Dunlop Crybaby

I got this wah second hand from Johnny Roadhouse. (nice bit of PR there for ya.) the switch can be a little sticky and take a couple of hard stomps occasionally. Also if you step on it sometimes the switch kinda cuts out the signal until you wiggle it a bit. That may just be mine as its old.
Second Hand - No manual.

I use this with a ds1, a les paul junior and a solid sate fender. it is quite hissy on the most treble point. also, if you use it before distortion, toe down and toe up are the only sounds - no sweep at all.
After dist. its fine just synthy sounding.

its like a brick. 'nuff said. I've even had the battery in for about 4 months.

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It came with some gunky mayonnaise stuff on the cog, presumably lube but i'm not sure if it was meant 2 have that.

I don't know if it was just the one that I got or what, but it doesn't click very hard when you turn it on or off. I fixed that by glueing a piece of rubber to the switch so when I press it down, it fully clicks. Other than this its just as easy as any other wah pedal.

For me it produces no noise whatsoever. I run a Gibson Les Paul Studio----TU-2 Tuner---Tubeworks Distorion---Crybaby---metal zone---ibanez tubescreamer---phase90---liquid chorus---Loop Station--into a crappy behringer practice amp and still there is no noise at all. It has a very wide sweep that you can't control but is good where its at. Very good wah sound if you know what you are doing.

It seems like its built like a tank so far. WOuld definately not need to bring two to a gig.

If this were stolen i would get another. simple as that. I got it for 70 bucks and its a big part of my sound

On/off where you'd expect it, unlike the morley i looked at. I would like an on off led on it. I found it difficult to tell whether i'd stamped hard enough to switch it on/off. The input/Output isn't marked either, which i thought strange.

I've read reviews on here about it sucking tone, not sounding to good, not having too good a sweep etc... i tried before i bought and compared it to the Zakk Wylde Signature and a couple of Morleys (bad Horsie 2, Power Wah and the Tremonti). It was by far the best sounding pedal. Ideally, if you're looking for kit, try before you buy! I run a Washburn Dimebag signature with a dimebucker through the crybaby before a Boss Noisegate and into a Randall RH100. The gain is always cranked right up, plenty of treble, lots of bass with the mids scooped. I was told the CB sounded awesome on stage by people in the audience, and they're the one's that matter.

Seems pretty dependable on the whole. Battery door is a little fragile though. Mine was broken in the box. Should have checked before i left the store really. Being an "old fashioned" pot instead of an optical wah, it will be liable to wear. It comes with 12 months warranty and i've heard rumours that dunlop guarantee 13,000 rotations of the pot before it fails. A new one will set you back ??30 GBP. It seems harsh, but for the cheap plastic (broken) batery door it loses 2 points!

My local Dunlop dealer is awesome, although not being the biggest guitar shop around, the don't stock parts and have to order in every time. Watch this space when i take it back to Fair Deal and exchange the battery door.

Sometimes original IS best. It's not perfect though. What really annoys me about effects pedals is the lack of a power supply. When you buy a games console, you'd be mighty peeved if you had to buy a PSU seperately! Why do i have to spend a third of the value of the pedal again if i want to avoid relying on batteries for my Wah (or other effect)? 8 out of 10... out of principle!

Press pedal wah on/visa versa

Ok but noisy

Switch broke first time out.

Terrible. They cant send an email or recieve one in plain English. The shipping cost to send it back, the pedal is not worth it.

I play classic rock. I have been playing for 40 years, at least. If this pedal was stolen it would be a mercy killing. I would buy anything but this. The only thing I wish it had was a warning label , grade A crap.

Very easy to use one trick pony. I personally dont like that you have to press it down so damn hard to turn it on, feels dated, in a bed way.

I used this, the few times i used it, with a heavy distorted tube amp and ESP guitar. It sucks the tone and the effect is pretty weak. And to honest not only weak it sounds like total crap. Dont buy this crap that only sells because of its classic name.

I got rid of it pretty fast but it sure is a solid piece of metal i guess it wont break.

No idea

I would never, ever, buy it again. All whas i tried is far better, even on multieffects like boss me-50. I cant recommend it. Maybe it suits some old school rock and pop.

Super easy to use because there are only two options - on and off. It would, however, be nice to have an LED that showed you when the pedal was engaged.

What's the point of having a $2000+ guitar/amp setup if your pedals aren't true bypass? A tone deaf monkey could tell the difference between a true bypassed pedal chain and one with a bypassed crybaby in it. Send your crybaby to someone who will modify it so it'll have true bypass. For a measly $50-60 you could maintain your sound...so it's a bargain.

Built like a tank.

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The stock pedal is crap.

Get your pedal modified. True bypass, led and some extra fun switches for you to play around with. JHS pedal mods does 'em, and it's worth it.

Very easy. Step on it and use it to get everything from sweeping wah sounds to duck sounds! Should be placed first in your effects chain.

