Dunlop Crybaby 535Q

Pretty easy to figure everthing out. If you spend time tweaking everything you can learn how to use it pretty quickly

Unlike everyone has written. I am not to impressed with this wah. To me, the wave is long enough. Even at the best settings, there is too much of the lows and too quick of a switch from the lows into the highs of the wah. For me this isn't a great wah.

Same problems as everyone else.

never delt with them

I wouldn't recomend this pedal. For the reasons stated above.

A pretty straight-forward product to use. Set frequency range and use the knob on the side to finetune.

Used with a Les Paul Classic through a DOD-250 into a Marshall 2555SL (Slash signature / Jubilee). Sound quality is great: there is most likely a setting that will suit your preference. There is no abnormal noise heard, tho the use of an adapter gives a bit more noise. Easy to get a Slash-like tone, but also many others.

Unfortunately, like many others already reported, the switch failed after a while. When going from wah to bypass the signal was lost. I found however that most of the time this was caused by the fact the switch wasn't pressed in far enough. Unmount the switch and remove some of the rings that keep the switch down!

I bought a DPTD switch but the original has a PCB mounted on it, instead of the wires being soldered directly to the switch. An email to techsupport of Dunlop was enough to get a very friendly email back within a few minutes with a wiring diagram that could be used to install the new switch. Great, friendly service!

Being a guitarplayer for over 16 years playing (hard)rock i consider the 525q an essential part of my setup. Having used Morley/Vox/DUnlopClassic Wah's they can't compete with the versatility and sound of this pedal.

A pretty easy to use device considering the features it has

The sound is very good. Using a Gibson Les Paul Standard DC through a Marshall 2555SL. With the options it has there will always be a setting that'll fullfil your needs

Reliability is just crap. As a lot of other people already stated: when stomping the switch i loose my signal. Pretty hard to depend on it live! For the money i have payed i would've expected better quality for sure!

Haven't bothered. Got me a Vox Wah

In use it's dead easy. Step on it, rock it back and forth - it works the way a wah is supposed to work. I give it a lower rating because the set up is a bit fiddly. Thankfully the manual is good, and has some suggestions on how to set it for your fave sound (hendrix, page on dazed and confused, etc.)

Sounds the way a wah should to my ears. Used with several guitars - les paul, strat, sg. Used with several distortion effects - tone bone, ts808, fuzz face. Used with several amps (marshall silver jublilee, fender showman, champ, deluxe reverb). All worked as expected, nothing unusual.

Crap. Intermittent switch failures. After a year the whole unit stopped functioning. I am not a pro, so this unit was not gigged with - just used in my basement. The case is incredibly strong, it seems like the pedal should last a lifetime. Unfortunately, mine died a premature death. Too bad, I liked this wah but would not buy another.

Didn't bother. Bought a fulltone clyde wah.

Nice wah, but poor reliablity. For me, reliability is just table stakes. After a year of light use this thing should have no trouble whatever.

Wah pedal, no big fuss about it's ease of use, but here are what I found very annoying:
The volume and variable Q control knobs are both small enough to make it difficult to adjust them easily.
The jack out is so close to the power adapter in that you might get some difficulty using a universal adapter on this.

Very good range of wah sounds, i call it my "flexi-wha". The boost switch might have been useful for me only if it didn't came with that dull distortion

Seems solid, but it's a real pity that the 9V battery case cover is in thin plastic: it broke the first week i had it!

It is a flexi-wah with a great range of sounds but with a quite dull construction

This pedal is easy to use. There is a knob to control the voicing and two small pots to control Q setting and volume of boost. The boost button is on the side so it isn't really practical to use during a gig but it is a nice little feature to play with at home. Many different settings to go through so this gets an 8.

My Setup is MIM Strat-->535q-->CoolCat Fuzz-->TS-808--> 1967 BF Super Reverb
or..
1956 LP Custom-->535q--> CoolCat Fuzz--> TS-808--> Crate V16 Palomino

I get all the sounds I want besides the classic metal sound (but that is debatable, my tone gets pretty heavy). The wah is good all the tones I want (classic rock, blues, funk, grunge, hard rock, classic metal. It gets a bit noisy with the fuzz but I think that is more of the cheap (but good) fuzz's fault. I can sound like Hendrix or sound like Clapton or Morello or Slash with this wah.

I haven't had it long enough to know if it is reliable, but I looked inside and it looks pretty damn sturdy. It is heavy and could cause life-threatening injuries to anyone who has one dropped on them from 2 feet away.

No experience with the guys at Dunlop yet. Hopefully I will never have to.

I would buy it again if it was stolen. I might be tempted to save for a Gig-fx wah or Fulltone Clyde. I wish the boost was easily accessible but that isn't a huge deal. It sucks a little bit of tone but that will soon be fixed when I add a 3dPt switch in there. Great pedal overall:best I have played under $200.

Fairly easy to understand and straight forward. Manual comes with some good presets to use as a starting point. Where it loses points in my book is the difficulty I have with engaging or disengaging the effect. When gigging, I do a bit of tap dancing with channels/effects/pedals etc. I occasionally have problems getting the device to turn off or on. e.g. if I need to disengage the wah and immediately switch to a clean sound. If i don't hit it just right the wah will fail to turn off. Maybe i'm not stomping on it hard enough, I don't know. It's very inconsistant.

1970 Gibson Les Paul Custom, 1990 MM Fender Strat with VanZandt pickups, 1986 Westone Spectrum, VOX AD50VT and 1970's Ampeg V4 half stack with various effects/overdrives. Sound quality is good. Can get many different sounds from it. From vintage to modern, it's all pretty much there. No noise or tone suck that I noticed.

There is another sporadic but major problem I have found with mine. The wah occasionally cuts signal for no apparent reason until I move the pedal. It's only happened a few times, but again, I can't afford it to happen in a live situation.

I haven't contacted them YET, so I really can't comment.

Right now i am in a band which plays a mix of 90's/00's covers and originals. I've been playing and gigging for almost 20 years. If it were lost or stolen, i'm not sure i would replace it. For me it's a great pedal for recording with great tone but not for live situations. I need something a little more reliable. I think an LED would help as a visual confirmation that the device is on or off.

Very easy to get the tone I want. Love the fact that I can control the sweep range and volume for boost. Can have total control over the parameters I want.

A lot of people says it sucks tone big time but I think they are just biased. It does suck up a bit of tone and live out of your tone but not much compared to Boss pedals. Anyway I'm a perfectionist so I got myself a true bypass looper from Loop-Master and problems solved!

It has a wide range or sweep that you can control using the dial knob and the small knob. As you turn the dial knob down, you get to a bassier region and vice versa. The small knob lets you control the range on whether you want an end to end sweep range or just a particular one without too much bass when rocked back and not too much high when rocked up.

Every time I on the power and use it for the first time, it will have a pop. Only for the first time. After that its fine. So make sure you on and off it for a few times before you on your amp.

The mid range of the sweep is not really good. It kinda have a 'jump' and doesn't go through all the frequency in between bass and treble. Especially when you turn the small knob all the way up. Therefore control over the small knob is important to get a relatively nice sweep.

A lot of people says this pedal always fail on them but it works perfectly for me. Guess those idiots just stomp on it with all the strength they have. Come on, its an electronic device. Why do you wanna be rough with it? You will just spoil it. Totally hate those people who becomes a monster when they play guitar. Have some control over yourselves man.

I love my pedals so I just use the minimum force possible when stomping on them. And in return, they love me too.

Never dealt

I've been playing for 9 years and covers a wide range of music. Don't buy a wah just because you are a Jimi wannabe. Use the effect for your own music. Be creative and don't let all these "guitar gods" control your playing style.

Anyway, this is a very sturdy pedal with lots of good tones in it. You just need some time to tweak around to get your nice tone. Of course you can't compare this unit to boutique pedals like Fulltone Fullcylde Wah.

If stolen I will open up my options to boutique wahs. But I don't mind getting this again.

