Dunlop 105Q Crybaby Bass Wah

Pretty Simple, just whack your foot on it and it does the rest. The volume and Q controls are a bit small and you have to learn which is which. There's no numbers on the dials, either, so you cant easily recall presetsl, but they'reboth pretty much set and forget options. Same with the little thing underneath that adjusts the time before it stops when you take your foot off it.

The only REALLLY annoying thing is that my daisychain adapter(https://www.rainbowguitars.com/imagesproduct/bo/bopcs20a-xl.jpg) doesn't fit in the hole for the power adapter. I'm planning on shaving this down, but for the moment I'm running it off batteries.

SETUP:

Fender 4-string passive american stanfard jazz bass (pearl white... oh yeah!)
into
Boss TU-2 (as a tuner output - not actually in the signal chain)
into
Home-made Mute ('Moot') pedal
into
EHX Bass Microsynth (on a true-bypass loop for remote switching)
into
Boss ODB-3
into
Jim Dunlop Bass wah 105Q
into
Ashdown MAG-300 Combo with 4x10" speakers

It's a pretty nice clean tone, with some typical wah tones on it.
However, I used to own a morley (guitar) wah pedal which would only work if I put overdrive on it (and before it). When i used it, it went all the way to 11, no doubt. I could get quite a nice high-end out of it when I rocked it all the way forward. However, with the 105Q it doesn't quite go as far s I expected, and still remains quite 'passive'(i.e. it doesn't jump out at you - it doesn't melt your face off). This is good and bad - I'll let you decide.

When put through my Boss ODB-3 overdrive with some low settings, it sounds completely orgasmic. You don't quite get the OD coming through until the top half of the pedal so it works as a build-up phenomenally

hmmmm, I'm too cheap to have backups of pedals, but as for overall build quality:

pros:
- The main part of the pedal where you will be kicking is nice and sturdy
- The main part of it is made from metal
- I'm the second user and there's no scratches on it:D
- The jack sockets could take nuclear blasts

cons:
- When you take off the battery cover (which is bound to snap off) it reveals the whole innards
- when it's in the full-back position (which is it's default position) you can see the main board as well as a pretty hefty capacitor.
- When you try to take off the rubber feet (for pedalboard mounting, etc.) the whole back plate comes off
- a bit of stray water could kill this with ease (it has happened many times at gigs)

Never dealt with, although the seller who sold this to me was very nice :D

I play mostly hard(ish) rock (in a band called 'HyBrid' http://www.myspace.com/bandhybridhybrid ) and it works for killer build-up intros (play the riff and slowly press the pedal forward) and REALLY works for clean funk stuff. Pretty much the same as the guitar wah pedal.

oh and it funkifies solos!

Favourite feature: auto shut-off - AMAZING IDEA!

It definitely helps me make music, not destroy it with funk


oh and one last thing: I play in my church's youth band and it is also a great atmospheric pedal for just playing slow notes while keeping the pedal about half-way forward. Adds ome extra warmth to the tone.

I give it a 9 because you should set the Q and volume knobs on the unit appropriately for your tastes and I know this will throw some people if they're complete technophobes and expect instant gratification. Other than that, just plonk yer hoof on the treadle and start sawing away.

I know some folks hate the automatic on/off (when you step on the pedal, it turns on and when you take your foot off, it turns off) but I love it. Last week I used a wah with a conventional toe switch and I found it a pain in the butt after the 105Q.

I love the wah sound of the 105Q. It's not subtle (and I don't want it to be) and works obnoxiously well with both my Precision and my Ibanez ATK (both with round wounds) which are the only Basses I've played through it.

When it's on it's noise free. I used it on a recording session a few weeks ago and it was fine - no complaints from the engineer.

I haven't noticed any huge tone-suck with the unit off, although the band I use it with most is fairly rowdy live.

So far completely reliable. I wouldn't bring a backup 'coz, although it's important, it ain't absolutely vital and I could survive a gig without it. Also the Digitech Expression Factory I use for chorus would substitute at a pinch.

I've been playing professionally and semi-professionally for over 30 years. My main Basses are a USA Precision, an Ibanez ATK300, and an early '80's USA Hamer Cruisebass. My main rig is a MarkBass SA450 through either an Eden D210XLT or a home-made 15" with a black Widow.

I play all styles of music as a sub in heaps of bands. The gigs I use the 105Q for are mainly with a young acoustic roots singer/songwriter/guitarist.

If it were stolen, I'd replace it fairly quickly either with another 105Q, or possibly a Wilson, depending on available funds.

The 1050Q definitely beats any of the "conventional" wahs I've tried for sound. I also repeat that I love the automatic on/off. Incidentally the wah in my Digitech Expression Factory is also good sounding on Bass but the travel in the pedal is too small to make it comfortable to use, and the on/off switch is a particular pain in that unit.

I do wish it had a control to set the upper and lower limits of the sweep as the range I use it in is only about half the available pedal travel.

I got this pedal used off of Ebay. It is the 105Q that DOESN'T have the ability to adjust the delay for the way to turn off once you remove your foot, but its not a problem for me. I actually like it how it is. The fact that it does automatically turn off is a plus, so I don't have to worry about forgetting.

Wahs on bass are harder to handle than guitar. You can't use one all the time, you have to know when its appropriate. Saying that, its pretty easy to get a good sound out of this pedal. The Q knob essentially controls the amount of treble in the sweep, as well as adjusting the sweet spot. You can get a wide variety of sounds out of this wah, and the volume pot is a plus, because it allows you to choose whether your wah parts are louder or the same volume (don't see why someone would want them quieter). The only downside I can think of is that the pots are on the bottom, so they are hard to get at without lots of effort. The new ones moved them to the side.

My signal chain as of now is a Schecter Studio 4 into the wah --> Digitech Bass Driver --> Digitech Bass Chorus --> Ampeg BA115. I can get some pretty trippy sounds combining all the effects, and can actually get a USEFUL sound if I use all in moderation. But this review is about the wah.

My wah has a little bit of scratching that goes on if you rock back and forth without playing anything. But this becomes much less noticeable when playing notes, and you can't tell at all when playing with a band. The wah works well with all of my pedals. The only thing is that this pedal wahs the static I get when I turn my distortion to high gain, but that it to be expected.

I chose this wah over other because Timmy C from RATM/Audioslave uses one, and this does a good job of getting his wah sounds on Calm Like a Bomb and others. Without distortion, this wah is still useful. With the right kind of rocking you can get an envelope filter sound, and slow moving of pedal can get you a pseudo flange sound that is also pretty useful. I never AB'ed it against another wah, but I love how it sounds. As of now, I see no reason to get another wah.

The thing is metal, so from that standpoint its sturdy. However, when you open up the battery compartment, the circuit board is right there to be messed with. I'm not a huge fan of this. Makes me worry its a little exposed. Speaking of battery life, I can't say, because I use a power supply, but it is supposed to be good. I also think that the on/off switch might give out at some point, but this isn't due to the pedal, just the nature of wahs.

Never dealt with Dunlop, so no opinion. It is good to note that they have the manual on their website.

I play a large variety of music, and this wah can cover rock, funk, metal, and anything else you can throw at it.. I would for sure get another one if it was stolen. I love the versatility of the wah and just plainly the sound I get out of it. I like how this wah can actually be used in a band setting without being terribly excessive. I wish the pots were on the side, but that comes with buying used off Ebay. Can't fault Dunlop for that. Considering the price I paid for it, I got much more than I paid for.

VERY easy... just two controls, volume and Q. Plug in, make a couple of quick adjustments to suit your taste and you???re ready to play. Within MAYBE 5 minutes of plugging my 105Q in, I had a sound that I was happy with.

I think I???ve never been really that impressed with wah for bass because I???ve only had multieffects pedals in the past, and none of them had a wah sound that really made me want to use it. I???m building a pedalboard and bought a 105Q (along with a couple others) mainly because I thought it would be ???good to have.??? My mind changed once I plugged into this pedal though... even before and adjustments, I was impressed with the sounds coming out of this pedal. I initially tried this pedal by itself between my basses and amp, but now I???m itching to see how it sounds with other pedals!

A quick tweak of the volume knob and the on/off volumes were evenly balanced. In bypass mode, it didn???t seem to suck any of my tone and when engaged, had a really great sounding low-end.

The Q knob can really dial in just about any wah sound you???d want to cook up, from a swooping, high-range ???quacky??? sound to a much more subtle frequency shift. It didn???t take me long to find a sound that I really liked and start getting the feel of the 105Q.