I'm using a ESP LTD M-200 guitar with a Marshall 30 Watt 10" amp and DOD YJM overdrive. sometimes an ART tube preamp with a ECC-83EH tube in it. It's not noisy but adds some noise and I don't think it's a problem. This is the original Wah pedal so it's easy to get Hendrix, Hammett or Zakk Wylde sounds if you are using a great amp. You can listen to some wah sounds on my track "Cold pouring rain" at my myspace: www.myspace.com/peterholmgren!

Very reliable. Haven't had any problems with it.

Haven't dealt with Dunlop.

I play metal and rock and it suits these styles well. If it got stolen I would try the Dimebag Wah pedal or buy another Crybaby original. I don't like the Morley Bad Horsie wah pedal because it hasn't the cool sound from Dunlop. It's a bit too smooth and sounds less like a wah pedal. This pedal is a must for every guitar player!

Extremely easy. Step on the pedal on toe position and rock back and forth. You have to be an idiot not be able to use it.

My setup goes like:
Fender USA strat -> wah -> Laney VC30

I modified mine because stock sounded like shit. Mods can be found all over the internet and a self do-able.

Stock: Really bad. Honestly, I couldnt feel the richness of the wah, sounded really weak and lacked sweep. No growl at all, just a bland sounding wah with occasional ear ripping trebleness. Sounded bad with both clean and gain (better with gain though). When bypassed, it got worse with severe tone suckage. Stock, I would give it a solid 5.

Modded: HUGE improvement! I did the True bypass, pot-range, mid boost and vocal mods and it sounded like a classic vintage wah. Overall, an improvement in its sweep, growl and treble response. Works well with gain and clean. Clean sounds OK, but Vox's excel in this aspect but lack the response with gain. True bypass is the best part as there is no tone suckage anymore which really made this pedal bad. Think, Kirk hammett, Slash and Jerry cantrell with high gain and Hendrix, Jeff Beck with medium-low gain.

Very reliable. Its a block of metal!

Never dealt with them.

Honestly, even after modded it probably cant be compared to the boutique wahs out there (fulltone, RMC etc.) but these wahs are double or triple the price of this. I prefer wahs which are simple to use and have no knobs and such to tweak the sound and this wah delivers. I HIGHLY suggest doing the mods if you havent already, all it requires is a soldering iron, a DPDT switch and a few resistors! The only disappointment with this wah is it doesnt do funk as well as blues and rock. Vox will probably be better off with that, but again you have to mod it. Overall, stock = rubbish, modded = rich, warm, vintage wah.

It is very easy to use just step on the toe to turn it on, rock it back and fourth step on the toe to turn it off again. Couldn't be easier but if you aren't sure about how to use it the manual explains it very well.

The wah-wah effect is good but to sound more like your favourite artists you would want to get a more pricy model, but I ain't picky about that stuff it does what it says it does and thats good enough for me. On the clean channel (on my roland cube) it sounds amazing, I play a lot of John Frusciante stuff because he is an outstanding player and this pedal covers his wah tone really well. On the distortion channel its not so good, you can bearly hear it when you have the neck pickup on so you have to use the bridge pickup or use the overdrive channel.

It is very strong I would definitly gig it without a backup.

Very good I e-mailed them asking them how to lubricate it properly and they explained it very well.

I play rock, blues etc. and it covers the sounds I need. I have had it for " months now and it hasn't let me down at all. If it was stolen or lost I'd buy it again.
If you picky about your tone then I'd say you should get a higher standard model but I think this sounds very good for the price.

Doesn't get much easier. Unless you're really famous and have somebody working your pedals for you.

I think the sound is great. All this true bypass business hasn't been a factor for me, although my pickups are on the bright side anyway (Burstbucker Pros). The range for the wah went a little too much into the high frequencies for me, but I just popped the bottom off and adjusted the arm/pot mechanism (remove the plastic thingy that keeps the arm against the pot, pull the arm back, turn the pot till it's where you want it, and put the arm and plastic thingy back). It's perfect now, it sounds right in the human vocal range.

Build quality is great, but always have fresh batteries on hand if you don't use a power supply. When this thing goes out, it's with little warning, and EVERYTHING goes dead when it does. True bypass would be nice in that circumstance, but I just change my battery after every couple shows.

Customer what?

I play classic rock/alternative I guess. Jimi and Skynyrd with a dash of recent Pearljam. I've been playing for about 15 years, and I have a studio (not just a small usb interface, but a full studio). My main guitar is an Ibanez SZ520qm w/burstbucker pros>TS-9>Bad Monkey>Rotovibe>Crybaby>Boss DD-3>Boss EQ>Peavey Classic 30 or Epi Valve Junior (my baby. I love that thing!). I would have to say that for my setup and experience level, this thing is perfect. It's pure vintage delight and you don't have to fiddle with 15 knobs to get a halfway usable sound out of it. My motto is, "Buy the thing that sounds best and has the fewest knobs." If it needs a bunch of adjusting to sound decent, it'll never sound great.
I reall like this particular pedal because of it's simplicity and tone. I don't have to worry about patches, q-adjustment, settings, etc. I just step on it and go.