Dunlop Crybaby

Very simple to use, it's either on or off. Only problem: no indicator light to tell if it's on or off, and with heavy distortion, it's real subtle and hard to tell if it's on.

I use a Fend. mex Strat, big muff pi and a few random effects into a Peavey Classic Thirty. A little noisy, though I've heard worse. The sound is more old-school than newer wah's.

Mine broke after 2.5 years: the pot needed replacing, which would cost the same to fix as replace. It had this "shush" sound as I rocked it. For this reason alone, I wouldn't buy this pedal if I were you.

Past warranty when it broke, so customer support doesn't matter

If it were still working, I'd love it. But it sucks now. Don't buy this pedal.

Its a wah pedal, pretty simple to use, however, getting a good *sound* out of it is up to you. I find it a little more difficult to use than say a Morley Wah, but I like the sound of it better.
Manual is short, I don't need it really.

Im running a PRS standard 24 through a TS-5 tubescreamer, then the Crybaby, into a Fender Princeton '65. I didn't find any noise or distortion at all..the Wah effect is a little less bold than some others but very nice. Good Jimmi sound, good for most things. It isn't as good as a morley with distortion..but It is more than acceptable. Just don't put it after the distortion.

This thing is very very sturdy. It does not slide on the ground at all and I don't think I could break it if I tried.

Never dealt With them, haven't had to, I suppose this is a good thing.

This is a classic Wah pedal that sounds great. I wasn't sure If I really wanted a Wah pedal when I got it, but now that I have it is indispensable. Once you get used to using it its easy to get a cool wah tone out of it. I would definately buy it again if it we're stolen or lost. I'm glad i have this pedal to help me play what I like. However, if you've got the dough, 160 will buy you a Budda Wah, I've heard some great stuff about those.

It might not be so hard to turn on and off if I stood, but I don't. But otherwise it's simple.

I use a PC-88 keyboard with the left side through the Crybaby then a Phaser. The right side is dry to the Roland KC-500. it's great for getting cutting backup clavi sounds, but it just can't seem to get the subtly of the backup keys on Herbie Hancock's 1973 hit "Chameleon" (but I don't play that part anyways). Also, it's made for guitars; I guess that's why the low end of the keyboard is so soft compair to the ear splitting wavering high notes that are out of reach for guitars. I like noise, this can give off a little if overdriven.

I don't have enough money to back it up, why would I? the AC adapter doesn't work. Advice for every person everywhere: always have 9v batteries on hand.

yeah, funky, but it's good to have a dry line to bypass it 'cuz it might throw off a little noise.

Press down you get wah...simple as that!

My setup is Ibanez RG470-->Crybaby-->Zoom 505-->DOD Grunge-->Fender Automatic GT 25W. This pedal is great! It works ok with heavy distortion like my grunge, but it sounds great when theres a light distortion through it, more like a overdrive. Its not THAT noisy just a little. its a strong sound. im giving it a 9 because i know there is a lot more better wah pedals than this but for this price range its the best. with this wah i was looking for a tom morelo sound like on bulls on parade or something and i got it...exactly. If ur looking for a wah that works good in solos, this isnt it. Im not the kind of guy that plays solos thats why i like this pedal. I play Rage Against the Machine, KoRn, Deftones, Nirvana...ect. This pedal is great! Everyone should have it but i prefer to wait till christmas season for a sale at ur local guitar shop like me because i got mine for more than half off.

Since this thing is really heavy..i think if you dropped it down the stairs it would break. Its reliable but not like DOD or BOSS pedals. If i gigged i wouldn't have a backup.

Never dealt with them

Great wah! It fits into any kind of genre of music like funk(not me), Metal, HEY, it could even flow in jazz(yuck). This pedal could be for anyone and if it were stolen or broken i would buy another. The only thing that i dont like is that you have to press like half way down to start to get wah but then after that its really sensitive.

Getting a good sound out of this is a little tricky. Sure anyone can rock it in tempo for the usual wah sound, but it takes practice to learn to manipulate this baby.

Using a customized Ibanez EX170, with 3 Dimarzio's (x2n/fs-1/super2). Only noisy with high-gain and your pickups off. Very strong wah tone, but I modified mine by setting the pot for full trebele. If you want to know how to do this mail me. It goes Geetar>Crybaby>Ibanez Delay>Peavey Special 212. Can get certain Hammett sounds. He uses a rackmounted wah with it's own eq so his changes song to song.

It's a crybaby enough said.

Never had to see above.

Use it for alot of stuff. Mainly solo's, but it can do so cool stuff for rhythm. You just have to practice with it alot. Been playing a good while, and really did this pedal. Best wah out there except for $700 rackmount gear. Would definetly get a life sentence and another pedal if it were stolen.

Very simple to figure out. Sometimes when you're in a hurry to change effects it's a kinda hard to press it down hard enough to turn it on and off, but nothing major. It kind of a nuisance changing the battery.