As far as the delay between on and off, maybe they changed it... I didn???t notice much of a delay and almost found myself wishing for a LONGER delay before the pedal went back to bypass mode. I noticed 2 instances of the pedal going back to bypass before I starting rocking my foot forward again. However, I just got my 105Q last night... maybe it???s like learning to drive a stick-shift and figuring out where it engages (hope that makes sense!)

I was able to get a great expressive wah sound and the 105Q has already moved much higher on my favorite pedals list.

This thing really feels like it???s built like a tank. The casing is solid metal and weighs a ton, which is really the only drawback I???ve found to the 105Q so far. The action on this pedal is really smooth and has just the right amount of resistance. The 105Q has a spring to keep the pedal rocked back (the auto-bypass feature) and it all seems to be put together pretty well. For those that DON???T want/like the auto-bypass, it looks like you could take that spring out pretty easily and quickly by removing one nut holding it in place. I like this feature though, so I???ll be leaving it as is. (I would also suggest that removing that spring would probably void the warranty, so do it at your own risk of course). The control knobs seem like they could be a little fragile, but they???re pretty small and I don???t think they???ll be a problem once I get everything anchored on my board. Overall, I feel like this pedal will be able to take anything that I???d dish it.

Haven't ever had to deal with Dunlop...

Solid construction, great sound quality and good feel make me happy I decided to get a 105Q because ???it???d be good to have.??? Definitely worth my $99!

Volume and frequency knobs could've been a tad bigger and in a better spot. They're right above the output on the top left; I use a right-angle patch to run it into my overdrive pedal, and the cord lays on the knobs. Maybe not an issue for some, but I would've prefered them on the bottom right of the unit.

Didn't like the auto-on feature. As soon as you remove your foot, it shuts itself off (with a split second delay which causes a spike in volume); I like being able to turn on a wah and leave it at a certain setting for different tones.

Ibanez SRX705/BC Rich Acrylic Mockingbird-->EHX Hot Tubes-->EHX Small Stone-->Ampeg SVT-3

I crank the output on my Hot Tubes to 3:00 and keep the gain at 9:00, gives me a nice crispy crunch with all my bottom end.

Because there's such a high signal coming from my overdrive pedal, I couldn't dial in enough treble on the 105Q to get a good tone without causing MASSIVE feedback.

I will agree with a previous poster and say this sounds GREAT with a guitar on a clean channel; you'll get so much bottem end jamming some Parliament or Mayfield.

Didn't keep it long enough to gig with it. I've never had a problem with Dunlop gear before.

Never bothered.

Paul from Salt of the Earth uses one, which is why I bought it without hesitating. He gets a KILLER tone out of it, so I'd say it's awesomeness depends on the user.

While there were features about it I didn't like, I can't say it's a bad piece of equipment - just not the one for me.

perfect but it can't turn off (WTF)

i run it off a fender jazz bass and a crate bt100 combo,sounds good when in use but sucks when u r not using it

it is a tank fully metal

e-mailed them and got no responce

it is a great pedal i love how it automaticaly comes back up, but it would be alot beter if it had a off switch

Extremely easy, 2 knobs, volume and Q. Knobs could be bigger though, and it's harder to tell the setting they're in. And I keep forgetting which is volume and which is Q...

I use a Fender American Jazz Bass Deluxe and among other things, a T-Rex Bass Juice distortion pedal and Boss Flanger or Chorus.
Sounds great, doesn't lose any low end and you can control the Q amount and volume perfectly with the knobs. Seriously, I had given up on wahs and filters, tried this 1 out of boredom and ended up buying it straight away. You can't do a bass wah much better than this...

Seems sturdy as a rock, although not being optical is a worry, as some day that lubricant thing will need maintenance, and those potentiomenters always need replacement sooner or later anyway...

Never dealt with them, but due to popular demand, the units now come with a small knob in the battery compartment to customize the delay with which the pedal goes off when u step out. That's good attention to customer complaints and requests...

I've been playing rock for 14 years, Tim C and Melvin Gibbs are great influences and this pedal is perfect for similar stuff. Adds texture to songs where the guitarist is limiting the use of effects. Sounds as perfect as a wah can sound on bass, in my opinion. Doesn't get too overbearing. If you set the knobs well, you can get just the right amount of noticeability. It's the pedal I use the most. I'd buy another 1 if it was lost or stolen, as it's a natural extension of my fingers in being 1 more way of adding expression to what I play.

Easy of use, 2 knobs: volume and Q.

I play thrash/ heavy metal and I love this pedal. I usually use the wah in the slides and it rocks.

Like a boss....nothing else to say

I live in Madrid (Spain)and I waited almost a month.

Better than a girlfriend

Easy to use, just set the controls on the side to the level of volume and wah effect you want from very small amounts to large amounts. And then place your foot on it rocking it back and forwards at different speeds and depths, very simple!
Manual is simple and straightforward, and it is so simple to get a great sound out of it! No modern bassist should do without it!

Im a fairly New bassist so i use a Vintage Bass -> Crybaby -> Amp, i should give it 10 because my setup is made up of high quality parts yet. The sound sometimes fuzz's but this could be because of my amp. Effects always sound great, you can take the worst riff ever and make it sound like something great!

Made of metal, very strong. Probably be able to use it hard for 20 years and it would sound like it had just be bought!

Never had to deal with them, but some advice emails take a long time for them to respond to!

Cant really say anything different to what anyone says. It is brilliant and a great effect for the money, nothing even comes close to the sound and reliability it can produce!

very easy to use, just set the Q and volume (more volume less Q) and your done.

AMAZING. It really is'nt only for funk players. I'm in a heavy/thrash metal band and i love it!. The 1 second delay thing can be a bitch, but it's really easy to get rid of it (for the newer modles), you just open the battery box and turn that brown thing that looks like it has a keyhole in it all the way to the right and it's gone.

I'm pretty shure dropping it would esaly damage it. Will see what the future hold's.

A really REALLY nice wha. I whould gif it a 10 if the volume and Q buttons where just a litle bit bigger. GET IT!! YOU WONT REGRET IT!!

Simple to use. I found the Q knob to be pretty much set-and-forget. Too small to really fiddle with a whole lot, and much easier to get a sound you like and leave it there. Very nice touch not needing to click it on and off.

Great, I get no noise from mine, and depending on the Q setting, you can go from mellow to screaming highs with this guy. Using this with an Ampeg B2-RE + WorkingPro 4x10, and with a Workingman's 12.

Well, held up well enough so far. I have mine sort of Velcro'ed to a board, so it does not get tossed around much. The plastic gear makes me nervous. Plastic+stepping on does not mix, but you can get replacement parts for them, and like I said, mine has not broken yet. I would gig this without a backup, I mean who really carries spare wah pedals anyway...

The only thing I really hate is that if you take the rubber feet of, like to mount to a board, the whole bottom comes off...

n/a

Been playing about 15 years. I play a Charvel Surfcaster, Fender MIM J, and an Ibanez acoustic through either an Ampeg B2-RE + SWR Workingpro 4x10, or through my SWR workingmans 12.

I play lots of stuff, whatever comes to mind, really, and enjoy having this guy to use as accent from time to time. I would replace if lost. Love the rock-to-turn on feature, muy bien. Wish you could take the feet off.

Very simple, 2 controls - 1 for sweep, 1 for volume.

For comparative purposes (not to show off what gear i have!), my setup is as follows:

Passive Fender Jazz ->Ibanez CP9 ->EH Tube Zipper ->105Q ->Boss BF-2B ->Aphex 1402 -> TE AH300/Mesa Cabs. I don't play active basses anymore, I was always stressing too much about the internal batteries, and fed up with these basses always overloading my various effects units.

With this setup the wah is perfect for my needs. Sounds excellent with some (or a lot of) distortion, it can really scream (if you want it to). On the other hand, it can also be very subtle. I think this is the best effects pedal I have ever owned (and I have owned a lot over the last 15 years). Mainly because it is so versatile, and does not lose any bass at all when used (unlike an old Dunlop bass wah I used to have - can't remember what it was called, but it sucked big time).

It's heavy, it gets stomped on for a living, and it doesn't complain...

I play punk/rock/reggae, and this pedal is super for what I do - I usually just use it for a little colour during solos/breaks, and it is an excellent wah pedal for bass. I just looked up the other bass wah I had and it was a GCB100 - avoid that pedal at all costs - it may be cheaper but there's no point buying it for bass because you won't use it. Not live anyway, maybe for home practice it would be ok. Buy this pedal instead and save yourself the hassle.

