Dunlop Crybaby

Very simple, almost anything sounds cool. You can't go wrong with a wah.

Sounds good, but nothing special.

Okay, first the plastic battery holder broke only a few weeks after buying the thing. Then the thing started not turning on/off every time (I had to step on it twice or more). Finally two very strange things happened at the same time: the pedal part (bent?) so that I couldn't hit the switch without using my hand and then the thing just stopped working. I've kicked myself in the head ever since for not filling out the warranty.

Like a lazy idiot, I did not fill out the warranty therefore I didn't bother the company about it.

It was an okay wah, worth the money I guess. I think the Vox wahs may sound about the same but look a lot cooler. I wouldn't recommend this device.

If you can't use this thing, then you're a sad excuse for a human being. I have the newer model with theeasy-open battery clip thingy, so there's no problems.

I run Gibson and Epiphone SGs into a Boss EQ pedal, the Crybaby and finally into a Crate GFX212. I can get a pretty close approximation of Kirk Hammett's lead tone with it, which is all I'm going for. I play metal and more metal, and I use it on almost all of my solos. It doesn't mesh so well with my amp's distortion, but it's good enough. The only time I've had noise problems with it is when I'm using high gain and not playing anything with the pedal in treble position. I had a few problems with harmonics, but the EQ does a good job at fixing that.

It's rock solid. I've kicked it, dropped it, thrown it around, dropped stuff on it, and it works fine. Only problem is very rarely, it won't switch all the way and will cut my sound, but that's very rare and another hit on the switch fixes it.

Never had to deal with them, probably won't.

I've had this pedal for a year and a half and it works fine for me. I can get a good metal lead wah sound, and I really don't use it for much other than leads. If it were stolen, I would check out a 535Q or Dunlop's rack wah, but I don't have anything against this. The other guitarist in my band had one, but the pedal got really loose and he just bought a Vox, which, in my opinion, is only slightly better than this. I could have paid $5 less at Daddy's but I decided to support the little stores instead. Good pedal for the money. I would NEVER get a wah pedal of lesser quality than this.

Step on it.

I play an Amer. Strat with stock setup > Crybaby > Marshall 602 60W combo with Danelectro chorus and echo pedals in the effects loop. Every now and then I throw in a Fuzz Face or Big Muff after the Crybaby. I always thought that it sounded better in front of distortion not behind it. This pedal and the Vox are the standards for classic wah. Hendrix and Clapton used both. I never use it on the clean channel, only for overdrive. If you want a Clapton sound, crank the gain on your amp to 10 and find the sweet spot of the Crybaby (about 1/2 way back) and turn down the tone of your guitar. Every good rock guitarist uses a wah pedal. You cannot wail without a Crybaby.

Bullet proof. I've had it for 26 years. There's hardly any paint left on it. This pedal has been through everything and still works beautifully.

Only time I ever dealt with them was to order some new rubber feet and rubber foot pad a couple of years ago.

I've been playing for 30 years mostly blues, hard rock and some jazz. This was the first pedal I ever bought 26 years ago. The Crybaby has become so much a part of my playing that I couldn't imagine playing without it. A truly classic pedal that I take for granted.

Very easy to use There is one switch and that is the rocker pedal Not hard at all

Well it sounds good on clean tone but if you put this thing under distortion you are going to wish you hadnt. This wah like most distorts you tone a lot so that it is very twany and it sucks you tone is so bright it ruins the sound of the distortion Dont expect much

This is built almost as good as a boss

No problems besides the tone which isnt really a defect it is my disliking of the tone

Its an okay pedal if you are in the market shop around and try it before you buy it

Gets pretty muddy and toneless at the bottom end, but that could be because its signal has declined over time (see below). The high end has never been too shrill or trebely, though. When I first bought the pedal, I would have rated it at 9. I liked it better than the most recent Vox wah at the time.

After three years of playing casually, jamming with friends, etc., it seems like there's a dead spot in the middle of the sweep. The quality/clarity of the bottom end has also gone south. It's been maintained well; I've only ever opened it to clean it with a swab (never use batteries, only AC adapter). A friend who has owned a Crybaby for a couple of years told me he has had similar problems. Maybe it's just the typical lifespan of the reissues.

Never tried to deal with them. For the cost and hassle to fix, may as well get another.

Initially it worked well and the price was very reasonable. Can't comment personally on its reliability vs. other wahs, though.

piece of cake.... put foot on, move foot up and down... easy, no?!

great highs... great lows.. what much more do u want?!

never had any problems with it.. well unless your gonna talk about that damn rubber foot grip thing... that bitch fell off... but its not needed unless your bear footed in the rain or something... ohh and its missing 1 of the 4 screws that hold on the bottom... hey not my fault.... like that when i got it!

man im not gonna call up dunlop over a damn rubber grip.... all they would do is put me on hold for 76 hours and then tell me to go to hell or to buy some krazyglue...

best damn pedal on earth... needs a new foot, paint job and a bottle of krazyglue for that damn rubber grip... other than that its the greatest... shes been through hell and back a million times and still no problems...(knock on wood)

You step on it, you rock your foot back and forth! Not too hard! =)

I play a reissue Fender Mustang, to the Crybaby, Rat2, Boss DS-1, Boss CS-2, EHX Small Stone, EHX Small Clone, Fender practice amp. This Wah doesnt seem to suck up any tone from my guitar at all. The Wah sounds pretty good, nothing spectacular. You can get a great Voodoo Child sound out of it, since Jimi did use a Crybaby. It sounds great with a little Rat2 distortion, but sounds really scratchy when I use my DS-1. I have my DS-1 up really loud, so it's not too graet with the Crybaby. I usually have my CS-2 on to smooth out my clean tones, to the Crybaby sounds great with it on.

Crybaby's are built great! As an added bonus, my model (a newer one) has a tab so you don't have to unscrew the bottom of this unit to get to the battery. It's made of solid steel and hard rubber. This thing will last a life time. Just keep it somewhat clean so your sound doesn't get too scratchy.

Never had to deal with them.

As my friend told when "every guitarist needs a wah to mess around with!" its so true! if you can get ahold of any wah for cheap go for it, even if you're a new guitarist or a pro. they are so much fun, and crybaby's are great! They are fairly cheap, even new! I have been playing for over 5 years, and this was my first wah pedal. I am very happy with it. If it were stolen, I'd definately get a new one.

I agree with most people on this one: Extremely easy to use, but occasionally refuses to switch on/off.