It is tricky to start if you aren't familiar with this pedal. But once you get it dialed in, it's awesome. The manual is cool too. It gives you different style settings for hitting hendrix to frusciante. Pretty cool. I love it. I have played alot of others like morleys, other crybabys, boss, rocktron, and I liked this one from the first time I heard it. not to say the others suck. Given their applications, they shine in their own right. But as far as I'm concerned, this one did it for me then, does it for me know. I am the man in the box baby!! not really. Sorry jerry, yes you are the man.

I love this pedal when you have it kicked-in. The only downside of this pedal, or any other pedal that doesn't have this, is it's lack of a true-bypass switch. Ya, it's going to slightly color your sound but it's a coloring you deal with if your a wah fan like myself. If I were to record, I would probably isolate this effect alone to maximize my tones that I would want. Live, well, I have never played in a live setting that had such pristine sound that anybody could notice. They just notice when that bad mofo kicks in and it's on like donkey kong!. I'm sure there are some better boutique pedals out there for way more duckets, but for my money, this is the one for my ears. I love this pedal! Satch uses it. I have read some reviews that put the pedal down so much that he must be completely tone deaf??? rrrrrrrrrright..... This pedal inspires me to pretend for second that I'm Kirk Hammett, yes. But I'm not. So playing the intro to man in the box will do. It's not at the rackmount level but I didn't buy the rackmount wah. So rated against it's peers, I say it rocks.

Haven't had a problem with it. I did have an old one I beat up alot. It's hit the deck hard a couple times, had beer spilled on it, attacked by dust bunnies as it sat uncleaned for years, etc. Anyways, I was an idiot and put the wrong power supply into it and needless to say, the old schooler that took two nine volt batteries only works with two nine volt batteries now. The wall wort is done. i got a new one and it won't work. Still sounds good though. Just not as econimical as it once was. And I think that the old one without the fassel sounds better too. Maybe I'm tone deaf? I don't know. But I like that old peice of crap. Love it. They aren't that different. Just slight. Both are awesome. I bought the dime wah too. Way too many options. It's like line 6 products. Love their usefullness. I just don't want to attain the degree it takes to thoroughly understand them. Maybe I'm a caveman. Takes away from jamming. I have ADD or something. I like easy to use knobs and this isn't the easiest, but it's easy enough. Ya, it's reliable.

I just keep buying them like dunlop intended. I don't know?

I play it all. I also suck at it all. And I like it all. I love this pedal. I set it, and forget it! I have been playing for 13 or so years. I still suck. I have owned alot of gear. I looked up my musicians friend account the other day and totalled it up and almost cried. If it were stolen, I'd buy another. I bought another and it wasn't stolen in the first place. Ya, I dig it. What I love about it is the fact that once you find that sweet spot, your done. Put velcro on it and slap it on your board. Don't mess with it again. that easy. Again, I wish it had true bypass. Dunlop will wise up one day. And I'll buy a freakin' new one. Ya, I could send it off to keeley or wherever but I'm lazy. oh well. As far as helping me make music, yes. Very much so. It makes my crappy solo style sound less crappy. Alot of people say that people who use the wah pedal do so to hide there crappy technique. And some are right. I do fall into this category. But one day I hope practice pays off and I can make a few think otherwise. Maybe not. I don't care. I like the wah wah. As far as anything else I would like to share. rate products fairly. I read reviews alot. If you've owned it for one day and your last name isn't vai, how can you write a poor review on something? Also, rate it against it's peers fairly. And if you hate it in the first place, rate it accoudingly. Tell everyone you hate it right off the bat so I don't waste my time reading about your crappy set-up and your two years of playing and how you know good tone and all that crap. I'm hear to listen to fellow guitar junkies who love gear, good or bad, and appreciate it for what it is, and how it's used accordingly. Ya, it's not the $500 boutique, but it's damn good. I'll shut up now.

first off,you have to read the manual on this one so you know what and how all the dial,s work and how they alter the sounds...this pedal is extremely tweakable.

i had earlier version's of crybaby's but was never really happy with them,went to a teese rmc1 wah,paid way to much,never really liked it,then came across this 535q,finally what i was looking for, a wonderful clean wah,very vocal,very tweakable....a honest 10.very easy to get any sond you want...

it's very well built,heavy,quality part's,you can depend on it and dunlop back's it up....both by warrenty and part's availabilty...

i have dealt with them in the past,you talk to real people,their happy to help...

overall,you can get any sound your looking for out of this pedal..really..i am really impressed with this pedal,and it's a heck of a bargain,try it,i think you'll agree...the only downside,wish it had a led...

It's not exactly straight forward. You have to find your own sound that you like first. It's really not that hard though, I found the sound I liked within 20 or 30 minutes, Once I found that "sweet spot" I was good to go. But I don't just stay in that spot, I tinker and find other sounds too. It didn't come with a manual because I bought the unit as a display model. I'd give it a 9.5 if there was such an option because of the tweaking that needs to be done.

I play a lot of Satriani, and this pedel gives me a lot of the sound I was looking for in his songs, plus gives me the just the sound I want in my own music. It gives you a definate 'wah' sound to it, really makes the guitar cry. It has a tendency to be noisy especially with the boost selector on, but what do you expect?, it's a 'signal booster' it simply amplifies whatever happens to be in the circuitry, including noise... make it work for you ;3. This is being ran through a Line 6 Spider III 150 watt amp.

I've been reading that the switches are flakey, hard to activate, etc. But I really haven't had a problem with that so far. Yeah, the switch can be kind of hard to switch on but it was designed like that so you wouldn't accidently turn it off when you're using it. All you have to do is lean your weight into it a little bit until it clicks. Also the battery is another one I keep hearing people complain about. Still haven't had any trouble there other than getting the battery compartment to close. As far as draining batteries. No problem, just unplug all the cables and make SURE you turn the wah pedel off via the toeswitch!!! I've been doing this since the day I got it, been using the same battery for 2 weeks and the wah is still just as strong. I would use it at a gig with no back up even without a power adapter, although they are nice to have when you don't have batteries handy. Giving reliablity a 10 for now in spite of its poor reviews simply because I haven't had the pedel very long and it's held up perfectly fine so far.

Never had to deal with them. Hope I won't have to.

Overall I think it's a great pedel, matches my style of playing which is mostly rock and blues rock. Been playing guitar for 3 years and I haven't been without my share of disappointments but this little device hasn't disappointed me so far. I'd definately buy another one if it got stolen, but not before chasing the theif down and reclaiming my original xD. Like most everyone else I wish the volume/Q control knobs were slightly bigger but it's no big deal.

The ease of use is just so incredibly awesome and easy! The different wah settings make for an awesome pedal with varible wah sounds which is awesome when wanting a slightly different sound. The Boost kicks ass and is awesome. Needs no manual - this beast is so simple to use and manipulate!

The exact same model Wah, guitar legend Joe Satriani uses, and it kicks arse! Surf with the alien with this beast! I've gotten alot of signature tones out of this Wah, such as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Satch, and Zakk Wylde respecivly, as well as my own signature wah tone! It really is a versitle wah! I use mine through a Fender Squier Champ 15 amplifier , with gain usually at between 7 and 10, treble at 10, middle at 0, and bass and presence both at 10 and played through an SX Strat. This wah kicks ass with screaming tones and harmonics with a nice gain and overdrive, but also gives awesome tonage with a nice, beefy clean sound.

It's never let me down, and I've had it for a few months already. I've heard of this particular Wah cutting out, but it's never done that with mine, and I can always depend on it whenever I need that awesome wah sound. I would definatly take it to a gig and be safe and know it won't stuff up on me. It's my old guitar I've got to worry about, haha.

Never needed to deal with them, with absolutely no problems with the pedal, its been a smooth ride! I'm sure the team at Dunlop would be very kind to assist though.