If it was stolen, i'd go straight out and buy another, I consider it as important as my compressor pedal. I'd pay full retail if i really had to, i think i was really lucky to find this on ebay so cheap.

It would be nice if it was a little lighter, and a bit more compact, as it takes a lot of space on my pedal board... but only a minor issue, no big deal.

Dead simple to use, it's a plug in and adjust job. Set the Q control for the sweep and the volume level to your unaffected signal and you're done. Sack the manual.

This is a pretty basic pedal in terms of use. Sound wise, it's brilliant. These previous reviews do the pedal justice: it doesn't suck your Low end (it's specifically made not to). Just be careful with how you set your EQ: too much bass may lead to unwanted strange sounds as you open the envelope. Tis basic knowledge though.

I tend to mix mine with distortion for the Timmy C (RATM) feel. I run my setup like so:- Fender Jazz >> Marshall Guv'nor GV-2 Overdrive >> Electro Harmonix Bassballs >> Dunlop 105Q >> Electro Harmonix Q-tron >> Marshall Bass/Valve State B150 15". I find that running distortion first helps tremendously. I mostly use it to emphasise some higher end percussive attack. Works wonders :)

It's heavy duty construction, but I've heard about a few model's pots (Q and volume) go scratchy. Hasn't happened yet though.

I really love it, if it did get stolen, I'd buy another. A tad on the expensive side perhaps, but well worth it if you've got the cash.

Very easy to use. Just plug in, adjust the volume to match your dry signal. Then pick your Q factor. It should only take you 2 minutes to be completely familiar with this effect.

Well...I hate effects. I think they all suck tone. In general, I believe if you don't like your tone don't try to fix it with little boxes or rack units. Change your guitar, amp or cabinets if you don't like youtr tone. Several years ago I sold a lifetime worth of new and vintage effects, because they do very little good live and are best suited for goofing around in your practice room...end rant!

The only effect I really like is my Mutron, I have tried at least 10 different vintage/new/botique envelope filers and I settled on my Mutron. Well, my Mutron is now out of the mix. This mamy sounds exactly what a bass wah should sound like. It has a good adjustable sweep and suxks very little tone. I have yet to find an effect that doesn't suck tone. In any case any envelope filter/wah is there to change your tone.

This effect has a rich adjustable sweep that can match any great guitar (but for bass)and is much more versatile than any envelope filter. One just needs to take the time to learn how to coordinate with one's feet.

I would like to start off by saying that I have had no problems with this heavy duty metal encased pedal. However, there is a toothed strip that engages a gear when the pedal is depressed...this causes the wah sweep. It is PLASTIC...why with all of the other metal in that pedal? So if you like to pack all of your gear in a crate/box and tale it to your gig, just be careful that nothing in the box gets stuck in the crease of the pedal. I velcro mine shut when I travel with it.

Top notch effect. it really adds to the expressivness of my bass playing. EVERY bass player should learn to use one of these. It can really add another dimension to your bass playing...and this comes from a guy who thinks effects are pretty useless.

Super easy to use. Just step on the pedal and the effect kicks in. No "clicking" it on. Step off and the effect turns itself off. This is much easier to activate and get the desired sound than the original crybabies. And you don't have to start it and stop it in the treble position. You can be more sneaky about turning it off and on.

The factory setting causes the effect to have a delay when you take your foot off. In other words, when you remove your foot, the effect is still there for about a half second. Keep reading reviews here and you'll see that another reviewer has given modification instructions to eliminate this. I've heard the mod works, but BEWARE! It is unnecessary in the newer models. Mine has a brown round trim pot inside on the circuit board by the battery space. It's a small brown dial that looks like it has a key hole in the middle. Turn the dial clockwise and the delay diminishes or ceases completely. Turn it counter clockwise and the delay increases. No modifications needed. Just turn the dial! Good thinking, Dunlop!! I wish the instructions stated this.

The Q and volume controls are a must. More reasons to choose this pedal over the classic version.

Nothing matches this classic wah sound, and this pedal is perfect for bass. Don't be afraid to fool with the internal pot and gears. I took the gear off the pot, turned the pot slightly in the treble direction, then put the gear back on. This allows you to extend the treble range and reduce the bassy range which kinda gets lost in the band mix (or you can do the reverse).

I chose this pedal over auto wahs like the Q-tron. I prefer to have control by rocking the effect and it's easier to use the effect for very short, accent parts in a song since it's easier to activate and kill. It's also less harsh sounding. Wish it had a true bypass, but the bypass isn't bad.

Too soon to comment.

Their tech support gave me the low-down on the internal delay dial. Thanks! It was easy to reach someone by phone (long distance call). However, I called because after 2 days they did not reply to my email.

This and my Fulltone Bass Drive are a must for every bass player IMO.

This effect is dirt simple, you don't have to be a genuis to use this peddle, you put your foot on it, rock it back and forth, and it works. There is plenty of docs provided, I'm sure they're very detailed.

This waw has 2 controls, a volume control, and a "variable Q" control. The volume has plenty of range, exceeding that of the dry signal, this nice because I like to balance my effects levels w/ my signal so everything is the same volume, when I use it. The variable Q is what controls the sweep of the wah it goes from somewhat subtle to quite pronounced. I have read some terrible reviews about this effect due to the cut out switch on the effect, that engages .5 of a second in the full treble position. I adjusted my volume to match that of my dry signal, and I find the effect of the bypass quite minimal, and in distinguishable in a mix. I really like that all ya have to do is to step on it, and it engages, thats a great innovtion.

Its a crybaby, hence bullet proof, but not water proof

Never dealt w/ them

I use this peddle in a rock band, usually for some cool modulation effects, during intros, and such. I bought it more for kicks that anything else but its become one of my favorite peices of my rig, which is a Fender MIM Jazz V, Samick V seris, through, a 69 Ampeg SVT, and a Peavey Mark IV I use for Gigs. I use a Ibanez Phat Head, Dod Stereo Flanger, a Zoom 506 for some oddities (usually not in live setup) and the wah. I have been very impressed w/ this wah, especially after owning a origonal crybaby bass wah (GCB-100) it sucks.

Well, it's quite easy. Step on it and play. Just two small knobs at the bottom to adjust...Thats EASY.

Only thing to watch out is the delay from wah to clean. cuz, there's no "obvious" on and off switch other than pushing your heel or removing your foot.

Very nice. The usual crybaby effect you might expect. Also goes well with distortion.And it sounds a lot better than the other "expression" types of pedal you get from most multi effects box. And Other than bass guitar, you can also use it with a guitar.

Can almost talk or even scream when used with distortion.

Mine still works. but it uses a potentiometer, so I think I know what to expect.

Not tried it yet.... And hope don't have to.

Fits most type of music. and It matches my experimental type of music.
I tried it with my zoom505, Boss equalizer. Very nice output.
I think I'll try the other types of wah dunlop has, If it's stolen.
It's well worth your money. But when you live in the philippines, you can get it half the price in most music stores.

Easy as...adjust the 2 knobs and step on it...

sound is great. it has got what ive been after. just dont like the way that it stays on for about 1/2 second after you take your foot off but you can master this quite easily.

made of good solid metal. couldnt go wrong with it

havent needed to contact them yet but ive heard good things

awsome pedal. and good thing is that it works just as well for the guitar. another good pedal from jim dunlop...

Except for the Q and Volume control labeling being underneath the unit (meaning you have to either twist one and see what happens, or pick the wah up and look, or - imagine this - memorize which is which), the wah is very easy to use. It would have gotten a 7 from me if not for the nifty battery compartment.

I use this wah with a '98 American Standard Jazz bass, Rotosound Swing Bass strings, a cheapie Alesis NanoCompressor (onstage) and a Hartke 7000 head / SWR Workingmans 4x10 cab.

The effect is just what I wanted, with the added surprise of not really killing your bass fullness even when using the wah... I expected the wah to be fuller than using a guitar wah on bass (which gives a very weak, thin sound and completely drops the bottom end), but the 105Q has a pleasantly round sound even at higher Q settings. The best thing is that, using the Q and volume control, you can get either an over-the-top wah bite or a more subtle sound that doesn't drop your volume when engaged/disengaged. Sound quality is a 9 in this regard.

However, I noticed a slight decrease in volume and bass tone even when the wah is disengaged, due to the lack of true-bypass circuitry. I feel that the wah is actually worth shipping to Teese for a true-bypass mod, but as is, it gets a 7 for potential tone destruction.

It should be noted that, although having the wah inline does suck some tone, this becomes your new norm and can be partially compensated against by resetting your amp's EQ and volume.