I'm mainly a keyboard player so I use this with my Fender Rhodes and Hohner Clavinet. The Rhodes is plugged into an old Fender bass amp and the Clavinet goes directly to the mixing desk. I get amazing sound out of both, but at gigs I use it with the Clavi, cause it sounds shit without a wah! Our guitar player has the Jimi Hendrix JH-1 which he claims is much better with his Strat, but with keyboards I find that the JH-1 tends to mute the sound too much after about halway down.

I've also tried it with my Ibanez Axstar bass and I found the result quite impressive.

Use to produce a lot of hiss before I changed the factory treble setting.

I bought one, it refused to switch off on my first gig with it. I took it back to the shop and they gave me a new one which has been rock-steady for the past two years. I guess I just got a faulty model the first time round.

I took the Crybaby back to the shop, the guy called customer support and they just gave me a new one. Perfect!

I play mainly jazz/funk and I find this pedal to be perfectly suited to the lo-fi sound I'm trying to get. I tend to use a lot of guitar effects (delay, envelope filter, overdrive, phaser) with my keyboard rig, but the Crybaby has become a mainstay. If it was stolen I'd go to my bass player's house and beat him on the head until he gave it back. At the time I bought it because it was the only wah-wah i'd tried out, but I've come to love it. I've heard good things about ther Vox wah-wah, but for the time being I'm more than satisfied. A tone control would be a nice touch...

Any wah-wah is simple to use, yet very difficult (it's kind of zen). While there's nothing more to this pedal than on/off and rocking your foot back and forth for treble/bass, it's almost an entire instrument unto itself because of the subtleties involved.

My setup is Fender Strat w/Texas Specials -> Tubescreamer -> Big Muff -> Crybaby -> Fender Amp. It seems really important to have the Crybaby last in your effects chain. Otherwise, it sounds...well, bad. And my fuzz completely cloaks my wah if I put the wah first. In this order, it sounds fine.

It kind of gets hissy all the way forward and pretty muddy all the way back, but in the middle in sounds great. The extreme ends of the wah's range are still useful for playing funk and old porno music (boom chick-a WAH WAHHHH!).

I'm pretty sure that Jimi Hendrix used this wah. In fact, I'm pretty sure that most professional guitarists use either a Crybaby or a Vox wah-wah.

This is not as well built as my other pedals (Tubescreamer, Big Muff, and a veritable legion of BOSS and DOD pedals). I've had it 4 or 5 years, and it still works, but it's starting to get a little crackly, and I have to fiddle with the input jack sometimes to stop the sound from cutting out completely. It has an AC adaptor, which is strongly recommended because you have to take the whole bottom plate off to change batteries.

Never dealt with them, though I've heard bad things about Dunlop.

The wah-wah is probably the only effect pedal that is pretty much universally respected by all guitarists. No matter what style of electric guitar you play, the majority of artists in that genre probably use a wah-wah.

If it broke or got lost, I'd certainly get another wah-wah, but I'd probably compare the Crybaby to Dunlop's higher-end models and the Vox. However, I seem to remember the Crybaby sounding the best out of all the other wah-wah's when I bought it the first time, so odds are I'd buy it again. It's a good value for the price.

Anybody can use this thing.....you step on it and that is about it.

i think it sounds pretty good on a Peavy Rage 158, and when i went to the store to buy it i plugged in on a Fender Princeton 65, man I want one of those bad. I think that there could be more bass, but it is the best i've played on so far.

It is made of metal. How much more does a person need?

never had to deal with em'

i think it is a pretty good pedal. i play mostly blues and classic rock and it is really good.

Wahs are not your standard pedal operation and they can be tricker for beginners... push down hard on the front to click it on/off, rock your foot on the pedal to control the effect.

I play a '99 Fender American Deluxe Strat -> Crybaby -> TS-9 Reissue -> Tech 21 Comptortion -> Way Huge Aqua Puss -> '65 Fender Twin Reissue. Its noisey when on of course, how much depends on where it is in your signal chain and what other effects you are using with it. You can get that 'wind' noise out of it easily by putting it before an overdrive. It does effect your tone a bit even when its off, but its not overly noticable. Its a fairly weak wah in my opinion, but you can get useable sounds out of it.

I have had a few of these, the pots and the switchs tend to die, and their battery life is very poor, get an ac adapter and save money. I plan on upgrading to a fulltone or a teese shortly. Its really frustrating at times because sometimes the switch doesnt work when it should so you have to be constantly worried if its on or off, it makes a audible pop when switched on as well.

Never dealth with the company.

I play rock, alternative, and the blues and a wah is a requirement. I've been playing for about 8 years and this is one of the few wahs i have used, just because it is cheap and readily available. In combination with other effects you can get alot of neat sounds out of it. There are much better wahs out there, this one just seems to be the standard.

ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!ITS SOFT AND EASY TU PRESS IT,AND IT DOESNT FEEL IN THE FOOT WHEN YA PRESS IT.THIS WAH IS BEAUTIFUL.THE MANUAL IS NON--NEEDED.

I USE A PEAVEY GUITAR WITH PIEZOELECTRIC SYSTEM AND A MARSHALL AMP BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM.I USE A ZOOM 505 AND THEN THE CRYBABY AND I CAN LISTEN THAT THE ZOOM'S SIGNAL GOES DOWN IN A 15-25 %.I THINK I WILL PUT THE EFFECTS LIKE THIS:CRY BABY AND THE ZOOM 505.AND SOMETIMES IT SHOUTS BUT WITH THE DELAY AND THE PINCHED HARMONICS,THE CRYBABY DO GREAT SOUNDS,LIKE WATER AND ... I DONT KNOW THE SOUND IS KIND OF SUI GENERIS.

I TOTALLY DEPEND ON IT.IT'S DIE CAST CHASIS ALLOWS ME TO PLAY WITHOUT FEAR OF BREAKING IT.I WILL PLAY LOTS OF GIGS WITH IT.ONLY MY FOUR WEAPONS:CHORUS,AUTOWAH,ZOOM 505,AND THE CRYBABY,AND OF COURSE MY AMP AND MY GUITAR.

I DIDNT TALK TO THEM.

I PLAY METAL AND GOTH STUFF,AND OF COURSE THIS IS A GOOD MATCH,IF YA WANT CASCADES OF BEATIFUL SOUNDS OR IF YA WANT TONS OF ANGRYNESS.I ALREADY BOUGHT IT.I HAVE ZOOM 505,IBANEZ SUPER CHORUS AND AUTOWAH.IF IT WERE STOLEN I INMEDIATLY WOULD BUY ANOTHER ONE.I LOVE THE SOFTNESS AND THE LONG LIFE OF IT.I WISH IT HAD A VOLUME CONMUTER IN IT FOR THE SAME PRICE.IT HELPS ME TO MAKE MUSIC.I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE PRICE MUST BE CEAPER,ITS DIFFICULT TO GET ALL THE MONEY,AND IT COULD BE LITTLE SHOUTER.

