pedal.

I have never heard anything like this!! Pretty damn close to Jimi Hendrix Rainy Day Dream away off Electric Lady Land!
I mean it has its own human talk box type sound like those Wah pedals from some old 70's John Holmes & Marlin Chambers Porn movies real funky indeed!!
Not noisy at all.
I have an assortment of amps and pedals I try to stay Blues, Jazz, Fusion, country Rock of many styles.

Looks like it the Pot inside is small not like your tone Pot you would find on a Wah pedal!
I would throw it onto my pedal farm to gig.

I didn't build it I bought it used but frome what I have read Chicago Iron folks are into there stuff and customers.

I got this cheap $78.00 Ebay in a clean Dunlop housing and it works flawlessly!
I have been playing for 30+ years On the road and in studios love the gigs and the women but I have slowed myself down to smell the Flowers with my wife.
I just wish that control knob was to blend the effect into the dry sound.
These kits are around $180.00 the real blue pedal is over $300.00, would I buy one again most likely not.
It's a cool thing with limited uses but still Cool.

Not taking into account that being a DIY I had to install it myself, a Parapedal is a rather unique sounding device, and while operation is a piece of pie, it takes good practice to make it sound just so. That's not a reflection on the effect itself - it doesn't really require a manual, since it's dead easy to operate, and so Chicago Iron includes a sheet of paper, that describes a few different hook-up suggestions, and a reminder to unplug when not in use. The reason why it's a little tricky to use, is because while it's essentially a Wah, it sweeps to such low frequencies, that the sound almost disappeares at heel down. At toe down, the effect is barely audible, as your signal runs through 'full-range'. In between these two extremes, lie a universe of awesome, psyched-up wah! Intense. Put on Black Sabbath's Live Evil record, and check out the long 'stand-alone' guitarsolo in Heaven & Hell - then you'll know what I mean.

I plug a costum-designed Morch (1 hum, 2 single) into this:
Chicago Iron Parababy, RMC Wizard Wah, Keeley Java Booster, ENGL Screamer Pro Blues - a 50W EL84 based combo, with an ext. cab to a total of 4 x 10". I run the amp on the gain channel, with gain full up. Adjust overdrive by dialing down the guitar. Oh, and I got a old Korg tape echo in a parallel loop. The Para, being a True Bypass unit, adds no noise whatsoever to my signal. Switched on, it makes noise like any other wah, and we wouldn't have it any other way, now would we? Speaking of sound quality, this relies heavily on the user. The Para Baby itself is fantastic. Other players attest to it's perfect replication of the original. I just get goosebumps when I play it.

I'll bloody well have to, since I'm not in a position to own two of everything. If it broke down, I'd just do the gig without it, so yeah, sure. I installed my DIY kit in an old CryBaby Chrome housing. This is virtually indestructible. Chicago Iron's circuitry and wiring is superb, and will probably last forever if one doesn't mess with it. Just make sure to re-tighten everything after a while.
Only worry I have is the main pot, which I feel might not be up to the task in the long run. I have nothing to base this on, other than experience with similar types of pots, but it looks a little frail, and the casinghas small holes to allow dust and dirt to get inside. I think I'll have to make a small cover for mine. I haven't asked C.I. about this

There was acutally a problem with my kit - a couple of wires had been swapped during construction (at the 'factory'!!!), and because of this, naturally it didn't work! ARGH!

I'll have to say that Kurt, the owner of Chicago Iron, was most helpful. It bugged me a bit, that I couldn't just give him a call - he doesn't advertise his phonenumber. Then again we did alright with just e-mails. Before I ordered the pedal he was also very forthcoming to my inqueries, and on the whole I'm very pleased with the level of support.

Well, I'm gonna give it high marks here. This thing delivers as promised, and is a perfect match for my Black Sabbath Tribute act. I've been playing guitar since I was 5, and having been in gear-retail, have owned or tested nearly every piece of gear I've dreamed about. Compared to any mass produced item, the Parapedal acts just as cool. Slight pop when you activate the switch, but this goes with the territory of True Bypass. Compared to my RMC wah, the Para is of equal quality. If it were lost, I'd have to get another one.