I've only used it for 5 gigs, but do not use a backup. For no reason in particular, I have high confidence in this unit's reliability.

Never dealt with them, but they are at least competent enough to have gotten rid of the damnable battery access of previous designs :)

I've been playing bass on recordings and in original bands since '89 or so, and have played in working bands for the last four years. The metal, reggae, pop, swing, funk and soul I enjoy is easily attainable on a J-bass, and this wah is right at home with my vintage sound.

I thought I'd want to use the maximum Q setting for an extreme wah sound, but in actuality, have been using about 70% Q (still, a rather pronounced sound) and have increased the volume a bit to match or slightly better my bypassed sound.

The auto-switching feature was almost a deterrent for me, especially after reading these reviews before purchase. However, I've heard no click or volume change when engaging the wah, and have already learned to love being able to just step and wah. I work it into tiny phrases within a song and have been able to get back to my normal sound with almost surgical precision. I would definitely replace this if stolen, and will probably have its bypass modded for ultimate usefulness.

It's easy to use, all you do is step on it. Easy.
Manual supplied, probably don't need to read it.

I really dislike the sound of this wah. Maybe i got a dud one because everyone else thinks it's great...
Personally i think the guitar ones sound better than this.
The 105Q sounds very thin, there's no Q position that sounds good to me, and when you take your foot off the pedal and it switches off, there is a noticeable bump in the signal, which i find extremely annoying.

It looks well constructed, but i won't probably ever use it.

Nope

I can't get a good sound out of it either clean or with distortion, so there you go. I've been playing for about 8 years, and i wouldn't consider myself an effects novice.
If it were stolen, i would not buy another one.

Wahs are terribly easy to use, and this is as well. The only cchallenges to the intellect might be the "Q" and volume trim controls protruding from the side. Those familiar with the more complex Dunlop guitar wahs will have no problems. There is an input jack, output jack, wolume control (sorry, can't recall the dB boost), wah wave ("Q") control, and barrel-type (5.5mm outer/2.1mm pin) 9 volt adapter jack. The battery compartment, should you be using a battery, is, unlike my Crybaby, accessible without removing the whole bottom plate. Dunlop has provided a little plastic trap door. The switch is not mechanical, but activated by rocking the pedal forward, like Morley's stuff. From what I have gathered, this is the only Dunlop pedal that operates in this manner. The pedal returns to the "off" position via its own internal spring.

Used with a Rickenbacker 4003 (late '90's), Dunlop M88 bass octave, and mid-'90's SVT into a home made matching 4x12 cab., this thing gets the job done. It's not as dramatic as I thought it would be, because all the way forward and almost all the way back, the effect is diluted. In the middle areas, however, you will pull off some pleasant, if light, wacka-wackas. I think the lack of dramatic effect must have been a trade-off for the saving grace of this pedal--the lack of tone alteration. The 105Q is extremely transparent for a non-boutique effect.

C'mon...

I've always been treated well when plaguing them with incidental inquiries.

Use it where you want. I've played bass consisently for about a year, guitar for about eight. It's a fun effect, good for volume increases. It's not necessary to me, by far, but it could become integral eventually. I wouldn't have paid full retail for it, but eBay took care of that for me. I think, most of all, I liked the fact that, when activated, this starts at the constricted bass-end of the wah shape. It's not like those others that start in the high end as you click the switch.

It's a wah, dude. Put your foot on it and go! Easiest effect in the world, and one of the coolest.

I play a modified Epiphone Powerbass II with EMG pickups. My setup goes Bass-->Zoom 607 Bass Multi-Effects-->105Q Wah-->Amp. I play on a crapola little practice amp in my bedroom, and rent one of a variety of big-ass amps for any gigs/events I play at.

I play a pretty broad range of music, from Goth Rock to Metallica style metal to Stoner Rock to Psychadelic to all kinds of 60's-70's stuff. This wah rocks for all of em. Put fuzz in the chain BEFORE the wah and you can do the Rage Against The Machine "Calm Like A Bomb" thing, the Black Sabbath "Electric Funeral" thing, any number of 60's stoner jams, classic rock, etc. Turn off the distortion, play around with the multi-fx and you can get a Radiohead thing going on. Very cool.

The only complaint I have is that it's so much fun that it's easy to overuse it, and you sound lame doing it on every song!

Seems to be built like a brick. It's never let me down.

N/A- never dealt with them, hope I never have to :)

Kicks some serious ass, all over the spectrum of rock music. Allows you to get all kinds of awesome sounds, really simple but totally versatile. The best effect in my arsenal, not that my arsenal is that big...

I love the sounds I get out of this thing, especially in combination with other effects. It can do Goth, Metal, Psychadelic, Funky Stoner Sh*t, Classic Rock, and probably all kinds of stuff that I can't do. So that's pretty damn cool!

It's a WAH! For BASS! Plug it in and STEP ON IT! How easy is THAT? Toe forward for more, heel back for less. It came with a manual, but as always... didn't read it. Didn't need to!

It's a very quiet pedal. Shhhhhhhh... Did you here that? It has a nifty Q knob that determines how much wah you get. AND it has a volume knob. This IS the model with the spring and yes, there is that annoying delay that our friend has remedied. (Thanks, neighbor!) When I put the toe into it, it has that 70s "Superfly" pimp thing going. I sometimes use it with my Boss ODB-3 overdrive (cough, distortion) and CEB-3 chorus with my Squier P Bass Special. Man, talk about flying! Ethereal! Pure heaven! If you play any psychedelic shtuff, BUY THIS PEDAL!

I treat ALL my gear with kid gloves, but it SEEMS to be solid enough. Can't afford a "backup" wah, so...

Never dealt with 'em.

Been playing for a bit and this pedal fits right in there. I don't use it on EVERY song we do (ha, ha, ha), but when it's time to get FUNKY, this baby does tricks! If it was stolen, I would be really, really pissed as I'm ordering another one. For blues, funk or
psych-rock, this pedal CANNOT BE BEAT!

READ THIS ONE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THE ON/OFF DELAY!!!
Step on it?not that hard. This is the model with the spring in it?when you lift your foot; it automatically goes back to the heel-down position. If you want to keep the same tone for a while, just keep your foot on the pedal. Unless you?re an extreme full-body headbanger, this shouldn?t present much of a challenge.
When the pedal is not at all depressed, it is bypassed (normal bass tone). Press the pedal down, even a little bit, and it switches on. I like this better, because generally I like to start by sliding into the treble setting, which you can?t on a regular bass wah (for those who don?t know, you have to press it all the way down on other models).
This model includes a volume control (this does not affect the bypass volume) and a Q-control (how much it wahs). The Q can be adjusted to anything from a slight variation to the point where it sounds like some kind of synth when you rock the pedal back and forth quickly.
The only thing which can get very annoying about this pedal is the automatic on-off mechanism. Dunlop wanted to make sure that if we happened to put this pedal all the way back in the middle of a lick, it wouldn?t cut out and switch to by-pass. Their solution was to put a delay on the switch, so that it will only switch back after half a second of so of being in the full-back position. The problem with this is obvious: if you go straight from a wahed lick into a riff, the first note of you riff will come out very low. This happening every time (unless you end all your wahed parts a second early) every time is in my opinion, much worse that risking it switching to by-pass every once in a while during lead when you take it all the way back. Luckily, this is very easy to change. Here?s how to do it:
At the very heel of the pedal, there is a switch pointing up on the base. When the pedal is in full back, this switch is depressed. Otherwise, it is not.
There is a delay circuit connected to the switch. As soon as the switch is pressed in, current flows through it, through a resistor, and begins to charge up a capacitor. Once that capacitor is charged (about half a second), the wah switches off and the pedal is by-passed.
Note that when the switch is open (the pedal is presses, you start using the wah) there is no delay. As some of you may know (or remember from physics class), if you reduce the value of the resistor, more current will go through it. And the more current, the faster the capacitor charges up (and the sooner by-pass kicks in).
So what we want to do is reduce the resistance of the resistor. (We could change the capacitor to a smaller one, but for this pedal, the resistor change is easier.)
Take off the panel on the bottom of the wah. Also unscrew the nuts which hold on the input and output jacks. Take out the 2 big screws holding the circuit board, and unplug the cables (just pull) which connect the circuit board to the potentiometer (the round thing with gears and with all the grease slimed over it). You might want to notice which way it was connected?the wires come out of the plug pointing toward the bottom of the pedal?I think (I?ve since put it back together).
Now that you?re holding the circuit board, look at the switch (on the opposite side as everything else). Press that, you?re in bypass mode. Turn it over again. To the left of the switch (looking from the side with all the components except the switch) is a diode. To the right, you will see two resistors (blue things with colored rings on them.) The top one (the one closest to the edge, for you idiots holding it upside down) is the one we?re concerned with. If you count up the value of the rings, you get 2 megaohms (I think, I?m lazy, so I used a multimeter.) Either chop this resistor off and solder a new one in it?s place, or just go ahead and stick another one on top of it (run them in parallel). Just make sure the new value of the resistor is a lot smaller. I cut

This is a great bass wah, sound quality wise. The variable Q lets you adjust the scope of the effect. Very high, you get a really cool synth tone while you?re moving the pedal. Holding it constant, you get just the kind of affect you?d expect from a wah. Fully pressed down gives you lots of treble (especially on a high Q setting), and full back gives you lots of bass, kinda muffeled sounding, but in a good way (like wahs are supposed to make it sound.) When the by-pass mode switches on or off, there is no click or anything, and the fact that it starts on the low part of the spectrum makes it even smoother to switch from wah to by-pass (unlike any other wah, where you start at the high, trebley part of the spectrum, often with a nasty click of the switch).