It's real simple to use. To turn it on all you do is, press down on the front.(or vise versea) I haven't upgraded it ever.

I play with a Fender Stratocaster,and I run through a classic 30 all tube combo. I like this effect but, whenever I turn it on, the volume jumps to a higher level. So the volume is loud. That's the only reason I give this category a 6.

I can depend on it. It doesn't eat up batteries. They hardly ever go dead.

Nope never delt with Dunlop before.

I play blues/rock/jazz. I have been playing for 8 years. If it had been stolen, I would buy it again.

Incredibly easy, once I figured out how to turn the thing on and off it was great. And for those of you who complain that there isn't a light to tell if it's on or not then maybe you should have your hearing checked to turn your distortion down. The manual is pretty lame but if you bought one of these things you shouldn't need to consult the manual for anything.

I play an Epiphone Supernova and put the pedal after my two tube screamers, a TS-9 and TS-10, and then run it into a Ross Compressor, a Rapco A/B box and then into my Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb. I play a lot Phish and similar music if you couldn't tell. It's a bit noisy when I turn it on but I blame that on my compressor and when I crank the screamers it tends to cause the amp to howl and gives me some nasty feedback, but that's okay because I don't play many songs which require the screamers to be on while using the wah. It does have a really bright tone when rocked all the way forward but once you get use to it it's a fun toy to add a new dimension to your sound. It's also great for creating old fashioned porno movie music.

I play mainly in jam sessions with friends so I've never had to rely upon it for a gig. I've kicked it, dropped it numerous times and it even decided to jump down a flight of steps one day and she kept on truckin. Definitely worth the green it cost me.

Beats me, if it ever broke I would try to have it fixed or replaced.

Like I said, I play a lot of Phish, Dead, Zeppelin and although they don't fit in this category -- Oasis. It's great for when you want to get funky or you're the only guy in drum circle that brought his guitar instead of his drum. I recommend it for anyone who has hit a wall with where they want to go with their sound. I use to be a straight player, no effects, only slight distortion and minimal funkiness. It has definitely allowed me to go different places while jamming or just holding a funky rhythm.

Very simple! had never used a wah before and with no instructions i still picked it up in minutes!

I play various guitars (Telecaster/Sheraton/Stratocaster/Gibson L-6s Deluxe) through it with a 4x10 fender blues deville amp and sometimes also with a Korg AX-1000G alongside. i think this pedal has that really nice wah tone! However.... it does seem a little on the quiet side? as soon as i switch it, I seem to get a drop in volume?

Well where do i start?!?!? i bought this secondhand, not sure how old it is i would say around 5 years. After about a week it started hgetting very twitchy and i had to keep opening it up and fiddling wiht the wires. In the end i gave up with it, especially after getting the Korg but really missed it. last night i got it working again and found out that it was corrosion on the Multi-link plug to the circuit board. Nice sturdy case though, it takes a right beating when i let my mates have a go at 'wah-ing' while i play!

Never spoken to them. didnt really know where to start??

I play allsorts of styles (rock/blues/metal etc) and woudl say that somewhere along the lines i have managed to kick the pedal into action. i htikn the pedals great and if it dissapeared i would probably end up buying another. only wish it could be a bit louder!

Its a real complicated effect to use??????

I have found that you should try out as many of these things as you can cause they all sound ALOT different.sounds good to me. I run it through a DSL50 strait into the amps input then i run my other effects through the effects loop.I just think it sounds better this way. If you use distortion pedals run the wah in front of it(and any other effect).Got a Ibanez RG520 and a strat. sounds kinda tinny with the strats single coils but that shloud be expected.

I don't think you need to worry about it. It is made of metal.

I have not had to deal with them

Its all good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. place foot on pedal
2. rock forward
3. rock back
4. repeat

using a standard strat into a guvner distortion into crybaby into fender twin reverb. also use other effects but it doesn't matter here.

i find the effect thin and lacking in depth. the scope between bass and treble is kinda narrow. the only way you can get a half decent response is by running through fuzz or dist first, which is obvious to say but i'd prefer a wah that can latch onto the signal without something to beef it up first.

well i can't really depend on it because it doesn't work anymore. it's built sturdy but that doesn't seem to have protected the circuitry. it's only ever been used at home, but i just plugged it in one day and _________________________ nothin. oh well.

i've never contacted dunlop because they're not listed in the phone book. i don't own a manual either but i guess if i looked for their number would probably turn up. let's face it, whenever something is broken, the last place you look for is the manufacturer, unless you are prepared to wait 10 years for them to do anything about it.

i swiped this from someone i don't like and i'll probably just leave it in his mailbox one day with a note saying sorry. i won't bother getting another wah pedal mainly because i associate them with the blues which bya nd large sounds passe and naff these days (i wonder if this will make me any enemies). the way zeppelin and hendrix played the blues is being lost and/or imitated and i won't have a part of it. anyway, this pedal is no longer functional (admittedly, a new pot would probably fix it) but it frustrated me just as much when it was working, so.... if anything beats this it's the vox wah (looks cool, sounds fatter).

As easy as using any wah. Some have had problems with switching the thing on/off. When I first got this pedal, bought it used, I experienced the same as so many others. No matter how hard I pushed it seemed like the pedals own will was stronger than my foor. I adjusted the on/off swicth's hight and have had no trouble switching since. It's easier to get in by opening the door rather than going through the wall, take some time in adjusting your gear to your standards you'll find playing a lot easier. The adaptor get's disconnected quite easy and the lack of DC does not only take the wah sound off, but doesn't let any sound through the wah to the amp. This may create an interesting,artistic,acoustic turn.

Washburn N-4>crybaby>NS-2(TR-2,PQ-4 and SD-1 looped)>ME-5>Marshall 6100. This wah works really fine with the 6100's 2nd channels '45 and JCM 800 settings, the gain at about 5. I use the '45 and crybaby for playing Hendrix. The clean channel and crybaby adds up a funky wibe, great for 70's disco and Soul. With lower gain settings this thing works like a dream but as the gain increases the problems get bigger. The JCM 900 and LM channel with the crybaby sound pretty bad when using the neck pickup. The notes on the lower strings (E,A,D) get quite muddy and there's little separation whatsoever. If there's a lot of gain involved I use the neck pickup and this pedal mostly for adding depth to riffs or coloring tapping.
This pedal has very wide range, which is pleasing for expression and makes Crybaby versaitile. This coin has also a backside, when you switch the pedal on or off you have to sweep trough the treble boosted frequencies. If you have to change the wah sound quickly to something else a nasty squeek is performed to the audience. This happens to every wah pedal I've played but crybabys wide frequency range makes this problem worse.
You can get interesting intros by playing something with the pedal at treble positions and then switching it off.
Some tricks work some don't, one has to find out which he thinks do.