I play many different genres of music, and often my own blend. This wah along with my Monte Allums modded DS1 Distortion, gives me absolutely exactly the tonage I need and require! Before this I used a Dunlop Crybaby GCB-95 Original, but it just wasn't cutting what I needed. When I plugged this baby in I knew it was meant to be. I've also tested the VOX wah and no other wah I've used compares itself to the 535Q. And the full "chrome boy" finish gives it another thing to boast about. If it were stolen I would be shattered but still wouldn't hesitate to go and buy another one, though I'd try and get my old one back, because I feel a strong connection with all my original equipment.

No matter what you play, this is the most versitile wah ever and will cater for any style! I use it mainly for rock and metal, as well as shred and lots of good harmonics, but when I tone down the gain it still kicks epic ass.

Great sounds, lots of features, fairly easy to use.

Super range of sounds.

Junk! I have gone through 2 of these units and both have had switch problems. I don't know why a company would allow something as simple as a ba switch through thier quality control. But the pedal is unusable due to its intermittent switch and noisy too.

just returned it to guitar center. TWICE.

Garbage! Great idea for a wah pedal if they would just make sure they worked when it left the factory.

The black knobs that control the "Q" (wah depth) and clean boost are both hard to get at, but the wah pedal and wah range selector are easy to use. The on/off switch for the whole pedal is a pain in the ass, it likes to stick.

The wah sounds good and is very adjustible, but if either the clean boost or my amp's gain are turned up, it picks up the local NPR station (89.5-ish). Changing the frequency range creates a nasty trebly "pop".

I honestly don't use it very much as a wah pedal, I like it for the bass cut when turned on and left wide open, and for the distortion I get when I turn the clean boost all the way up on my amp's "clean channel".

It will cut out randomly when turned off unless the pedal is pressed lightly against the switch. It's also begun cutting out for a few seconds without warning when turned on.

Haven't gotten around to dealing with them.

It has a cool tone, and I tend to leave it on while playing, but I wouldn't trust it at a show. I haven't really found a use for the wah depth control, but the clean boost and wah range are fun to play around with.

I cant really say it's easy to use because i'm used to a wah pedal that's switchless. The manual completely sucks!! but there are a couple good settings in the back. the version I have has all of the knobs on the side so it is better than the old ones that had them on the bottom.

I thinks this pedal sounds great and I am able to get alot of different sounds out of it. I've seen some reviews where people say it's digital but it's not, that chip on the board is an op-amp. I have yet to hear any unwanted noise. I am running this to a Line 6 Uber Metal and into my Crate GX-60C.

A couple of times when I hit the switch I loose all signal, It's only happened twice and hasn't done it in a while but I still worry that it's gonna happen again at an important time. I talked to Dunlop and they pretty much told me I was crazy.

I've only talked to them once and they treated me like I had no clue what I was talking about, so i can't say they are good.

This is a super smooth pedal compared to the other Crybabys i've owned I guess it's because of the Fasel inductor. It needs an indicator light because i'm always forgetting it's on, other then that i can't see anything really wrong with it.

this is a very versatile wah. 3 knobs and a boost switch
Q-control- adjusts the frequency center
gain- amount of boost delivered when the boost switch is pushed in
volume- amount of volume added when wah is on

this is a very versatile wah! the sound i have found relies heavily on 2 things, the settings u are using, and the type of guitar u are using. between the Q control and the gain control i can get sounds ranging from
funk, to slight filterering, to your very modern rock solo tones (wylde, slash, vai, etc.) As with anything different types of pickups will give you different tones. such as with my tele with a high frequency selected and gain added i can nail the tom morello type of pushing rythm tone. this is a very smooth wah that can be adjusted for any playing style

This thing is built very well, i use it all the time with out a back up.
i did however have one time where my switch went out on me so i sent it to dunlop and they fixed it and i have had no problems with it since

Dunlop was very helpful and easy to work with when my switch went out...luckily i had a few days left on my warrenty so they let me send it on back and i got it back with in about 3 weeks with no problems.
contacting them is no problem either, i only had to call them once and they were very friendly and helpful.

i'd highly recommend this wah!
styles i play and it works great with- funk, blues, rock, metal, worship, country (its great for slide work)
i would buy it again if lost
i compared it with other cry baby wahs and a few morleys such as the bad horsie II the only wah i would say beat it was a guys 60's Vox organ wah
which was just amazing (who can find those anyways)

As easy as a wah should be.

The sound is great when it works.

Every so often (about every 6th or 7th time), when I engage the pedal, the sound cuts out completely, and I have to press it down again a couple of times to get signal again(making it impossible to use live).So no, I cant depend on it.

When it was new, it had the same problem (signal cutting out intermittently)and I sent it back under warranty. Dunlop told me they found no problem, and sent it back to me without doing anything. Tried to gig with it again, and about the 3rd or 4th time I tried to kick it in, guess what? My sound dropped out completely, making me look like an idiot.
I have tried it with different rigs, and always have the same problem. So now I just use it for home recording. Which sucks, because I'm starting to play out quite a bit again, and need to go out and buy something I can depend on.

The sound is good for a wide variety of styles (if only I could depend on it for live performance).I hear the new models from Dunlop sound great, but I cant justify giving money to a company which treated me this way.

Two gripes: 1. The little black knobs are hard to get at without taking the unit off the pedalboard. 2. The manual doesn't have a specifications page. I'd like to know the frequency values of the five ranges. In fact, the manual doesn't say much of anything at all.

This is a digital pedal. That said, I don't want to give anyone the impression that I think it suffers from the fact. Digital music technology takes a lot of crap these days, but the truth is that it's opened up a world of tonal possibilities that once only existed in the really expensive boutique analog world.
It's just that, when you opened the bottom of the pedal, it's got this overwhelmingly slick-looking, machine-wired board on the inside. It's a new world.
This instrument is fantastic. I was playing an early-80's revision of the CGB-95, which has about twenty electronic parts in it. The pot started to get scratchy, and I turned that into an excuse to get a new toy. I wasn't disppointed.
I'm a big fan of Jerry Cantrell's wah tone. Who isn't? So when I got it, I instantly dialed in the "Jerry Cantrell" settings in the manual. Holy cow. It was pretty cool.
In fact, I was so impressed that I changed the settings a little to find the sweet spot for my amp and I haven't changed anything since. One of these days I'll poke around with it, but for the moment I'm in love with this setting. I haven't played a solo without it since the first time I brought it to rehearsal.
I play a Gibson Explorer with Dimarzio pickups. EB Vol Pedal > 535Q > TS-9 > MESA Nomad 45, 4x10. I couldn't be happier with the way the 535Q gets along with the rest of the gang.
Regarding the switch: A lot of people seem to want to deconstruct the "hard-wire" bypass. It's not absolutely true bypass, that's true. But it's just about as good as it gets. There comes a point when the differences are negligible. This is that point.

It's a wah pedal. They can take bullets and still work.
And, oddly enough, the machine-soldered circuit board seems sturdier and much less likely to suffer from loose solder joints (a recurring problem with my old CBG95).

Never talked to them.
If I did, I'd ask them for the tech spec's.

I'll eventually repair my old wah pedal, but to be honest I don't think I'll put it back on my pedalboard full time. The 535Q is now the most soulful pedal I have. And that's not just because the old CS-9 chorus I have died on me last week.
The Boost function even reduces the number of stomps I have to do to get my solo-wah tone. My Tube Screamer seems jealous.
I'd buy a new one in a second.

I've been playing more than long enough to know the ins and outs (well, at least a few) of good tone. I'm a big fan of Slash, Jerry Cantrell, Dan DeLeo, Slash, David Gilmour, Frank Zappa, and Slash. I have a special place in my heart for the G3 nuts like Satch and Stevie Vai, but the real soulful guys get me in a very tingly place. So you'll never catch me with EMG pickups or a Boss DS-1 anywhere in the signal chain. Shrieky, edgy guitar a-la Zakk Wylde or Mick Thompson is good and all, they just choose attitude over pinache when it comes to tone. It's a matter of style. That's why Zakk has his own Crybaby. But the 535Q has it for all of us out there who wanna make it bleed feeling.