The last year I?ve been playing with a psychedelic punk band (hard to describe?think old school-punk (Ramones) mixed with happy David Bowie style stuff?we?re weird)
I generally don?t run to many effects in my loop, but I?m starting to build a bigger arsenal. I don't like using picks, I prefer fingering. My primary bass is a Danelectro DC-2, which I love. It?s great for our style music (hollow body, lipstick pickups). I run that into a ToneWorks Korg AX1B multi-effects processor, sometimes from that into a cheap crappy DOD Supra Distortion (helps take the digitalness out of the Korg?s distortions), from that, it goes into my Wah, then my amp. My amp head is a Peavey Mach VI 400-watt bass head, and into cabinet I made myself, (acoustic suspension style, two 15? pyle-drivers rated 350 watts RMS each.) By the way, if you think electronic circuitry is difficult, just try some acoustical engineering?way more math.)

I used to sometimes run my bass into two different amps?a clean, direct signal to a bass amp, and my effects into a guitar amp (with the low frequencies turned down so I wouldn?t blow the speaker.) I haven?t done that since I got the Wah, though.

The way sounds great with my current set-up?I?d be very curious to see how differently it sounds through different cabinet, such as a 4X8? or something?although I do get all the treble I need through my two 15?s

I got this used off e-Bay (Where I get most of my musical stuff). I've never had any problems with it, and works even though I've been poking around in it with a soldering iron...which is more than I can say for some of the stuff I've tried to improve. All the rubber feet are still on, as is the battery cover (I've never really understood how so many people seem to loose these items...I've never lost them off any of my pedals. They seem quite well attached.)

I've had this wah pedal for about 6 months now. I don't use it that much when reheasing, more when gigging. I don't think that I've changed the battery yet. Pretty impressed with that. I don't know how that compares to other Wahs, but it's certainly a lot better than most of my other pedals.

No need to get in contact with them...And if I did, I somehow get the feeling that my little modification of the delay might not please them....damn...I didn't think about that until just now...Oh well, it was an eBay buy, so I didn't have a warrenty anyway.

It's a great wah, especially now that it has no delay. I can't think of anything bad about it, and while I don't usually like to give all 10s, I have no reason not to for this one. I can get any wah tone I need from a subtle swooshing to a full Cliff Burton "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" (Metallica) blast for those special notes you really want to emphasize.
At $45 off ebay, it's a great deal for us starving artists. If it were lost or stolen (And I didn't think my guitarist stole it like he does my picks) I can't think of anything else I'd rather buy than this. It certainly sounds a lot better than the Danelectro Grilled Cheese Distortion pedal that I took apart and tried to make into a wah (take out the resonace potentiometer, and connect...oh never mind. If you're interested, I might post a review of that sometime...)

Plenty easy: step on it, rock your foot, get wah! The trick is knowing what portion of the range is actually usefull.

Worked great for the first month, now the damn thing cuts my volume in half.

Hell no! The first one I had lasted three months and I snapped the on/off shaft. The second one lasted a month and now it cuts the volume.

I consider it horrible, since I e-mailed their customer service site over a week ago and haven't heard a word since. I have gigs coming up and need answers NOW!

I play very heavy stoner rock and the wah is an integral part of my sound, so having two break in four months is rediculous.

What can I say? Plug in and step on it!

This thing has about the best sound I've ever heard in a bass wah! I really think that this is the best quality bass wah out there.

Very reliable. It seems to be very well constructed, and the electronics look very good.

Never dealt with them.

This is an excellent wah. It works real well with funk bassists and the jazz and blues bassists. It really depends on how you use the thing. There are many different ways for different styles. I would buy another one if I lost this one. The only thing that I would like it to have is to have a control so you can control the amount of time it takes for the wah to go off. Other than that, I really like it.

How much easier can it get? Only a mental midget couldn't figure out a wah. The only other feature that sets this wah apart are the volume and Q controls on the left side which are pretty intuitive as well. I sort of agree with previous reviewers that the spring supported as opposed to standard feature is a blessing and a curse, although I wouldn't go so far as to call it a curse. In a perfect world, it would be cool to have the option of both, but that would be a bit of of overkill and make the pedal twice as expensive I'm sure. The only drawback is that you can't leave the pedal in one position and take your foot off. But this isn't enough a drawback for me to lower my 10 rating because my feet aren't that busy while I'm playing anyway (they shouldn't be unless you have an extensive pedal array - and if you do, what the hell are you thinking? You're a bass player moron - simplify!) and the fact that there's no horrible clicking noise when you turn this pedal on and off more than makes up for any reservations I might have. You just take your foot off - and it's OFF - f@#*ing GENIUS!! This wah leaves all others I have played (guitar and bass) in the dust, especially for the price!

I'm using a late 90's American Standard Jazz Bass through whatever amps happen to be supplied to me at rehearsal studios throughout LA. Usually El Crapo Crate or Gaelen Krueger heads and cabs. Also through my baby - a workingman's 15 combo. This pedal sounds fantastic through all of them. This puppy is quiet as hell both on and off. The Q and volume controls really allow you to get versatile tones from this pedal. I've been using it after a big muff (until I get my BOSS bass dist. - big muffs rock but they devour your low end) and it sounds amazing for specific parts. I'm not a funk/slapper or a metal head so I use this for more experimental out there distorted stuff and this pedal couldn't be better for this application. I've only scratched the surface of what this pedal can do and I'm exciting to hear what other sounds I can coax out of it. I'm reluctant to get to effects heavy because I don't think that's what a bass plyer is for, but my fellow band mated loved the way this pedal sounded when used in the right places. I'd give this an eleven if I could especially because it's so hard to find bass pedals that don't completely pull the low end out from under you.

Seems to be tank like in construction. Haven't gigged with it yet but I don't have any reservations so far. Only gets a nine due to my lack of experience with it live.

No idea.

I play a genreless music somewhere between Sonic Youth and Wire with a little Pixies thrown in perhaps. This pedal is very useful for my needs. It compliments fuzz/distortion very well. I've been playing guitar/bass for about 5 years. I think this pedal tops any other in its price range and perhaps beyond, I haven't bothered trying any super expensive pedals, because I don't have the capital. Buy this pedal! Or better yet, don't and let me try to sound like an original!

I love the sounds it can produce.. the variable Q is awsome to work with and really gets the sound you are looking for from anything to subtle background to a really intense soloing. The volume controls also bring up the intensity if you are one of those musicians who goes for the heavy funk. anyone who has 1/2 hr and a brain can manage this pedal..but don't back off too far on the pedal when playing cuts out...sucks

.i went to a show where this one bassist in this metallica-heavy punk mixture band was using the crybaby bass wah and the effects sounded like the tone was just DRIPPING all over the music ..it was beautiful..really beautiful..as for when i use it i like a flange affect w/ it to smooth it over

ALWAYS!! its made of die cast steel...only way to really brake it unless you are a real hard stomping fat mo fo' or you like to throw your pedal at brick walls..which neither is me.

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wish every bassist owned one ...could revolutionize funk as we know it..damn right i'd buy it again..the dripping wah is music to my ears..i played with a friends before i bought mine...i loved the sound ..it was all i could talk about for like 4 days!i like the ay you can incorporate it into music but it can smother the bass if you use it too much..be nice with it and it will be nice back

You turn the knobs, you put your foot down, rock the pedal and of you wah!!