The adaptor get's disconnected quite easy and the lack of DC does not only take the wah sound off, but doesn't let any sound through the wah to the amp. It'll be nicer to switch from wah to non-wah than from electric to acoustic. Otherwise my Crybaby has been working OK.

Onion in PO. Haven't dealt with them, mostly because I don't know if there's any in Finland.

I bought this pedal used and at relatively low price ($40) and it has proven to be a goldmine. As I've learned it's boundries and capabilities I've got more and more out of it and I think the vain is not going to be dry any time soon. Though I get real shit out of it sometimes I really love this pedal. Quality compared to price would be something like12.

Hmmm... you put your foot down on it clicking it on and then rocking
it back and forth, express yourself maaan!!

The sound is generally very good although when you rock it back it seems to go silenyt, you can get a fair
whackawhacka out of it and some nice filter sweeps and swarthes which sound monstrous, use your imagination and express yourself maaaan!!

I stubbed my toes on it but it is very tough, so I don't think it's going to keel over yet do you??

I bought it from a local shop, whacked the money on the desk, took the thing home and played on it, simple as that, no problems what so ever, it has a year's guarantee

I play metal and hardcore every minute i am in my room as well as rock, blues, ambient

My set up


Encore Custom Model Guitar
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Boss GT3 Multi -FX
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Crybaby
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Fender Squier 15 Watt Amp (not a Mesa Boogie)

It is a top piece of euipment which I use sparingly, there is nothing to hate about it except they could've included the Q dial from the 535 model in the first place instead of having to cash in on bringing out inferior updates and reissues
It does it's job with no messin' around
Oh yeah, you can use this to play the SHAFT THEME TUNE

It's a wah pedal...not to difficult. Despite all the little babys that say "this thing is hard to turn on," or " You need a heavy foot to turn it on," I find it quite easy to turn on and off.

I use a US Strat to a Fender Twin or my vintage '62 Bluesbreaker (that's right...VINTAGE). It sounds kinda bad compared to the 535Q wah. The treble will damage eardrums while the bass well...uh...won't. The bass is terrible. I can't even explain it. Trust me, it sucks. I love Clapton and Hendrix...it is a sin to use this wah while playing any of their songs.

It's made out of steel. It's pretty tough, I don't use it much though. If I wanted to use it for a gig, I'm sure it would be fine.

never dealt with them.

I play blues and classic rock. I, personally, don't like this pedal. I would not buy another if it was stolen. I hate the sound of it. It sounds cheap. The only reason I gave it a 5 is because it's build tough.

I have had my crybaby for about a year and I love it. You can really get a good sound out of it if you know what you are doing. For goodness sake everybody that says its to thin don't rock the pedal from one end to another. To get a good sound out of it find your tonal spot and just barely give it some rocking motion and you will see what I mean. I give it a nine just because I am not skilled enough to make it do what all it can.

I use a SG through a Marshall amp(valvestate). The only time I find it noisy is when I am standing right in front of the amp. Step back a few steps and the noisy thing is gone. I usually run the wah always with the disortion on. The crybaby is a classic wah pedal and as a matter of fact I believe that this same exact pedal happens to be Kirk Hammetts favorite wah pedal. I can get close to his wah sounds but I believe with some active pickups and a better sounding overdrive I would be a little bit closer. You can also get a good lead sound out of it if you throw some chorusing on it. Gives it a creamy kind of sound. Overall I think this pedal is very good. If you like wah get the classic, a crybaby.

This thing weighs about 4 to 5 pounds and is made out of steel. The only rubber thing on it is the top of the pedal. I believe you could throw this thing down and run over it with a car and still make it cry. Never gigged at all.

Never dealt with them.

I play a lot of Metallica and Alice in Chains. I'd say that this is a good match because Kirk and Jerry use the same thing. I have been playing for over 2 years and right know I am fixing to get a Boss Metal Zone disortion pedal because my digitech Rp-6 distorion SUCKS!! My SG is fixing to get some EMG's. A emg81 in the brigde and emg85 in the neck. If it got stolen I would buy another one. I love everything about it. I hate the battery thing, and really I need to get a power supply for this thing. Like I said if you like Hendrix, Hammett, and Cantrell and like their wah-wah sounds you need a crybaby.

there is no ease of use. you got to apply 5000 pounds on it to turn on then if does turn on you got to watchout for it to not turn off. then you can rock it. but that takes time to master i rather spent my time mastering guitar

it sounds like a wah wah. yea i can get the sounds of my favourite artits i can play hound dog by elvis

i can depend on it. i wouldn't get backup cuz don't have backup (why would i buy another wah wah pedal)

can't do that don't have a phone

i play mostly elvis and z.z top and some chuck berry ive been playing for about 1 year now if it were stolen i would forget about it. my favourite feature is that it can make this kool wah wah sound

well ive did my shopping around on this and for the money by far its the best out there,ive owned a morley and tradded it in for this one i love it

the sound is a little scratchy not real throaty but the tone is killer if used properly

u can beat the dogsh#% outa it,throw it across the room and plug it back in and still finish your solo

never had to call

the best wah-wah for the money although if i had my choice id still get another one i liked the tone of the morley but hated the on-off switch and it wasn't hot enough so i ended up with this one and will never change(BUY THIS PETAL ITS AWSOME)i have mine ran through a ts-5 dist.petal and a marshal 2 channell amp with a FENDER STRAT OF COURSE,i thought you'd like to know that

Very easy to use, no problem!

Im using a Gibson SG 79' and a Marshall amp. I think the crybaby have to much trible. It's a bit noisy sometimes, I don't know if it's my amp... A single coil guitar is the best whit a Crybaby! It's the best wah pedal I have tryed.

Very dependable

To trebly, but a OK wah pedal!

This is extremely easy to use. Made out of good stuff..Mine is also VERY easy to turn on, as opposed to what others have said.

VERY Good, even though it is not true bypass. Now keep in mind, i also have a 535Q, which is GREAT, and I actually like this a little better :)

Great..Made out of sturdy stuff.

Haven't dealt with them...

This is great stuff. If before the distortion, like i have mine, it makes solos a little better..and if after distortion, like i have my 535Q, it is godly. Here's my setup...

American Standard Tele(Or another)--Digitech Whammy--OriginalCrybaby--Metal Zone--535Q Wah--DD5 Delay--BF2 Flanger--DOD EQ--Boss TR-2 Tremolo--Amp(Soon to be marshall half stack, i think a JCM800 WHOOO)...And it all sounds GREAT!