You don??t need to spend some time to work out how this thing works but you will need a couple of days to find what you are looking for. More complicated than a standard wah but many more sounds to get from it.

Great sound. I plug the pedal before a Ds1 modified by Pedaldoc (great overdriven sound now) and I can really get a Hendrix kind sound. I have many more pedals and this thing seems to combine well with almost everything except with my phase90 but who would want to use a wah with a phaser anyway?

Very hard shell and well made. Very reliable I would say. I don??t know about the pot getting scratchy yet...let??s hope it doesn??t in a long time.

I have had the pedal for a year and no issues so far. Hopefully it will stay the same

Great pedal. Lots of sounds to dial. If you get one of these pedals be sure you will spend many hours experimenting...Nice.

Bought the unit a few days ago, took me a while to find the ideal combination between the variable Q knob and the switchable 6 wah types. But once I figured it out, I was able to get a variety of very usable sounds

I run a '57 vintage reissue strat through the 535Q and an Ibanez TS9DX Tubescreamer into a Marshall JTM-30 combo amp, with a Dunlop 6-band equalizer running through the amp's FX loop.

One COMPLAINT: When I activate the 535Q with the boost(overdrive) channel on my Marshall JTM-30, the 535Q picks up a certain am radio frequency, which becomes more apparent as I push the rocking pedal forward (treble side). I notice the radio signal is also there when I'm using the clean channel, but not half as bad as when I'm using the boost channel

Does anyone else have this problem? please advise

Other than that, it's a great sounding unit, the only reason that I'm not giving it a 10 rating because of the radio signal issue

I've only been using it for a week in my bedroom, so I can't comment on this one

I've been playing guitar for over 10 years now, mostly as a hobby. I mainly play early to mid 90's alternative rock covers (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, RATM, RHCP). If it was stolen, I'd definitely get a replacement

Great variety without pushing buttons, turning many knobs, etc. Has the Fasel & a good casing. Input jacks work & don't wiggle with all types of cable too. Want to spend more time tweaking? Get the Ibanez Weeping Demon instead. Want to get a strong set of wah tones? Get this unit & save your time. It's virtually a no-brainer.

It gets all the sounds you want to get, from Jimi to SRV and then some. REMEMBER: it really is in your hands, your guitar's sound, amp settings and any other pedals or crap you have in your chain. Want to cut down noise? Use your pedals or rack in your amp's FX loop and only use this before your amp input: you will be surprised. I use it with Mesa Lone Star Special and Stiletto Ace combo(s), and with PRS & Ed Reynolds guitars with hummers & single coils. The EQ on this one is good with singles and humbuckers.

As long as you aren't tap dancing on the pedal, letting a dummy toss your stuff around or spilling beer on it: it should last a while. Every month or so spray it with tuner cleaner & you'll stay happy! Better yet: keep it in a protective pedal board case.

Sorry to have to give anybody any advice: wah pedals due to their parts and design just wear out if you don't kieep them clean & protect them. Haven't had to contact the company, but go thru the people you bought it from. They order more of this product and can put pressure on them or the distributor (if that's the case).

After 40 years, this is the first one I liked after my original Vox. It covers almost all the sounds I've liked too. Other than the Weeping Demon (too many little things to tweak with) and the larger Morleys, it got good tones FAST! If you use too many pedals, pre-amps, boosters, delays, modulation units, etc.: it will all start to sound like pink noise or mush anyway. With bypass, it will stay out of your way (and ears)when you don't use it.

Quite easy to use. More options than most wah's but still, not at all difficult. Give yourself half an hour to find the best settings.
The volume boost is possibly this wah's best feature.

This is where this pedal really falls down. Forget Hendrix and SRV. I'm not sure where all these rave reviews are coming from. I've had this pedal for about 18 months and have been trying to get good tones out of it for that long. Still trying. The tones are just not in there. Perhaps, when you've got your amp (or pedals) all set for a clean sound then the pedal is passable - with a tendancy to push the high end and scrimp on the bass, but as soon as you add any distortion, fuzz, overdrive or anything like that,(even tube breakup) then it is just really a pile or rubbish.

I play with really good gear, aside from a few pedals (good ones), I play a vintage vox AC50 amp, an American custom les paul and an American standard telecaster. I'm really into good tones and good gear. When I am playing blues lead for example, with a small amount of overdrive, when I switch on the wah, I can hardly tell if it's on or not!

To its credit, it doesn't get any noise in the pot when you rock the pedal. But it's far from noiseless when the pedal is switched on and off. And you'd better turn you're volume down when you click the 'Wah range selector' switch! BANG BANG BANG (not good for your speakers...or ears).

This pedal is very solid construction wise. It's a die cast stainless steel I think. Tough. The underside panel is a bit flimsy though, with plastic battery cover...a much more delicate underbelly than vintage wahs.

As far as the inside goes, mine didn't have any problems. Though being a digital pedal it does suck batteries pretty quickly.

It's probably easiest to sum up this way...

For:
- Pretty solid and reliable
- Has a good volume boost switch
- True bypass
- Not too bad with clean sounds (very little bass though)

Against:
- Rubbish with distortion
- Noisy selector switch (aaarh! Good god this is terrible!)
- Too expensive for what it does and compared to other cheaper wah's.

Summing up, save your money. I'm going to mod mine with Area 51 Vintage Italian wah mod kit (www.area51tubeaudiodesigns). If you're interested in a wah that's soft and subtle then save the dough and get a cheaper, more basic wah. If you want to play an authentic sounding 'Voodoo Chile' then get a real vintage wah, or go for the Area 51.

Fairly easy to use, the two knobs on the side could do with being a bit bigger though. Easy to get a good sound, it all sounds great!

Using a Cort G290 (EMG SA and 89 pickups), with a load of other effects into a Marshall MG100DFX. This wah just sounds plain awesome. That's it, all the sounds are great, you can emulate any artist with it, and it really wails!

I've had mine for about a year and a half and it's still going strong, I am worried about when the potentiometer breaks however. But it's lasted a long time!

N/A

THis is just a great pedal, forget any others out there, this is the ONLY wah you'll need, despite it being a little old-fashioned.

Cake

Superior, since it can sound like any wah it beats every wah!

Never broke yet. And I Thrash it

I've delt with the company directly a few times. Always a pleasure

I have owned all the "Best" wah pedals and this one has kept me going from light jazz to wailing metal. If you need a sweet wah wah, buy this pedal

it's easey enough, it's a jewel, a master piece, you have like 50 different wah sounds, in one wah!!!!!

great, super, if you like hendrix, vai, satriani, page, there all in this great pedal

it's a tank , bomb shelter like built it's wounderful, buy it!!!

dunlop there all great people , they care about there customers

great, wah wah, sound quality better than 90% of the wah wah out there but you get a great deal buying this pedal!!!!

Been playing guitar for 28 years best thing dunlop's put out since I can remember.

Much better than the original, Playing it through a marshall 250 mdx great sound!

no question about, with the 9 Volt adapter

The one guitar effect I've been waiting for!

I like this wah very much, this is my first wah pedal. I bought it second hand and it still looked fine. The dials make it very easy to find your right sound and after 20 minutes you get the sound you want. The only problem is that there are to many dials. But I should not complain because that was the reason for buying it.

I've got the version with fasel. I think it is true bypass or at least I hope it. My setup: Jackson DXMG ( with EMG 81-85 ) --> korg DT-10 --> 535Q --> crappy cheap small amp. No noise from any of those but I intend to buy a mesa boogie combo soon.

This thing is rock solid and I would like to meet the person that could have destroyed it. Or better not.