Er... well, I use it for guitar. I put it behind my distortion pedals and before my Bigg Muff and the rest of my pedals and rack systems. My guitars are an Epi Flying V with Duncans, a stock Washburn N2 and an old mysterious Cimar guitar ( does anyone have info on Cimar guitars? contact me.)
My amp is a Marshall JCM 900slx set to a mildly crunchy sound through a small Crate 4x12 that sounds really focused and tight.
Well what's to say, it's a unique and funky wah sound for guitar. I guess if people didn't see the Bass sticker on it they would recognize this is a great wah.
A little trick I discovered: push the pedal down very slowly with max Q, it sounds like a DJ turning up his resonance pot.

Still WahWahing like a loon

Does what it is supposed to do like a charm

Real easy to use. The only variable is the volume and 'Q' settings which are knobs located on the bottom of the pedal. Once you play with these a bit you can leave it alone. The rest isn't rocket science.....just step on it to get the juices flowing.

I love this pedal for the way it sounds. I do not have much to compare it to since I have not used another wah. I have used an auto wah and t-wah, and even the Q-tron, but I prefer this one over then all. The best thing about it is you can control the sound. Depending on the 'Q' setting you can go from subtle to complete funk factory!! I find myself stompling on it constantly. The sound is crisp and clear and it is quiet. Even when it is off there is no drop in volume or noise. The only criticism I can give is that you can mistakenly turn the wah off if you lean back on it too much. It has a spring that automatically turns it on and off whn stepped on. Just be careful and you'll be rockin'!

I have not had one single problem with this yet. I have had it for over a year with no issues, and I am not too light on my feet.....

Bought this off of e-bay used and have not had to contact the company for any reason.

A++ I would recomend this to any bassist that likes to dick around with effects. I added this to my arsenal and it has not left yet. This is one of about 20 different effects that I have tried and it has come to be a big part of my sound. While I don't write it into many songs I can really groove out and hang on a wicked solo. My band plays alot of funky jazz influenced rock so I get a little freadom to experiment with my effects. If you get this pedal fool around with it and mix in some delay for some nasty spaced out sh*t.

This is a follow-up to my post below, i had my first 105Q exchanged by Musician's friend but the replacement one broke during my first set while gigging. NOT COOL!!!! this thing sounds ok in your edroom but if you actually use it, it will break.

don't waist your time, since i returned my last broken one i went out and bought a boss AW-3, it's much better product! it sounds good on both bass and guitar. it has auto functions as well as an option for a foot-control/expression pedal jack. it sounds good on both bass and guitar.

bottom line....don't buy a dunlop 105Q, but a boss AW-3!!!

a nice bass wah, the Q control really lets you get the sound you want out of a wah.

i have an eden wt-400 and a trace elliot 410 cab, i can really make my p-bass scream like my girlfriend or moan like an old lady trin to walk up the stairs. the sound quality is superb with the Q control. i tried every other bass wah currently on the market and this one kicked all of there asses in spades!

i ordered it from musician's friend, the first one i got cut out when ever i steped on it. needless to say i wasn't happy. they replaced it and i havn't had any problems since. it seams very solidly built and since i've had it replaced it hasn't given me a problem. the only reason for a 9 could be because of the poor packing job.

never talked to dunlop but musician's friend sent one overnight to replace it.

the volume is a very precise control, it tends to be too loud or too quiet and it takes a little time to get it just right. the Q control makes this wah the best on the market. i'm fairly confident that it was a shipping flaw that caused my problem with it initially. damn fun to play with. you usually don't see a bass player playing a wah out at a club, i couldn't help but play with it for most of our last set the first night i had it. a real interesting sound at the club we played out at. nice funky sound. just do yourself a favor and buy it in person, it will save you alot of agrivation.

Simple to use. Variable 'Q' (changes frequency range) control is a nice touch, as is the volume boost. Spring loaded interface is both a blessing and a curse. It turns on when you you start to use it, and springs back and cuts off automatically when you step off. This comes in handy, but it also means you can't leave it in one place, and if you rock it to far back it might cut off when you didn't want it too. Manual is exactly like the guitar version, in other words its worthless. Really though, you shouldn't need it.

I love this pedal. Perfect to add a touch of funk to your basslines. If metal's more your thing, pair it up with a good distortion and you can do the rage against the machine thing. Depending of where you set the 'Q' knob the effect can actually be quite subtle, or turn it up for very obvious wah noises. I'm playing an Ibanez EDC-600 plugged into Hartke 3500. Great sounds.

Haven't had it for long, but it looks to be built well, and there's been zero problems so far. Haven't gigged with it yet, but i've recorded with it several times with no trouble.

N/A, haven't talked to them

I play in heavy-yet-catch quasi punk/metal band. Bass wah isn't always an appropriate effect for heavy music, so I don't get to use it as often as I'd like, but its great fun, I find myself looking for any excuse to use it. I also own a zoom bfx-708, which , among other things, has an expression pedal and both manual and auto wah effects. This crybaby kicks the sh*t out of it. If anything happened to it, i'd definately get a new one.

This thing is easy to use unless you have no feet. Two knobs for setting volume and the variable Q. A spring activated rocker pedal for the wah effect. You have to learn to use a Wah in general of course, but as far as Wah's go this is a cool pedal.

This is the ONLY wah that does not absolutely sound like ASS on a bass. I have tried a lot of them, and the rest really suck. The variable Q is cool, good for multiple styles, and the volume adjust keeps you from getting lost in the mix.

Seem to built like a small bus, I don't anticipate problems but I've only had it for a couple of weeks.

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This a very flexible pedal that actually does what it claims to do! The sound quality is great, the construction and operation are top notch. The price is really quite reasonable. I like it! It will grab your ass and make you its bitch....

The knobs underneath are a little hard to get at but, I don't usually need to mess with them. Don't really know how I'd do it better. I LOVE the way the switch is and the fact that it's spring loaded. The easy-access battery box is cool too. I hated the old crybaby because of the switch and the way the action felt. I used Morleys until now. I personally have no problem with hitting the switch on low-end sweeps but I could see how less pedally inclined individuals might need some curb feelers in there or something. So, my rating is based strictly on my own experience.

I originally got this pedal for my friend so he would quit using a guitar wah with his bass. When it arrived I fell in love with it and decided to keep it for myself and get another one for him. The sound is most superb and changed my mind about the iferiority of Crybababies. Sounds splendid with distortion and it sounds great with every bass and amp I've tried it with , so far. Best bass wah I've ever tried but, I should mention that I've never tried any of the really high dollar snooty ones.

All systems GO!

I havn't had to deal with them but, I like their web-site and how easy they make it to get parts.

I would buy another one if lost. If stolen, I wish disease upon the first born of he who dareth to incure the wrath of the cosmic bus-driver. I'd also like to mention that I beleive you could make one of these operate like a regular Crybaby with parts from the web-site if you know how to solder and what-not. The housings are all the same.

You have the potential for an AC adapter and two knobbies on the under-side of the pedal: Q (Range of wah) and Volume. It only takes a few seconds or minutes (depending on how particular you are) to figure out where your preferrences lie. The only problem with this set up is that the knobbies are inaccessible if you need to change your sound on stage. I don't really have that problem. I find a setting that I like and stick with it. One thing that took me a little while to get used to is its springiness. If your foot isn't on it, it springs back to its fully upright position and bypasses atomatically. After I got used to this feature, I was completely hip to it. Its easier than needing for force down a switch. Also, the transition from active to bypassed (and visa versa) is much smoother. It took me a little while to train myself to get a really deep tone without bumping the bypass, but it was worth it. It came with the same very brief manual that comes with the guitar crybaby. I couldn't help feel mildly annoyed by this considering that it even included the little diagram that shows how hendrix used it, even though I doubt he had any use for a bass wah wah.

When it comes to bass wah wahs. This is the best of the few you have to choose from. It does a good job of bringing out the low end and making sure that everything right down to your low E gets as much funky wah as it rightfully deserves.

I've had the pedal for almost 9 months now and it has served me fairly well. There have been a few times that something has shifted and I needed to open it up and investigate, but nothing has ever gone wrong that I couldn't fix myself (and I'm ain't too bright at that kind of stuff). One thing that I find happens occasionally is that the springy thing may not always cause the bypass button to be fully depressed. This can cause a nasty, muddy sound that can be solved with a simple stomp on the lower end of the pedal. Mine has done this more often recently (like in the last month or two). It may be something I've done; it may be something that will just go away; it may be something that could easily be fixed. If it gets serious I'll update this thing.