As there are numerous reviews of how to use it, I'll just mention what I've done to improve it's performance. When I got it, it was hard to switch on and off because of 2 rubber feet that protect the switch. I cut them off with a utility knife and now it switches like a dream--no more stomping up and down on it.

The factory setting is very trebly, so I opened it up and rolled the pot back a little to give it a bit more of the middle chunky sound. I find it to be a bit thin and trebly anyway, I'd prefer something with a narrower range that I can set--maybe one of those RMC's.

Well, I've lost three of the rubber feet, which is a pain, and a capacitor fell out recently, although it was easy to re-install. I would consider losing a component to be pretty rare, but I know a lot of people who've lost those stupid feet.

I use it very rarely, if I needed a wah more I'd probably step up to something a bit thicker sounding, with a narrower range. If it were stolen, I'd probably go ahead and upgrade it. In its defense, I used to have a DOD Wah/Volume that made this look like the Holy Grail.

Freakin easy. Exept changing the battery.

Ibanez blazer series>Boss HR-2>Zoom 510>Crybaby>Zoom GFX-707>Rickenback amp. Isn't really that great. Not much mid range. Low position, I can't hear it, forward position, it hurts my ears.

If you every want to break this, throw it in a trash compactor.

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Doesn't give me the Kirk Hammett sounds I want, but it's ok.

Pathetically easy. And it isn't hard to turn on if you leg contains any muscles.

Fender>Fabtone>CryBaby>MilkShake(Chorus)>Princeton 65.
Awesome wah-wah lot like hendrix or Clapton.

It's friken a tank.

I play any type of rock and metal and this fits the spot perfectly!!!!

I find it hard to turn the damn thing on or off. you have to have a heavy foot to turn the switch on. it doesn't even have a light to tell you if it's on or not. Plus removing 3 of the rubber screws at the bottom of the pedal to access the battery is a bit of a hassle.

I'm using an electric guitar (an ugly model so i won't specify it.) with a Bill lawrence humbucker (the one Dimebag uses)and a Dimarzio PAF, I have a Roland cube 60, and I use a BOSS DS1 with the crybaby. The pedal sounds very very good on the high end (it squeezes your sound to the highest frequency possible!) and sounds real low on the low end...so low you couldn't actually hear the sound of your guitar. This combination of Super high and low frequencies gives this pedal a good and complete "WAH" sound. This pedal sounds cooler when playing the wahka-wahka sound (muting the strings). I suggest you play lotsa hendrix and clapton with this baby!

The pedal uses a 100k potentiometer to generate the wah sound. unfortunately potentiometers wear out in time. you'll have to replace it and it wil cost you. Unlike digital expresion pedals, there are no moving parts. you gotta be a bit careful with this pedal coz of its potentiometer. although it has a sturdy case and it's kinda heavy so i think dropping it once or twice won't be a problem (don't try it though!).

I'm from the Philippines and we don't have a fuckin' jim dunlop store here. damn.

the sound that you get from this thing is great especially when playing the "wahka-wahka" sound (mute the strings with your left hand and strum like hell!). play it with distortion and you still get that crying sound that everybody looks for in a wah. It's pretty reliable but i just don't like that it uses a potentiometer. that's what you get when using analog. Bottom line: great sound, just take care of it.

You step on the toe, you turn it on. Notice I said STEP on it; it won't work if you're sitting down. Loses a couple of points because of this (but really, if you're playing a rock song with a bunch of wah, are you usually sitting down? Maybe if you're wheelchair bound).

This is where this effect goes wrong for me. The tone is harsh and tinny at the high setting, and goes pretty quickly to low and sludgy at the low setting. There's really not too much midrange to this pedal. I play a Squier Strat with Texas Special pickups through this, a Danelectro FabTone, an Arion Stereo Chorus, and a Peavey Rage 158 (which I don't think exists anymore, and for good reason). I've played the same pedal setup with other amps, including a Fender Roc-Pro, and had the same tonal problems with it. I read an article somewhere that a number of artists have had pressure pads put on the footrest, so that it turns on whenever they're standing on it, and this seems to me like the better deal.
By the way, for my two cents on the distortion/wah placement thing--my distortion WILL NOT WORK set before the wah. I don't know if this is a problem with the wah or the distortion, but it's going to be a factor when I shop for the next wah.
I will give it credit, however--for about three days, when the battery is fresh, it works like a charm. Beautiful sound, except for those really extreme high-low tones. I will try this with an AC Adapter before I chuck it out.

You can't break this thing if you jump on it to turn it on. And believe me, I've tried. I've gigged with it a couple of times before and it's never been a problem.

Never dealt with them, although I should try to get an upgrade (the thing still has the rubber-feet battery installation, and the circuitry is dirty with some gooey substance that was in there when I got it for greasing the mechanism--next time I get a pedal, I'm going to wipe it down on the inside).

I play blues, rock, prog, alternative, jazz--everything except country. I've been playing four years (three with this thing), and although I don't like the sound that much, I've never had a single problem with this pedal beyond that. If it were taken, I'd probably check out some of Dunlop's higher-end models (the 535Q comes highly recommended in a couple other reviews). If you're just starting out this is a good pedal to try; I've since learned some things and don't like it as much. The moral of the story is to shop around. My mother bought me this one after I told her I wanted it, but I didn't check it out first. Well, I was fifteen at the time, so I wasn't exactly wise in the ways of wah. If you play mostly clean funk, this is a definite match for you. If you're searching for some rockier wah sounds (i.e. Hendrix, Hammett, etc.) try some other, higher-end models first.

I've found this wah to be very easy to use, apart from the switch, which needs to be pushed real hard to turn on/off. Some people complain that the wah is too insensitive to the amount of rocking you have to do with your foot. But what these people don't think about is that in the above circumstance you can get the wah to do more things you want.(In between frequencies you can get great Kirk Hammett meets Carlos Santana screeches)

I mainly play rock and very sporadicaly metal and blues (Sabbath, Metallica). My setup is very cheap but very effective - Ibanez Tube Screamer/Crybaby/Boss Equalizer to a Leem 40W amp. Using an M-100 LTD ESP guitar. I must say the wah sounds shit(trebly) sometimes, but my Equalizer pedal fixes this.( People must remember this is the classic wah, it's all up to you.) It's still the great classic of all time, you can hear Hendrix in your soul with this wah.

This is one of the many redeeming virtues of this wah. I've actually dropped it twice on a concrete floor plus many times on my floor. It still works as good as the day I bought it. I think you can bench-press with this thing. Would definitely gig without a backup.