It works, so why contact customer support

I have been playing the guitar for about 10 years now, but only 5 of them on electric guitar, I play a lot of metallica, iron maiden AC/DC stuff and it fits well with this style. If it was stolen I don't know if I would buy a new one, I don't use it so regulary

3 knobs - Volume Boost, the Q (Sweep/bandpass), and the 6-way range selector (emphasizes lows, mids, or highs).
You can plug it in, click it on, and play, but that's not really going to do much. Folks say it's 'set it and forget it,' but then you're forgetting about the tonal possibilities of the pedal. It can do a heck of a lot if you take the time to tweak it. You can get heavy metal-ish, guttural wahs and nice reggae/funk sounds that resemble an envelope filter. The settings in the manual are helpful - before I didn't realize the volume knob made a noticeable effect on the tone.

Mine's an old model, 18v with the knobs on the bottom. Pain in the rear to get to but Dunlop seems to have rectified that with the newer models.

Fender Fat Strat - 535Q -> Traynor YCV40WR
It's true bypass as far as I can tell - when the batteries die and you engage the effect, it's a mute switch, but it still passes signal. The sound quality is great and much more recognizable once you spend some time with it and tailor it to your rig. You can get anywhere from a bluesy wailing rock wah to metal and funk. Everything in one box, though not at the same settings.
The volume boost is a great help, it lets you sing above everything else in the mix, as well as get a little bit more distortion.
You can also dial in some nice feedback if you let it sit on the higher frequencies.

It's HEAVY. Like a gold brick. You could knock someone out with this thing. I would use it without a backup but there's one thing I wouldn't use it with live - BATTERIES. I've had the batteries die just inexplicably, you're supposed to unhook the input signal to stop a slow drain, and I do, but whenever I need the durn thing it turns into a 10 lb mute switch. Get a power supply!

Never dealt with 'em, but they did take the time to write a helpful user's guide, so for that I salute 'em.

It's great for what I do. I play in an alt rock band, and I get really killer leads out of it - Great Sound. If it were stolen I'd track down that scumbag in a heartbeat and put in a few solid blows with the crybaby.
It's fantastic sounding but it NEEDS AN LED. With my earplugs in I can never tell if it's off or on. Maybe an easier footswitch, too - I'm 180 lbs and I have to lean forward with all my weight on my right foot to engage it.
The cheaper Crybabies are not worth it, no variable sweep, no customization, and worst of all, no true bypass. Get this one, I swear it's at least 5 pedals in one.

Pretty simple ... might take a while to really get the hang of adjust the Q-dial and range, but really not difficult to use ... all sounds from this thing are usable.

I play Fender American Deluxe Strat --> DOD Juice Box --> Crybaby 535Q --> Marshall AVT100 ... sometimes I use an Epiphone Les Paul as well, when I feel like playing Guns N'Roses stuff or whatever ...

Anyways, like I said above, every sound out of this thing is quite usable ... and there a some very good sounds in there ... but there are no really excellent tones, to my ears. Somehow even the best tones from this pedal seem to lack something ... perhaps just missing that genuinely musical touch, you know ... maybe it's the lack of a top quality inductor, like the Fasel or Halo ones in the Crybaby Classic and the Real McCoy wahs respectively ... I don't know ...

One sound that this pedal came very close to nailing was the wah tone on "Fool's Gold" by Stone Roses, using the Les Paul ... curiously the pedal almost seems to prefer the Epiphone to the Fender, which is very uncommon for wah pedals ...

This is a real problem for me. The plastic battery cover broke almost immediately, which is a nuisance ... it's now held together with blu-tack ... but that doesn't affect performance, so it's not a huge problem.

However, there is another more severe problem; sometimes (in fact, quite often) when using the effect, if the treadle touches the switch the signal just cuts out. This is a real problem, as naturally the switch and the treadle come in contact rather often ... though I have noticed that the problem is more occurs more regularly when the battery gets older ... still, very very annoying.

I've been playing 6 years, mostly rock, oldies, blues, etc ...

This thing does have some very good sounds, but doesn't work very well.

I'm replacing it as soon as I can unload it really ... probably getting a VOX or a McCoy instead ...

It's not a very complicated pedal, and i've only took like 2 min. to make it sound as i wish.

Yeah! well, what can you say if you're using one of the satriani's choise. In order i have Cry Baby 353q firts, then a Boss Metal zone and a dunlop phase 90, then i have a marshall 259 dfx, and it sound great, i can make it sound like a slash style without problem. you just have to know how to use it with the style you like, but you can go as far as you wish.

mmmm i have like 2 months with this pedal, so it has worked good.

Well... first i was looking fot a dimebag cry baby, 'cause i'd try one before and i liked it, and because is the Mike's Einziger choise(incubus) but in the store, i tried the 535q and it sounds as good as i wanted, and it was more like my style (80's rock and jazz) and the dimebag is like more metal style. and i'm glad to choose this, 'cause it helps me to say what i want. my guitars really cry!!

Actually USING the thing is easy, as all wah-wah pedals are ... finding your sound can take a little bit of tweaking, as is naturally the case when there are knobs involved ...

I play a Fender American Deluxe Strat (and occasionally an Epiphone Les Paul+) --> DOD Juice Box --> 535Q Crybaby --> BOSS TR-2 --> Marshall AVT100 ... often I only plug in one or two of those pedals at a time, though ...

This is a very versatile pedal, every tone is usable ... but to my ears there are only a couple of very good tones ... there's no excellent tones, no one super sound ... and, as is common with Crybaby wahs (excluding the Classic Fasel model, perhaps) it can get very nasal and thin ... of course, that's why the range shifting knob is there, but when you lower the range you tend to lose definition and clarity, and the effect is generally less noticable ...

I have had problems in this category ...

Firstly, the battery cover broke on this thing the first day I got it ... it's been held in place with blutack ever since, and falls off regularly, which is a real pain ... I haven't bothered to find a replacement cover, but might do so soon.

Secondly, I have problems with the switch every now and then ... a lot of the time, if the treadle touches the switch while you are using the wah, it can cause the signal to cut out completely. However, I think that this happens much less when the battery is fresh ... still, it means I virtually have to change the battery once every fortnight to avoid the signal drop, despite the fact I'm always careful to disconnect everything when I'm not playing ...

I play mostly blues, rock, alternative or anything that sounds cool ... I've been playing over 7 years and have had this pedal for about 3 years ... I'm getting rid of it soon because I haven't yet found a really excellent sound from it & I'm a bit fed up with the reliability issues too ... gonna get a Real McCoy Picture Wah probably ...

Anyways, the pedal is still pretty good, and exceptionally versatile ... so if you're looking for a lot of good, different sounds, this is probably your type of pedal.

Didn't get a chance to try it out... it broke first....

Didn't get a chance to try it out... it broke first....

The "Think it worked once." quote is even being generous... I hope I am having bad luck but when I got it it was broken... The little stick thing moves the potentiameter thing when you step on and off the pedal was broken when I recived the pedal.

Haven't used them.... am going through my local music store because I won't even have it 12 hours by the time they are open again and go to take it back.....

Well I don't want to trash this pedal because apparently it sounds great but I am just lettting you know that it can crap out on you very very very easily.

It is very easy to get a good sound out of this pedal! The variable Q knob is so handy, I can go from vintage vox-like wah to modern wah. The manual gives you some examples of how to recreate some famous tones,they are pretty accurate.

I am currently using a Squier Stratocaster and a Peavey Rage 158. I am also running a Zoom 505II before the wah. The wah is not really noisy in my opinion. The effects always sound really awsome with this wah. All the wah frequencies are great!

It's a Dunlop wah, it's made from die-cast steel. I sure can rely on this wah. I would definately use this wah without a backup!

I haven't dealt with Dunlop yet because they made such a strong, reliable wah pedal.

I play rock and metal stuff. This wah is perfect beacuse it has the Fasel inductor. The inductor gives it a nice tone with loads of distortion. I have been playing for about a year. If this were stolen or lost, I would definately purchase another one of these! I love the sweep and how good it sounds, the boost is also extremely useful for leads. I compared this to other wah pedals (Dimebag wah, Tremonti power wah, Classic crybaby) and the only one that compared was the Dime one. It was $100 more and this wah had all the same features! This wah inspires me to new levels of playing all the time. That's all for my review, I totally recommend this pedal for any level of musician

Easy, but you must master this thing to express yourself.