Like I said, I have yet to deal with any problems serious enough to require customer support, but I'm sure they're nice folks.

I've been playing for several years and I find that this pedal works very well with my very funky, slappy style of playing (in the spirit of folks like Larry Graham, Bootsy, Stanley Clarke, Les Claypool and/or Flea). I find that I use it some while plucking, but I really like the way it can enhance a good fat slap-pop lick. I've been told that Flea tours with this pedal, but I'm not sure. If you're looking for a sound like Bootsy's, you're looking for an envelope filter (more specifically, the Mu-Tron III). I have both the 105Q and the Mu-Tron III and I find both very useful. I don't think that either renders the other obsolete. I love this pedal, but if it won't fit your genre, you should probably rethink it. This feels pretty obvious to be but I felt I should mention that this pedal doesn't fit in very well in punk or classical music or any other genre that strays far from funk. If I lost the 105Q somehow, I'd probably grieve for while hoping someone would take pity and buy me one. If that didn't work, I'd get it myself, bitching all the way. On a uncharacteristically superficial note, I like the white casing. It sets it apart in my mind. I haven't really compared the 105Q to any other bass pedals, but this one seems to be standard and I can swear on several people's graves that it is far better than any guitar wah wah pedal would sound on a bass. Don't think. Just get it.

You would have to be a as stupid as they come to not figure out how to get good sound outta this thing...sure the more you practice the better you get but that spring thing is not a hassle at all that all these other people have been whining about...it's actually a good thing and im glad it's on there

i use it with a boss bass overdrive and a boss bass chorus into a hartke amp and this thing sounds damn good...exactly what i was lookin for

the only thing i can say is this thing and roaches would be the only things to survive nuclear winter

never needed em

best bass wah you can get for the money or for any money...period...i also highly reccomend the boss bass overdrive pedal and also warn you not to buy that damn zoom506 that thing is useless...also anyone who knows any good rock songs that use a bass wah email em to me

Wah's are easy: wiggle the pedal. However, the position of volume and variable Q knobs makes it very difficult to change if you plan on using different settings on stage.

The manual was good, but not really needed. If you need instructions for how to get an effect out of your wah, you shouldn't be using one; "volume" explains itsself, and it only takes a quick twist of the "variable Q" to figure out what that does.

The only thing difficult about the wah effect itsself is the spring loaded pedal and the automatic shut off. It takes practice to do slow sweeps, and you must use a very light touch on your heal or else you'll hit the cut off switch. You also need to make sure whatever you're playing works ending in the heel down position, as there is no other way to shut it off. The good thing about this is that you'll never forget to shut it off and accidenly play something supposed to be clean with a wah tone.

The flaws aren't very hard to deal with if you practice, especially considering how other brands don't have a variable Q setting, so having it difficult to change on stage is better than not having it at all.

The Crybaby is a very good bass wah. It is specificly designed for bass, so you can use it without loosing your low end.

The Volume and Variable Q controls are very nice. Turning the volume up is great for soloing. Even better is the Variable Q. Keeping the Q up all the way gives a huge wah effect, while turning it down is subtle. Yes, a wah is a wah, but with this one, you can really get the sound you want.

When I first picked up the box, I thought there was a brick inside. When I opened it up I found my crybaby was only built like one.

I play mostly hard rock and when I want a funky sound, this is great. Not at all something I'd use all the time, but definatly fun for a solo or wierd intro.

This is a wah it is very easy to use and get a good sound from it aimply rock it back and forth. The manual is very straight forward and you really dont even need it.I give it a 10 because its the best wah ive ever played

My setup is like this Fender P-bass with EMGs and a crappy back up bass into a boss bass distortion into the wah into a chorus pedal with one output into a Peavey 150 watt 15' combo and a Fender Bassman stack. it is not to noisy but if you use too much distortion you can not hear the wah as well. I can get many different sounds from my setup my band plays punk and some old metal stuff however the wah really exceeds at playing funk thats really what its great for. Again this is a GREAT WAH!!

I could definetly depend on it without a backup i gig with it all the time and never worry about it holding up even though i really abuse my wah.

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well this wah is great for all the kind of music i play and it really helps in writing music and get kind of a spacey effect. i love the automatic bypass and the tone shaping control dial really is quite versatile. BY it if you want a great wah.

As easy to use as anything else. the only thing that i think should be changed is where the knobs are, i hate having to turn it over to mess with the settings because its connected to my distortion and it flips the distortion and sometimes comes unplugged and i hate having to do any more work than nescessar, not really a big problem though, just me being lazy.

Sounds great. it goes wwhhhaaaaaaahhhhhhhh. like i said it sounds great.

i havent had it too long but it looks reliable. it is metal. it is white. it is white metal. i would use it without a backup.

never dealt with the company.

I really like this pedal. its is very fun and sounds great. i play metal/ heavy shit in my band and i love it because when i play anesthesia i can get a wwwwhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaawwwhhhhhh very similar to cliff. if it were stolen i would buy another one. I really like how you can change the wah sound, i like it better than my guitarist's bad horsie wah where you can't change the sound, and are stuck with it the way it is. Like i said earlier the only thing i dont like is where the knobs are because im lazy. I wish it had a beer dispenser and could play porno movies too. that would make it the ultimate wah. while in most of the music we play wah isnt that big of an effect it is really fun to use, and thats what playing is all about, having fun. I would like to share a donut but i dont have a donut so i cant share it. too bad.

Very easy to use. Just adjust the beautiful knobs provided, which are as follows: A Variable Q which allows you to contour your wah sound as HI or LOW; A volume knob which adjust the volume of the pedal, and then you will have a great sounding Wah. I had a lot of fun with it in the music store so i sprang into buying it. The manual that accompanied the wah was very straight forward...rock your damn foot back and forth....However, it is rather hard to resist puting your heel all the way back; which, within a matter of a second, the wah cuts out. With a little practice, I now can control my wah better.

I use a Fender Deluxe Active Jazz Bass and a Crate BX50 for now. I love the Fender and don't plan on changing soon, but I would like to get a GK 700RB with a 410RBH (got any input on this, email me). But this isn't about my gear, this is about the kickass wah. The wah sounds great with my set up as it would with anyother set up. The wah has no noise at all except for the rich wah tone you recieve when useing the pedal. Volume and Q knob to the sixth line or seven o'clock, which allows me to get a great "cry" and with the volume on six, it matches the volume of my bass. Combine this effect with an overdrive pedal (I use a Boss Bass Overdrive ODB-3) it produces a great SCREAM!!!; which can come in handy for kickass leads.

I can definatly rely on this brick. I have never used, let alone, performed onstage with this. I do go to jam sessions and nothing has ever gone wrong with it.

Never delt with the CS fro anything.

I now play mainly slap for Funk and Hard Rock and this pedal can really cut it for both genres. I have been playing for about a year and a half and bass is all I do. If I were to lose this thing, I would get really pissed off at myself (since I am saving for an ultimate Gallien-Kruager rig) and go buy myself another. I love how easy it is to express notes on this thing since you don't have to click down your toe to activate this beast. My guitarist friend has been playing for a number of years now and thinks that is the best feature on the pedal; he plays a Vox Wah Pedal. I wish it came with an avaliable drummer. This thing really helps me make different funk from the common. Buy this if you really want to expand your horizens.

I think its pretty easy to use but I can see why people used to playing with the nonspringed model would hate it. You simple step on it to engage the wah and rock it forward to sweep high back to sweep low. The only trick is to make sure you don't take all the pressure of the pedal at the back or it will disengaged after a brief delay.

I think this wah is great sounding. The Q adjustment allow you to make the way very subtle or very expressive. The subtle setting sound real good on a bass line in a bad situation and the expressive make for a great solo/emblishment sound (level control can be set to make you louder when the wah is turned on). Sound great on high Q with my Ibanez ATK which is a trebley bass. While the wah does sound good on your low E, it does kind of lose it on a low B.

The whole case is made out of some heavy steel, tough stuff. Like all Dunlop wahs, your eventually going to have to deal with the pot getting dirty, then later wearing out, but its not that pricey a part. Also I've been playing the heck out of it for almost a year now and its still working great.

Haven't had to call them and the dealer I purchased it at was very helpful.

I love this pedal. I simply think it sounds good and the Q adjust and level adjust are great features. You can go for wild like Flea and Cliff Burton or you can get a subtle breathing effect on you lines. The only drawbacks to the product are the fact that you can't use it like a filter by leaving the wah on a tone and taking your foot off it and the use of pot instead of the competitors light resistor circuit (but Morley doesn't have the Q adjust). The cool white color make it stand out from my guitarist lame plain one on stage too.