Have never dealt with them, cause this wah is so reliable

This wah is the classic. If you are into the Hendrix/Hammett style of wah this is your pedal! Built like a rock, Great emotional sound (that sound that makes you want to cry and tears you up inside). It can get a bit trebly though sometimes, but this adds to the great sound. No intimidating knobs or stuff like that, straight forward. If this wah was stolen, I'd get the FBI and CIA to hunt the guy down, beat him up, and give me my wah back. I'd definitely buy the exact same wah again if it broke, even if I had all the money i could dream of. Stick with this wah, everybody!

Extremely easy.

Good sound quality, except some slight hiss.

Seems sturdy.

No need for customer support yet.

I'm playing disco and funk, and it suits my needs perfectly. The pedal is very rugged, and has nothing useless. Simple and good sounding, legendary stuff. Recommended.

You push the pedal up and down to get the sound. Once you full around with it for a while, you'll get the hang of it.

Sounds pretty good. You can't hear the wah efffect as much wah effect if you have distortion though. My setting goes Ibanez RG-170 ---->Crybaby Wah-----> Ibanez amp. It doesn't add any extra noise when you turn it on, but makes a lot of feedback when the toe side is down. I play a lot of Kirk Hammett's solos, this wah is ok for it, but it doesn't have good variation in tone.

I rely on it. I've had it for about 2 weeks and haven't had any problems. I haven't giged with it yet.

Haven't dealt with them.

Overall this is a good wah pedal for classic rock sounds. If you're trying to play something heavy with distortion, try another pedal like the Crybab 535Q. I think the Q switch would give you more variation in the wah sound. Overall, this isn't a bad pedal.

Push down on, push down off. Sounds like someone with a degree in some fancy university NASA thing invented this...

Right now I'm using this pedal with a Peavey WolfGang Special and a Peavey Special 212 amp...yes I heard most of you sigh when I said the amp. It does suck...the amp I mean. The pedal is very nice. I actually find that it seems to make solo passages sound alot smoother that just using normal distortion. As far as it making you sound like everyone else I'd have to say it's all in how you use it. I don't think that when I use it I sound like everyone else. It comes from your technique, your fingers. Could be a smidge deeper of an effect though. And when you use it on a clean channel the trebble will just about make you pass out. To shrill so you just have to get the hang of only opening it up as far as you need to instead of just whamin' it back and forth. I find that mine has a nice transition from mud to treble...smooth...makes tapping sequences sound almost like you're using a flanger if you do it slowly enough.

No problems here and I bought it used too. Something can always go wrong though.

Never talked to Jim myself acutally...

I tried out a bunch along with this one in the store I bought it from. I was happiest with it over the others obviously or I wouldn't have bought it. I like the way it sounds and the way it plays. I imagine it'll be the wah I keep for life. Nice sound, smooth and gives you a nice range of style when you use it. Does 60's and 70's and does newer well too. You can go from Hendrix to Van Halen to Metallica by changing your amp settings and your technique. I recommend this Wah highly.

you just press down how hard is that?

using it with a dod fx-51 juice box to a pro-tone fender strat

backup- yes better safe then sorry but I would have another crybaby

I am a blues player and this pedal fits nice it also sounds great when I play hendrix.

Jeez... I know 4 year olds that can use this. It you can't, you should seek professional help. No Knobs. Step on it... rock it... Easy.

Sounds good. I tried it with a nice guitar and a junky piece of crap and it sounded great with both of them. People say it makes everyone sound the same... but I don't agree.

If you have trouble using this pedal, you're a frickin' idiot.

Sounds awesome.

I've had mine forever and it still kicks ass.

Anyone who says this is difficult to use (like hard to press or whatever) must be retarded. This pedal is sweet, and that's all there is to it.

I knocked 1 point off 'cuz it's a little bit hard to click "on". Especially if you're sitting down. If you're sitting down, it's impossible.

Ibanez->Ibanez DE-7->Dunlop Crybaby->DOD VGS-50->Matrix 50 watt amp. Not noisy, only a little bit when it's clicked "on". I've heard 2 totally different stories. Some people say it's crappy when it's before the distortion & some people say it has to be before the distortion. I can bust out some R.A.T.M. on it.

I'll put it this way: If an elephant stepped on it, it would sound the same as it were brand new.

No problems

Good

Easy. push on the treble really hard to turn it on. tap your feet to the beat.standin up on in a seat you make a crying fleet of notes.

YOU MUST LEARN THIS:

distortion must come from between the guitar and the baby or its sh*tish. Between the amp and the baby and its not smooth and has alot of feedback

its a tank. play catch or baseball with it.

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funky

The only reason this didn't get a 10 is that I took off two points for the following:
1) You have to push the little button damn hard and it sometimes can be frustrating to get the thing to turn on.
2) What they don't tell you, and what many people don't know, is that you can't plug it in pre-distortion or you get virtually no wah-sound.
Other than that, just rock your foot back and forth to get Gary Hoey, Jimi Hendrix, and all those other guitar gods sound "wow wah" sound.

Right now I have a bass amplifier (an old Roland) <- Crybaby <- Metal Zone MT-2 <- Ibanez Talman. All my equipment sucks, yes, but I've tried the Crybaby without distortion, with my friend's amp, and my friend's guitar. He has an old Peavey amp, and a Washburn something or other. I'm not really sure. In any case, I didn't notice any noise from it, but I do have a few complaints. First of all, since you have to push the thing forward to turn it on, you always get the treble end of the wah first. I don't know if all wah pedals do this or just this one but I don't really like that "feature." Second, the treble end will shatter your ear drums if your amp is cranked. Third, you can't "fade" from open to closed, it kind of goes: open, open, open, half-open, closed. In other words, it's not very sensitive to movement. I'm sure with some kind of treble equalizer you could fix this, but you shouldn't have to. In any case, it IS a wah pedal and does work (sort of).

Well, if I ever did a gig and if I needed wah that desperately, I would bring it without a backup. I used the same 9-volt battery for a few weeks before it quit on me. As far as dependability, I've had it around six months. It's been dropped, stomped on, shaken up, and I haven't noticed anything different. The thing must be made of cast iron. It's heavy enough to be.

Haven't dealt with customer support; haven't needed it fixed.

I believe I've said all I need to say. If it were stolen, I'd track down the man who stole it and thank him. Okay, probably not. But I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, that's for sure.

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

the wah wah what is there to it. i did upgrade i made to the unit that lowered the tone and made it less shrill sound great now.

great i have not heard a better wah

all exepest the bartty but hell that is what the ac cord is for

never had the need to use it.

damn good next to my ds-1 my favroite box(well i only have two so hay)

If you can't figure it out, you're probably wearing a diaper.