Good sounds, versatile all the way up. I like the Q very low to get volume-like swells. I would have liked a Faselinductor. I need a more vocal quality.--A little nasal, not so musical. I expected a Shaftier sound.Noisy when the boost in on. Not so tone sucking as I expected.I am looking forward the GiG-FX Master Wah. It seems pretty godd as well. I want to modify this thing with a Fasel Red inductor. I am sure it will get better anyway.

Very well built. Quality components, but hard to modify, as there are some surface mount tiny components.

I could never contact Dunlop, but I requested a catalog and they sent it to me. Great!, burt I have been able to clear my doubts.

Great but hard to modify, lacks the vocal quality I wanted. VERY VERSATILE. The six selections are well tuned. Quality selector. I would have liked metal knobs and quality pots for the Q and Volume Boost. I wanted to be brief. Thanks for reading.

Pretty easy to use and offers a lot of wah options.

Sound quality is good as far as using the wah goes. However, when bypassed this pedal sucks the tone right out of your guitar and amp (I use a '79 Strat and Marshall JCM 900). Maybe I just have a bum pedal, but a quality true bypass switch and wiring is needed. I've read other reviews stating this pedal has a true bypass, but I couldn't find that claim on the Dunlop web site, and that's a major selling point. All the endorsements by superstars for this peadal are nice, but I'd bet those endorsers have modifications done to replace cheap components.

The Boost is pretty much worthless unless you like hissing and noise. Oh, it is near impossible to engage with your foot (logical limb a person would use based on where it's placed).

I won't use it for my performances because of the "tone suck" going on. I could probably buy a true bypass switching pedal and eliminate the wah pedal when not engaged, but why bother? I'll just buy a better wah and pawn off this one on ebay.

I like MXR and Dunlop and hope to never have to call them for tech support.

If you are in the market for a wah I'd find something else. When engaged the wah it's nice, but when not engaged--look out. Do yourself a favor and listen closely when shopping, especially if you are buying from a large music store. Some of the "department store" guitar/music places are nerve wrecking just walking in the door so you may not be able to detect what's really going on with all the blairing music, noise, and guitar slingers impressing themselves. Pay a few extra bucks to get quality!

I decided to try the 535Q after being dissatisfied with the Ibanez WD7. I think the 535Q is better than the WD7 for the following reasons: I don't have to worry about the 535Q switching off when the pedal is in the up position. My tone is cleaner when the pedal is used with the clean channel on my amp. It doesn't add as much distortion as the WD7. The WD7 is too bulky, the 535Q is more compact.

The biggest imperfection of the 535Q is that there are no markings on the wah to indicate the low/high knob positions. You have to turn the knobs all the way in both directions in order to get a reference point. The sample settings in the manual have markings (although the manual doesn't indicate low and high positions for the range knob) so why doesn't the wah itself? It would make adjustments alot easier. I plan on drawing some dots on the case for this reason.

Other than that, the 535Q is very straightforward and easy to use.

My setup: Carvin DC135C -> 535Q -> Yamaha DG130HA w/ Digitech VGS2120 in the effects loop. The sound quality is very good. It has the signature CryBaby sound. It adds some noise to the signal but nothing substantial.

It seems like a well built pedal. I haven't had it long enough to know how durable or reliable it is.

I emailed Dunlop with some questions about the 535Q before I bought it. The response was helpful.

Other than the WD7, I've tried the RMC2, RMC3 and the Boss PW10. The 535Q is the best wah that I've tried so far. The RMC3 might be better but I didn't like it because the controls are internal.

I would definitely recommend the 535Q unless you just don't like the CryBaby sound. The main reason I wanted a wah like the 535Q was so I could get a wide range of wah sounds. I was able to replicate the wah sounds of many different guitarists such as Zappa, Hendrix, SRV, Page, Satriani and Clapton. I can also get some very nice clean funk sounds.

Not quite as easy as a "non controlable" because you have to spend some time tweaking to get your sound and feel out of it.

I am very happy with the unit. I was originally using a Tesse RMC 1 and after a couple of years with it I decided that I would like a wah with a different feel in the sweep. The 535Q allows me to get the smooth feel I need and sounds great doing it. I especially wanted the a large hollowed out section in the sweep and it does it better than the RMC 1.

strat w/ Lindys -> 535Q -> Fulldrive -> ChoralFlange -> MXR AutoWah
-> Line 6 DL4 -> 67 Deluxe Reverb w/ Weber California speaker

I have had it for about 4 months and the switch is a little suspect at times. I get an intermitant cut out between some switching operations. I am an electrical engineer and I cant find the problem, It may be new switch time.

A good pedal. I play in a 9 peice funk band so I use it often. It does what I want for the most part with a little bit of fuss with the switch.

easy, just unwrappit plug it in and rock the pedal. everyone says its hard to work because youve got to set your own tone, but just read the instruction manual!

i use a fender jagstang and a fender 1969 strat 9 (or sumthing) with a line6 spider 2 amp. and it sounds great!! the good thing is you can shape your wah, and if ya can't be bothered doin that then just read the manual, it tells you how to match the wahs of jimi hendrix, jimi page, john frusciante, tom morrello etc.
i originally had a korg multi effects pedal, and it had a built in vox wah that sucked, it barely made a wah impact, im not sure if the real things like this. i tryed out a boss v-wah and it was absoulute crap, it was more of a multi effects than a wah.

i haven't had it for long so i don't know

again, i haven't had it for long, but i haven't had to deal with them yet.

i play funk/punk/rock plus tons of other shit, this is a great match for me and even if you don't play those styles youll probably find a wah sound to soot your liking. iv been playing for about 4 years now and this is my first actaul single effect, if it was stolen would i replace it? does a bear shit in the woods? my opinion is try out this pedal first and try out as many wahs as you can.

plug and play. after you plug it in and play some, you can adjust the sound if you don't like. that's why those knobs are there, right?

i love the fact that the 535Q is true bypass. that alone is worth the price of admission. it's got a decent sweep on it and it stays in the position i want it to. awesome.

i've had it for almost 6 years now and have never had any problems with it. i even dropped it once and i bent up the bottom plate pretty good. i just bent it back and it works fine.

hopefully, i won't have to deal with these guys.

i've played on a few different wahs in my 11 years of playing and i have to say that i like this one the best so far. i've played on the vox, the morley (mark tremonti model), and the standard morley.

the vox sucks tone like no other. i couldn't believe that a pedal could suck so much tone. i stayed away from wahs for a while because of this. i was told that it was the top of the line back then (8 years ago), so i figured any other wah would suck worse (no pun intended). wrong. i hated the vox.

both morley's sounded harsh and artificial to me. the tremonti model was a little better than the standard, but i didn't like the delay when switching on and off. the tremonti model only stays in the "up" position, which sucks because sometimes players want that all the way down or middle tone to help color up some rhythm or lead work. didn't like it.

i primarily play rock and blues. any bluesman/rocker will tell you a wah is essential for their arsenal. it's a tool for better expression.

definitely would replace if it got jacked or out of my own stupidity, lost.

i wish it came with about $17k to pay off my school loans. haha.

Three knobs,and one button on the side make this the most complicated Dunlop wah. However, the buttons are really only needed once, so that you can tune your wah to whatever settings you want. After that, just toe down and whacka whacka away. The two little knobs on the left of the pedal are hard to reach/turn when you're trying to fine tune your wah sound. However, the fact that they're sort of recessed and out of the way keeps your final settings from changing, so it's definately worth the (slight) aggrevation. The manual has some very good presets for sounds to start tweaking with.