Spring loaded... where to begin? If you want to take your foot off the wah, and stay in that tone, this pedal will argue, and snap back into heel-down and switch off. There is also the question of feel, too, where you're not gliding the pedal, but working against the spring when you're going toe-down, and negotiating the return as you ease it into heel down. This is especially apparent if you are trying to do a slow sweep.

The other problem is the automatic switching. There is a button that is pressed when in the heel-down position that bypasses the unit (and, because it is spring loaded, the pedal goes heel down as soon as your foot comes off the pedal). This can be extremely annoying, again, if you are doing slow sweeps, because if you sweep to the bottom, you will hit the switch and, (after about a 1s lag) disengage your wah, which will jump from the pedals bassiest muted potion to clean tone (pop!). That lag is almost as annoying as the button itself, when I wanted to go clean for a sharp, solid note-on-the-one, and get a muted heel-down wah note, or, worse, have the attack wah'ed and then it would disengage in the middle of the tone.

All this in mind, the unit is not technically "hard" to use, but it is next to impossible for me to use it as well as I would like. As everyone is giving very positive reveiws here, I just need to mention these points.

I'm not that big a crumudgen. It does sound good; better than any other pedal wah I've found for a bass. That's probably why it offends me so much: it's a nice circut that would be wonderful, and a must-buy, if it were in a standard dunlop box. Instead, it sounds good but doesn't play well... it's a bass with great pickups and bad action.

The sound flaw lives in that switching from heel-down to off... which wouldn't be a problem, if the control was better.

I'm aware that these throw pots occasionally, but it is built like a brick (it's heavy... if you have room in your hardshell case, you will feel it in there). I didn't have one long enough for it to go wrong.

Before I get any death threats, I can't say it's a bad pedal, but it is all wrong for me. Good bass wahs are hard-- almost impossible-- to find, and this one is just not usable for anything I want to do. Intricate sweeps are fouled by spring-altered feel, tones can't be held (the pedal will snap back to heel down, and, after a lag, off) with the pedal left in place, and sweeping to the bottom automaticly shuts it off.

The alternatives are viable but expensive. The Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter is really thick and heavy, and you can dial in your cutoff frequency, pedal controling the sweep-- it sounds great, but it is a low pass, not a notch or band pass filter, so wah purists may not go this route. It has a drive control (and is a nice fuzzy toy when overdriven) and resonance... I like this pedal, but "feel" is still an issue as no one makes an expression pedal that feels as good as the nice heavy wahs...

The even more expensive alternative is the Lovetone Meatball, which is perfect in every way. It is another pedal-controllable filter, with selectable low pass/band pass/high pass filters, and you can dial in a solid and fat wah tone. It is also the greatest auto-filter ever made (in my opinion) and it is Bootsy's weapon of choice.

For me, and anyone who responds to this pedal the way I do, I suggest 1. shaking your fist at the sky, like Charlton Heston, and yelling "Damn you Jim Dunlop! Why did it have to be spring loaded?" and hoping that someday they'll build this machine with a solid, normal wah interface, and 2. Start saving up for a Meatball, which can be over four times as expensive as this wah, but will make your funk fantasies come true.

it is very easy considering the automatic springback in conjuncture with the bypass sensor

i use an ibanez edc700 bass with this and it sounds fabulous. it's a little hot sounding out of my trace elliot combo amp at lower filter, but possibly because my tube is blown. sounds very proffesional

you don't get much simpler than this. you can work this one without knowing dick all about effects. forward- treble. back- bass.

great peaks on this one. ideal for getting the vintage bass-driven funk sound. some big-time slap-poppers might want to go with an envelope follower to get all the peaks in on time, but it's great for reproducing bootsy.

really durable, this one. wouldn't want a backup.

never dealt with them

i play everything from primus to deftones, and this one works great by itself, and adds an extra industrial-sounding oomph when used with distortion. you also get no difference in sound when it's off.

extreamly easy two nobs one for volume one for Q it takes like a minute of ajustment

Excelent I have had mine for about six months it sounds great not noisy or anything huge flexibility from slight to extreme wah

it is indestructable mine has been tripped over dropped on concrete had drinks spilled on it it just doesn't break it is thick metal

Great if want bass wha this is the one I use it for all types of styles

rock it back n forth...nuff said

i use my Fender p-bass special 4 string, run thru a Kustom KBA-20 practice amp, i know i know, its small, hey its all i got so give me a break. its the first wah pedal i have ever used or bought, after a while of testing it out, and playing with my volume and tone and ew and all taht , i managed to get an awesome sound outta thsi baby, i recommend it as a first wah pedal to any bass player looking to stick out of the croud

dunlop, this thing is built liek a brick sh** house, it could probably take on a nuclear haulocaust and still work...all metal, well most of it any ways..the only major thing - needs oil in hte pivot once in a while. besides taht every thing else is tuff...nuff said

never delt with them

i play mostly softcore, alternative and rock. ive been playing for almost a year, but i am well ahead of my suggested skill level. its a great pedal, and liek i said before, i would bye it if i was asking my self "i want a wah pedal for my bass" i own a Boss ODB-3, and it sounds GREAT when u run thsi wah before the over drive....i would definatly buy this pedal if it were stolen or lost, if i couldn't get another one, i'd probably bye a korg AX-1B as next choice of pedal.i love the oudn i can get out of it whne i put it before my over drive, it sorta gives it a distortion/wah to it, it wsounds great for solo's. probably the worst part ot me is that its too easy to use, i wish it had more knobs or swiches for tone, or something liek a 4 band EQ, sumthing to give it a little more tone....i chose this one because i saw it in the store window, and it was cheaper then most of the others, so i tryed it out, i liked it, and bought it.....It helps me make alot of good music, i can make better solo's, or if im playing the red hot chilli peppers, it is also very good for that.....and it sure doesn't get in the way of any thing.......its a good wah pedal for starters, well not always starters, but u get the idea....its a great pedal,,,,,its a must have in my list

Super Easy pedel. Volume and effect level. Just step on it. After a couple practices and shows, it gets real comfortable. The only problem is, I have to run it direct, and it won't work through the loop. but that's no big deal.

Great for anything Flea like. Great for slapping if you hold it down. Cool for solo's and select song parts. I use it with an IbanezEDC700 and a fender 300w/ combo. Sounds good. Just don't overuse it and piss off the other guys, cause then they will cringe when you go to use it again. Be tastefull - effects are mostly for guitarist, not us.

It will probably need grease in a year, but it's going strong.

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All bass players should have it if they play funk and slap. If you don't do those things, save the cash and buy the boss auto wah. Otherwise get this because it's made for bass, the pro's use it, and it sounds better. In the long run it's more worth while for true funksters. Try tapping it with the beat of the song for some interesting sounds that don't ruin the songs. (something you can't do with auto-wah's.)

Easy to get a great sound out of if you are playing by yourself. I've experimented with this pedal on all settings and it just doesn't seem to cut through when I am playing with a whole band.

I use a 4 and 5 string Fender Jazz basses and an Ibanez ATK bass with this unit through a Mesa/Boogie Buster 200, then through a Mesa Powerhouse Jr. (12", 4x8", & a horn) and an Ampeg 4x10. I am used to the older types of wahs, ones you need to push forward and click on to enable, and I am heavy footed when it comes to wah pedals, so I rock the pedal forward until it can't go forward anymore, and that is how I determine when it is time to rock back. The problem is the effect shuts off when you rock it all the way back (which I know is a main feature) but makes such a drastic sound change, so it ends up not sounding so great.

Once the potentiometer came loose while using it at home, but easy to fix. I use it on gigs without a backup.

I play mostly rock, and this pedal certainly has tremendous possibilities. However, if I could go back I would probably not buy this pedal, as I now understand Dunlop has made a wah more suitable for my style of wah playing (with the stomp clicker in the front). The Variable Q can sound great when playing alone, but when you have to crank the amp to keep up with the band, I find it to be way too much. It severely overdrives the speakers.

simple, step on the pedal its on step off it turns off.

For a bass wah this is the best sounding one, best way to get those funky slaps and pops out of your bass. only little problem is only a couple times in like a month it might switch back to the origional sounding bass then back again for a second.

this would hold up, it has a good casing around it. but in general i dont trust wahs to be the sturdiest but for a wah this is a 10

i havent had to talk to them.

i think that every bass player that actually knows how to play should have one, dont get it if your a beginner but if you want that bass line to really stick out during a song whip this white bad ass out