I actually love the sound quality with a good distortion, but don't try playing it with pedal distortion like a metal zone; it turns both the dist and wah to shit. One thing I don't like about it is the slight distortion you get on a clean channel when the wah is either in the middle or passing from one end to the other. I think its like a super midrange punch that just kills your ears at high levels, therefore I play with the wah mainly on the distortion channel (if not always).

No it would survive nuclear war bullshit, but it is made of extremly hard and durable die-cast metal.

wouldn't know

I play mainly Metallica, Pantera, Rage Against The Machine, and Megadeth type shit and you get a pretty good Hammett sound, but not really good dimebag representation, especially on "Live in a Hole", but it's still very good to solo or just fuck around with. I would not buy it again if it were stolen, however because I really want a wah that you can get less wah sweep from for certain occasions and a bigger wah sweep for others. Overal though, not a bad first wah purchase. I'm almost positive I'll get a 535Q or maybe a Bad Horsie next time around.

Press down to turn it on, press down to turn it off. If you can't figure that out you need help.

The best wah ever. I have tried many wahs, and nothing compares to a real crybaby. I read a review saying to keep the mid on your amp low, but I would have to disagree. I have the mid cranked on my amp, and it gives the wah a very fluid and natural sound. My friend said it sounded like playing water. One thing though, always have the distortion after this pedal. If not, you get a really bad sound.

I think I could drop it off my roof and it would be OK.

Never Dealt.

This pedal rules. It was the first effect I ever bought, and still the one I use the most. One word though, please practice with it to get a good sound. Rocking it back and forth over the spectrum over and over again is not cool. Try leaving it in one position when on, it makes some need sounds: a lot of feedback.

This thing was all trouble from the start. It took about 200 pounds of foot pressure to turn the piece of crap on. I also prefer the way that Morley pedals turn on instead of the Dunlop way. It makes it easier to turn it off when the wah is in the up position.

I'm using a les paul with an EMG-81 in the bridge, and a Gibson P-94 in the neck. It has the traditional Crybaby flaw, which is no sound change in the first two inches, a huge sound change gap in the middle, and then no more change after the gap. It also sounds like crap if you like distortion.

I hate to say it, but this thing is bombproof.

I dunno.

I play old, fast Metallica, and I write punk. Since they're both distorted styles, this wasn't the wah for me. If you only like to leave the wah all the way down, or all the way up, and in the clean channel, then I guess you could buy this pedal. I wish I would have tried other wahs before I bought this one. I would not buy another one if this one was stolen. In fact, I am already buying a better wah (Morley PWA) that would work better for heavy music.

It's a wah. Takes a moment to learn and a lifetime to master.

With an American Strat & Hot Rod Deluxe, I'm looking for blues and funk (if you couldn't guess), and this wah's set in the treble range
so it gets good and funky.

This wah actually is pretty adjustable if you take it apart, pull back the grooved rod and move the pot. I took mine back to get a bit more midrange and avoid some unnessary scratching sounds. (Note: Someone else said this a dozen reviews below and he's right, mark where the pot roller is before you move it around--you might want to go back sometime)

With the pot back a bit, this thing sounds pretty good with distortion, it's not quite Jimi, but you can't play like him anyways.

Yeah, it's got no bypass, but I don't notice a ton of tone loss. In my opinion, the Vox 847 sucks out a lot more tone.

Don't gig often enough to buy a second, and when I do, I don't use this pedal enough to justify having a backup. But I do fear pot failure. . . .

Heard horror stories. It's a big corporation with a webpage that makes these things look like toys, which doesn't point towards good
customer support

I've been playing 3 years and owned this pedal for 6 months. I've taken it apart 3 times and move the pot around and each time I think I've got the sound I'll want forever. If it were lost or stolen I'd probably look into a Snarling Dogs Blues Bawl wah.

There are better wahs out there than this one, but they all cost a lot more money.

Very easy to use. Has only one function and a bypass. No software, no upgrades, no need. Either rock it back and forth in rhythm to the beat, or use it to color your sound.

Sound horrible if placed after the overdrive/distortion. Can be noisy when rolled all the way to trebble. Can also create microphonic squeal that way. A must for Hendrix, Vaughan, Hammett, etc. Sounds bad with other wah-ing effects, like roto-vibe or Leslie.

They wear out after a while, but you can buy new parts. First unit broke after the warranty period, but I sent it to Dunlop for repairs. I expected a bill for services rendered, but instead got a brand new unit back in the mail--no charge! Ten years later, it is starting to wear a little. Needs fresh grease.

Like I said, I sent mine in for repairs AFTER the warranty period and they fixed it (replaced) anyway. At no charge. And with a note or something from the company. Try and beat that anywhere. New unit has been trouble free for 10 years.

Unlike most effect, this has no genre restriction. Blues, metal, pop, country, soul, alternative, funk... you name it. And, like anything from Dunlop it's built like a tank: heavy, ugly and unbreakable. If it breaks (could only be from wear) I'd replace it ASAP. I may even get another one just to try different effects. Don't know if the updated versions are any better--never had any reason to try a different unit.

You smash your foot on the front, it turns on. You press it, it "wahs."

It might be the most legendary pedal ever. Sound quality isn't really a question. I don't like it when I press it all the way to the treble side and get that hissing noise, though.

It gets great battery life and I would easily take it on a gig w/o a backup. There's one thing that's always been a problem for the crybaby, though. Once you push it too much, the little piece of felt on the bottom of the pedal wears thin and then when you try to activate or deactivate it, it won't click. A friendly guitar center fellow told me that many people tear out the piece of felt and put a piece of wood in to replace it and that this solves the problem.

Haven't had to deal with Mr. Dunlop and his company yet.

It's great. The premiere wah pedal.

This is a standard wah pedal, but don't trust all these reviews that give 10's and 9's, this is an instrument in itself, and you must learn to control the bass and top end of this, if you just simply rock it back and forth, you will sound horrible. A one seems very harsh to rate this with, but to truly become good with this, it takes alot of time.

The sound is very good........IF..............it is used with the right effects and settings. I don't try to be cocky, and I am not famous, but I do have a signature sound, to get a good wah, I feel that you have to have little or no mids on your amp setting, this way keeps it when you roll all the way open on the pedal, it wont kill your ears cause it sound so sharp. And use this with an overdrive or clean, distortion sound like crap and has no definition.

For $70, it's built like it is worth 1,000.....it's soild. But with all wahs, sometime it needs replacin'

I have never dealt w/the company.