I usually run an Epiphone Dot (with '59 neck and Seth Lover bridge and strung with .11s) -> Boss PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> Dunlop 535Q -> Boss PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay. My signal goes into a traynor Reverb Mate 40. The PSM-5 powers everything from a single Boss power adapter. This wah adds no noise to my setup when not engaged!
Personally, I like the sound of having my wah after distortion (I think that I'm in the minority on this matter . . ., but don't discount my opinion just because of that!). I have been able to find settings that emulate Hendrix (Voodoo Chile), Zeppelin (Dazed and Confused), Bob Marley (Burnin' and Lootin'), Slash (Sweet Child O' Mine) and Curtis Mayfield (Ghetto Child). I usually set it similarly to the Zeppelin preset in the manual, as this is the sound that I like the best (combine it with a little delay, reverb, and a pinch of chorus). Really, if you like a wah sound you'll be able to get it from this pedal.
The only thing that I never use on this pedal is the red button for solo boosts . . . I have noticed a little click when I initially turn the wah on, but this isn't very loud and doesn't happen everytime that I step on the pedal. No real complaints from me.

This is a very solid pedal. Maybe not indestructible, (I wouldn't want to see what a hammer could do to the knob on the side . . . ) but why would you try to destroy your gear? It has never failed me in more than a year of home use / occasional jam session.

This is an awesome pedal for rock, classic rock, reggae, funk . . . you name it. I've been playing for more than five years now, and am slowly buying musical equipment to suit my style of playing and the sounds that I like. I don't use a wah in every song, but I love playing with them . . . This was the best sounding wah in the guitar store that I tried. (I played with a budda wah, boss v-wah, some kind of morley wah, vox wah, and a dunlop jimi hendrix wah before I made the descision to buy this.)

Easy enough to use; plug in and rock pedal back and forth with [one] foot. Mine came with the red Fasel inductor already installed and has several features that earlier 535Q's didn't have: Q and Volume controls are on the side of the unit instead of the bottom and there is a boost [toe] button to kick in whatever volume boost you've dialed in--very handy. The manual that came with mine is for the older design but the box that it came in had enough information printed on it to adequately describe the location of the controls. It runs on one 9V battery.

I'm using the 535Q in front of a Fender Twin/Marshall JTM running in stereo. I add a bit of delay and compression between the 535Q and amps. I use Strat, Paul, archtops, and others. The 535Q sounds great with all guitars; I upgraded from my old crybaby (sans Fasel) because I couldn't get vocal-like wah from humbuckers especially with distortion. The new 535Q does the job. No true bypass--why don't they make all pedal with true bypass?

The crybabys are very reliable; built like old buicks. However, the 535Q has a cheesy plastic battery compartment cover; should last a year or so before I break it and resort to duct tape. At least you don't have to take the whole bottom cover off to change the battery like the older ones!

Never had to deal with them.

The 535Q is ruggedly built and versatile; very musical and I find it truely inspiring. I play rock/jazz and this pedal gives me the classic wah sounds that I crave. Very cool! I'll replace it if anything happens to it!

The controls are many (more than most wha s) and, at least at the time, i was not particularly tone savvy, and therefor unsure of what they all did. But after a while i figured it out... So like all pedals, fiddling and patience gets you the best tones.

my setup has changed many times since using this pedal, but it has always produced a wide variety of quite pleasing sounds. It even stays pretty powerful right up untill the batteries died, so it was a rather unpleasant suprise. Non the less, it sounds great and is very versitile.

only a little while after i got it, the battery case (plastic, one of the only parts that is) broke and is now held on with duct tape. Also, as of late i have had trouble powering the pedal, fresh batteries haven't fixed the problem, but i havn't really fiddled long, it probebly just needs different batteries or a power supply (note, it is 18volt, not 9volt). Also, the thin metal base is bending out of shape. This is mostly cosmetic, so not a big deal. Everything else has held up superbly.

never used

It is versitile and sounds great, what more can you ask for. Reliability, thats what, and i havn't experianced consistant reliability from the pedal. But i kinda beat the tar out of it, so if you are interested, try it, if you like it, buy it and take care of it.

very easy to use, though you need time to play with it before you produce the sound quality you want.

i use an ibanez js1000 with a marshall amp and a multieefects and this 535q wah. it gives me the best tone i need. specially when i play joe satriani's songs. its an awesome wah pedal. it makes you feel that you have the exact wah tone as what he has in his album and concert acts.

its very dependable heavy duty wah pedal.

i never had a problem with it.

hey if your ready to play instrumentals or just trying to create your own sound, this is the best wah pedal for you.

Read the manual- it takes a bit more thought than your typical wah as you have to dial in your tone.

Classic wah tone that allows you to dial in more to your liking. The perfect compromise between the standard Crybaby/Vox/Thomas Organ/etc and the modern wahs like Morley, Digitech, etc.

My first unit didn't even work once, right out of the box. That was a major disappointment in Dunlop. I paid extra to get two day shipping from Zzounds and was so looking forward to my new toy and then to have it do... Nothing. :^(

Dunlop and Zzounds were both very friendly and answered the phone right away. However, I am giving Dunlop a low rating because they should take care of the returns instead of pawning that expense off to their resellers- this effect was fresh out of the box and didn't work at all. Dunlop should take care of the repair and offer free round-trip shipping. I give Zzounds a high grade- they do offer free shipping and a great return policy!

I play rock, a la Dandy Warhols/New Order/Low, etc. I've been playing for 12 years and play a Fender American Tele & a Guild Starfire through a Fender Twin Reverb. This pedal is the perfect match for my style of music- I like being able to dial in the parameters of the wah, but still having it sound organic and classic, unlike the Morley/Digitech offerings. I love this pedal, but hate Dunlop's manufacturing inconsistencies.

The most versatile and best wah pedal you can buy. It's simple to use, but just has a Q control (wah range), a volume control (boost), and a variable Q control (selective bandpass filter). Even with the extra controls, it is still a very easy pedal to use, it gives you more options on what you want your wah to sound like. If you are lost or don't know what one of the controls is for, the manual will help you out. Also, the manual has some sample settings to give you the wah sound that guys like Zappa, Hendrix, Marley, Page, Frusciante, and a few others, you can dial in settings to get the wah sound that they have. It's not as simple as a regular wah, it is more flexible/versatile which means more to it, but is still very easy to use.

I believe all the newer 535Q wahs are now sold with the Fasel Inductor, which gives you the tone of the original crybaby sounds. This pedal covers a huge range of wah sounds, anywher from a high range to the lowest range wah sound, and there is plenty different sounds inbetween them. The volume control is a good idea, but I barely use it, it only gives you a volume boost when the pedal itself is turned on. You can boost your signal up to +16 dB, or just leave it at 0 dB, which is your regular signal. This is the most tweakable wah I've ever used, and the best I've ever used. First, you can select your wah range with the big chrome knob on the right side of the pedal. It has 6 positions it can be in, you can get any range you want or even think of with this pedal. On top of that, you can tweak the wah even more by using the variable Q control, the small black control on the left side, you can adjust the sharpness of the bandpass. With the Q control turned up you get a high selective bandpass filter. With the Q control turned down, you get a broad bandpass filter that sounds somewhat like a volume pedal. You can get your own wah sound, or get the sound of any one of your favorite guitarists wah sound. I have tried most of the known wah pedals, and nothing can come close to how good this wah is. I had a Boss V-Wah, didn't like it, it's a digital wah pedal that emulates Dunlop, Vox, and Morley wah sounds, but sounds nothing like any of them, probably one of the worst wahs you can buy, and very overpriced. I sold my Boss V-wah to buy my 535Q wah. I have a Morley wah, but it's been sitting with all the other pedals I don't use, along with a Vox wah, and my Dunlop GCB-95, I replaced the GCB-95 with the 535Q. If you are looking for a wah, don't go with any of the crappy digital wahs or any of those Digitech multi-effect pedals with all the different distortions, effects, and wahs. The best wahs are Dunlop, Vox are good, but nothing compares to Dunlop, check out this pedal, nobody can be disappointed with one. I never thought I'd give any wah pedal a 10 because I could never find one with the exact sound I wanted, but the 535Q proved me wrong and will always be on my pedalboard, the price for it is amazing, and the pedal is amazing.