I use a Gibson SG and an Ibanez Talman. The wah is hooked up in the effects loop of my multi effects pedal (Ibanez PUE5) so that I can just leave the crybaby on at all times and don't have to press it down really hard to turn it on and off all the time (it gets to be a pain after a while). I use the crybaby moving it up and down while while playing all the strings muted in clean mode to get that funky sound, and when using distortion I like to leave it in one place and use it as a tone control to get different sounds. Using distortion, I also love playing a line repeatedly with it down and gradually moving it up (adding treble) and then turning it off, using only distortion, which creates a powerful intro into songs.

This thing just won't break. I'm sure you could bust it up if you really to, but under normal use, it's indestructable. You can drop it, kick it, jump on it...it won't break.

I never had to talk with the people who make this fine pedal, but I think they'd be helpful.

I don't use it for every song and I wouldn't say that I'd panic if I got to a gig and realized I forgot it, but it is an extremely fun pedal to play around and experiment with. If you have the money, I think everyone should own a wah pedal, even if they don't use it very much because it makes playing so much fun and this wah pedal is probably the cheapest good/useful/nonworthless wah pedal available.

It's a Wah pedal. It's simple. You move your foot back and forth and it works. I bought mine used and the power-on action is a little stiff, which I think is a good thing, I can't see it accidentally being turned off while Im jamming on it.

Im using it with a Danelectro Nifty Fifty Amp, and a Mexican 4 year old Fender Strat, with Rosewood fretboard. My wah action was smooth throughout the whole travel. There is no discernable change in the first two inches of travel from up to down. The wah is standard fare. There is no distortion at the high or low levels. The high level wah sound is almost ear splitting.

I think I could definitely attribute the nuclear bomb analogy to the wah pedal. It's die cast medal with a fat rubber pad on top of it. I can't fathom HOW you could break your wah pedal aside from lighting it on fire and melting the electronics. If I ever was good enough to gig, I would get a Snarling Dogs Wah.

I haven't dealt with them, and I never will.

I play nothing, I am worthless at playing guitar. I bought the pedal for my future forays into Funk and Disco. I've been "playing" for 3 years. If it was stolen or lost, I wouldn't care. If it was stolen I would use the $40 I spent on it to pick up another one. If I lost it, I would be out of $ and screwed.

Oh come on! If you don't know how to use a wah, you most definatly can't play a guitar!

Tends to be a little on the treble side. The bass end lowers the volume of the effect, making it a semi volume pedal. Contrary to other's reviews my crybaby makes almost no noise at all. I use a Marshall VS30R with a Ibanez GRX40, and a Boss MT-2 metal zone. Kicks ass for doing Kirk Hammet's (Metallica) solos, like the solo from THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE.

Built like a tank and all that shit that everyone says.

I play metal, specifically Metallica and Motorhead. The Crybaby is great for that kind of thing even though its supposed to be a "vintage" effect.

On a side note, Dunlop has fixed the problem of having to unscrew the bottom panel to replace the battery. It has been replaced with a small plastic tab on the bottom.

Easy? To use, yes. To use well, I don't think so. It takes a lot of practice to get a great sounding sound with it. I got mine used, so I'm not the one to ask about the manual.

I play an Ibanez EX standard -> Big Muff pedal -> Dunlop Crybaby -> Rocktek Phaser -> DOD FX50-B Overdrive -> Rocktek Vibrato -> RMS Volume Pedal -> Crate GXT-410 amp. I used to use a Zoom 505 in there, minus the phaser, Muff and volume pedal and I think I lost some serious high frequency hearing. This setup produced nothing but feedback when I used the wah. Finally, I made a patch on the 505 that cut the highs and boosted the lows. I haven't experienced this since I got rid of the 505. I think it was just too much for it. I had a problem once where the pedal totally cut out when I kicked it on, but then I realized the adapter had come undone slightly. Oops. My bad. I think this can do a decent imitation of some Hendrix and Stevie, but, few can do justice to those guys.

Well, when the adapter isn't unplugged, it works pretty well. I haven't pushed it to the limit. I bought it slightly used. The sticker on the top is still legible and very stuck on. I'm pretty sure I could depend on it. If a car were to hit it, I think the pedal would be fine, though, you might wanna get a new car. Kids, don't try that at home.

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I like to try different stuff. I play the intro to Voodoo Chile on this. I've noticed that wah is making a slight comeback. It seemed people weren't using it as much, at least from what I'd been witnessing. I've enjoyed this pedal a lot, though I might shop around before buying another one, if this one were stolen. I've heard great things about the Morleys, but I don't think I could quite go with the switchless wahs. I like being able to get different sounds with the pedal on, but not rocking it. I played other crybabys. I checked out a fuzz-wah, but hated how you had to turn it over to adjust. Just get a separate distortion! For pizza's sake!

you push down the pedal and move it. you get "wah"

im playing it through a fender blues deluxe and a martin stinger w/ 2 single coils and 1 humbucker. it has excellent mid and treble sounds but in the bass it tends to get "fuzzy" this is a cool effect in itsself but also can be annoying

you can drop a nuclear bomb and it would be the only thing left

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great effect. especially for "hendrix" type of music, but very versatile