It's built with a very solid, sturdy body, the pedal is very tough, all Dunlop wahs are tough. The only thing I don't like is the little knobs for the volume control and the Q control, they are very small and close together, they should at least be bigger. But, I can deal with it.

I was waiting for the music store by me to get this pedal in, made sure they held one for me once they got them in. You aren't going to get more versatility like the 535Q on any other wah pedal, it's the best wah anyone can have. Trust me, the guys at the music store by you might make that crappy Boss V-wah sound great with it's onboard distortions, voice mode, uni-v, and the different wah sounds, but, the pedal is absolute garbage. The distortions are a joke, the wahs are very weak and digital, so they do not sound like real a real wah pedal should, they are simulations, and the voice mode is unuseable because it only works with the onboard distortions, if not then it just sounds like something is wrong with you amp if you use it with your own distortion, and the uni-v is a classic ruined by Boss. I bought the V-wah thinking it would be pretty good, but I was wrong, I made sure I sold it and bought the 535Q which is 10 times better than your average wah pedal and 10 times better than any wah that is out. I just about never give out 10's for a review, but this pedal deserves it more than any pedal I have, or at least is one of the best pedals out of the huge lot I have.

More set-up than I was used to, but fiddle with it you'll land a sound.

Manual was pretty helpful and nicely written.

I know a number of guys who have had issues with picking up radio stations etc with this pedal. I'll have to say that I've never had anything but the signal I wanted come from this thing both with battery and wall power. I'll have to attribute that to my sexy cables. Allesandro's cables are where it's at. Check 'em out.

Anyway, the wah does exactly what I need, it gives me a little more dirt for some nasty distortion and some squeel for big solos. I can't complain. The pedal doesn't color my tone at all when off... which is nice.

I don't gig with a backup and I've had this thing out weekly for 2 years. I do depend on it.

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Although the pedal has never failed I don't like the build quality. The knobs and boost switch feel cheap to me. Also, the entire bottom plate of my pedal is pulling off. Not cool, but the thing still sounds good. A LED that tells you that the pedal is "on" would be nice.

If it were stolen I'd get a new one for sure.

Wahs are pretty easy to use. Duh. It just takes a while to find the perfect sound you want.

It ahas an awsome sound. I play mostly thrash metal Like Metallica, Pantera, and Megadeth. It serves its purpose. I love the sound I get when i bust out on a solo. It deserves a 10!

It is very dependabel. Moreso than a lot of my other stompboxes that have taken a beating in the past. I STOMP on my stompboxes. The wah has yet to fail me. If it gets lost or broken I would definately replace it. It gets a 9.

Never needed it yet.

As I already said, I play thrash metal and it does a good job. I would recomend it to others who wih to play this style. The only way you can get any better is a rackmount wah.

Easy to use but since it has different setting it's not just simply "plug in and go". But all settings sound fine and have their use, so you can't really go wrong.

Very smooth I'd say. Possibly the best sounding wah I've tried so far, and I have owned a Budda (which I thought was very smooth at the time). I'm giving it a 10 cause I have yet to hear something better.

Haven't had it long enough to know. Should be alright though.

No idea.

I don't use wah a lot but when I use it it's in conjunction with a clena tone and slide, so the wah needs to be smooth.

It's cool when a wahwah pedal can adjust to the custom tone and response you want. I cannot imagine any use for the thinner, "whicka-whicka" sounding settings, but at the opposite end of the spectrum I found some sweet, satisfying sounds when the pedal actually said "Wah." Nice! So why a lukewarm rating of 5 in this category? Because, set up as-is from the factory, the switching button under the toe of the rocker is too low, requiring a concerted shift of body weight to mash it far enough down to switch on/off, especially on anything softer than a hard tile floor. True, it's an easy adjustment to make with a small wrench, but Jim Dunlop or someone in his employ should maybe take care of that so it operates like a wahwah pedal when it leaves the factory. One of the rubber cushions has already fallen off, probably from all the force needed to switch the device on and off. For $129 retail I dislike having to "guess and test" to see if my stomp was hard enough, or not.

My gear (Fender, Gibson, various tube amps, etc.), and music (classic rock and blues) are irrelevant since my gripes would remain if I played polkas on an electric zither. As stated above, the tones are sweet and musical once you experiment around and dial in the sound you want, IF you can overlook loud unshielded radio noise. I compared with different guitars, cables, amps and my trusty old Crybaby GCB-95 (circa 1985 or so). Tried wall and 9v battery power as well - same noise. The brand new Crybaby 535Q was the only thing causing that problem. It's not too bad with the wah off, or backed off to the bass end of the throw. But pushing down to the treble end raised the volume of the radio interference noticeably. It ruins anything good the pedal might otherwise do. It would sound like a 9 if the obnoxious interference didn't knock it down to 1, so I'll split the difference and call it a generous 5.

So at practice last night, back from a drain/fill break (guitar volume off - amp on to stay hot), the rig was silent. I checked the guitar, the amp, the knobs, the pickups, cords all the way in - swapped everything out - nothing! Finally, it occurred that I should cycle the crappy new pedal once, and I was back on! I don't recall anything in the directions saying the pedal has a secret silent function until you wag it around in desperation after nothing else works. I'd be FURIOUS if that lame shit happened on stage! It's hard to rate this numerically on a one-time failure (so far), so I won't.

I've had no dealings with Dunlop. But you can bet this turd and the receipt are headed right back to "Guitarget" before 30 days are up! THEY can settle it with Dunlop (if they don't just trot it back out onto the sales floor).

I'm really disappointed with this pedal. My other Crybaby has been reliable for nearly 20 years with a rebuild a few years ago to replace a worn, scratchy pot (typical when they get old). But it had no DC plug and it buzzed when I tried to power it that way, so I bought this new one to add to a transformer powered pedal board. It does THAT, but the noisy operation, surprise failure, and ridiculous effort to turn it on and off (maybe), render it useless for playing live music. Verdict? I'll just keep feeding the occasional battery to my old one and maybe take a shot at "upgrading" again in 20 more years with a thorough 29-day test drive. I'm sad it didn't work.

Q knob, volume, sweep and boost button. Oh, yeah, the foot-sized switch itself. It definitely takes a little fiddling around with this pedal to get a sound you like, but it is worth it. I don't use mine much when I play, mostly just for vaguely psychadelic sounds or quacking or rhythmic, percussive slashing. I sometime leave it on in stationary positon too. A wah is a little different from other effects in that you do have to practise with it a little to get it to sound good. A good wah player is a little rare. But I digress, very easy to use in general. I do wish it had an LED though.

Sounds fine to me. As I said before, I mostly use it to make myself sound more spacey, or to make my funk a little more rhythmic. I also sometimes leave it on in stationary, but not much. Anyway, this thing can do all kinds of different sounds, from Cantrell to Hendrix to Hammet to Funky stuff. I like it. I used to have an original Crybaby, but it had almost no sound, no sweep and caused much hiss. Chief Big Kookamunga no like. But I don't have any such problem with this puppy. Plus, it doesn't suck your tone like an unmodded vox wah does, not quite as sweet as the vox though.

Never had a problem with it. My old wah, an original Crybaby was a POS, it never worked this thing is a tank, and the battery is easy to change too.

Never dealt with them.

A very good versatile wah wah. Oh yeah, BTW my rig is MIJ 89' std strat w/EMG DG-20 -> Boss DD-2 -> Johnson 50's tremolo -> 535q -> Trace elliot super tramp w/ BBE 362 sonic maximizer in the effects loop. A decent college budget rig, suitable for jamming with friends and recording, in other words, me. Anyway, I like this thing, it suits my needs, even though they are not many. I would definitely recommend it.