I play a blues rock style, with a santana like solo style, and I have a SRV tone, if only I could get a big break Ahhh...............
I have only been playing for about a year now, but I have something, something most people will never have, something inside of me, I play like i have been playing for 30 years. I'm only 16.
If this was stolen, I would replace it as quickly as possible, but that's me, I use the wah alot, but for someone who uses it only sparingly, I wouldn't reccommend it.
I love it's vowel-thick sounding wah when rolled properly with a little overdrive, this isin't a new model, it's a little older, so it has better sound quality. The new ones just are missing something.
I don't really care that it doesn't have an LED, I have near perfect-pitch so I can tell when it's on and off.

This is got to be one of the easyist pedles to use, other than a distortion. Push it down to tern it on, then wah-away!

This peddle has a great sound...i have it with a DeArmond M-65c and then comes this peddle then a 1962 fender blender! The only problem with this problem is that usually if you put a fuzz/distortion/overdrive before it then the sound is ugly and faint.

I don't think this thing would ever break on me...it's been running for almost two years and it's still in mint condition.

I can't answer this cause like i said before this thing hasn't broken so i haven't had to phone them.

I play an alternative style like foo fighters and a lot of other bands... i would buy this thing in a second if i lost it or if it was stolen..i love it i use it mainly for solos but it sounds nice with chords. If you don't have one...buy one!

Everyone knows how to use this.

It's a wah,it delivers what you'd expect.

Yeah,it's die cast. It'll never break. The only thing I had to replace after three years was the potentiometer,which started scratching,but that's normal. I bought the new version,which is supposed to last at least twice the time of the old version.

never dealt with them.

Wahs are great for all styles of music. This one is the standard. And it's built to last.

Just step on it, how hard is that

Pretty good, best clean with distrion after its not so noticable, distortoin before its better sound good though good little thing to have I use a litlle Marshal Lead 12 but it puts out some noise ill tell ya than and if you want some nice feedback put your guitar on your bridge pickup and push the petal foreward with mucho distorto aand whala

Actually i found a flaw, well mine squeaks it doesn't matter cause when im playing you cnat hear it over the ammp but its annoying at home

i sent in the warentee???

Must have

It's easy, just rock it back and forth, nothing else. To turn it on and off, you have to put your whole weight on the front of the pedal, but that's not really a problem.

I'm using this with a mexican strat and peavey rage 158. The change is nice and gradual on both clean and distortion channels. However, if I place a distortion pedal (danelectro fab tone) after it, the change is very abrupt. When placed after the pedal, you get a really weird wooshing sound.

I play classic rock and early 70s metal (black sabbath), and it's really nice for those. If it were stolen or lost, I'd save up money and get the newer crybaby 535Q.

you press one button not alot of work.

best wah pedal I've ever heard use it with my ergodyne bass and with my Ibanez RG270DX guitar and sounds really good. good with distortio, chorus and every other effect I've put it with.

hadn't broke yet, i've had it for about 4 or 5 mos.

I wouldn't stop to consider before I went out and bought this again. this thing is wonderful and its pretty cheap unlike that other wah pedal everyone has. VOX or whatever

Clap on. Clap off. errr, stomp on. stomp off...ride the wave!

Surgeon General's Warning: This product is highly addictive to users and instruments. Continued use leads to painful detox when it is taken away. Wah does its job well.

My last one's stomp button broke so I returned it for a new one that seems to be working fine. I only weigh 150 pounds, seriously! I would gig without a backup but if it broke in "media res" someone would literally be CRYbaby'ing it in their beer cause I would be pissed.

went back to place of origin, not Jimbo Dunlop

Led Zep, Hendrix..... good replicator
BOTTOM LINE: EVERY ONE NEEDS A: WAH, FUZZBOX, MARSHALL TUBE AMP,MARSHALL 4X12, LES PAUL, AND DIGITAL DELAY
GET ONE NOW!!!!!! EVEN IF IT ISNT A DUNLOP

Press to turn on and off. My dog could do it.

Very good with clean sound and light distortion. If you use a lot of distortion (placing the pedal before distortion) the effect will loose range and amplitude. If you place it after heavy distortion you will get a cool "woosh" phasing like sound. Placing it in one posision is also cool for long sustain leads.

You could run a truck over it and it would still be working. Bateries last for ever...

never had a problem with it

I play in a Metal/Ska/raggae/pop/jazz/blues? band and this pedal covers it all! I've had it since i started playing 4 years ago. If it was stolen I would certainly buy it again. It's the best pedal i've got.

This petal is so easy to use, a bassist could get a good sound out of it! The onl hard thing is if you're sitting down, it is hard to turn off. That is the hardest h t this pedal.

Sounds great with my Washburn BT-3 and Marshall Half Stack. It is only gt alttle crackel if yo don't know exactly hw to use it.I mainly us it with my Marshall or a Fender Pricton Courus.You can sound just like Hendrix with a little help from a Fuzz.

This thing is so reliable, it has been kicked off a stage, steped on by around 5 people, and works better than ever. I have tripped or kicked this thing so many times, it's not even funny, but it will never stop working. I would use it without a backup any day.

I've never had any problems with the pedal.

It is perfect for alternative and heavy metal. I also have a Boss DS1 distoron, and an Alesis Nanoverb Processor. If it was stolen, first I would go straight to Mars to buy another, then find the person and hurt them.

This is the original Wah. It's not the "Q" model or anything, just the Wah-Wah. It's very easy to use. Put your foot on it, rock back and forth for the wah. The thing thats a little annoying is that when your jamming on the edge of your bed, you can't turn it off as easy as you can a BOSS pedal. Other than that, its extremely easy to get great wah's from it.

I hook my Crybaby up to a small 20 watt Fender amp. I use a Fender Standard Strat. It's only noisy when you keep your foot on it for very long, it makes a crackling noise. That can be avoided by stepping on it lighter, and not pushing on it when its closed so hard (that was annoying me at first but now it doesn't happen). The Wah on this thing is great, its my favorite pedal. It also sounds really cool when you use a Flanger pedal with it. You can sound like Hendrix and Clapton from the 60's, or like Dimebag Darrell. Thats what I love about this thing.

This thing is strong as hell. It's made with very high quality material, you can jump on this thing a hundred times and it'll sound good as ever

Never had to deal with them.

I play and listen to Korn, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Godsmack, Pantera, stuff like that. It works great when I have to use it for that, which isn't often. I like to use it to make my own music... The bands I like don't use it that much, really. I've been playing for 8 months. I have the crybaby wah, a boss flanger, fender amp and standard strat. Im a minimalist. I'm going to buy a Delay/Pitchshifter, and thats about it. Too many pedals is terrible, three or four really great pedals is enough. if it were lost, id buy another one the hour after. I love playing a lot of notes over one long wah, Kirk Hammett does that sometimes. (I read it in his GW article, its a great trick). I compared this to the Morley, Bad Horsie I think. (Steve Vai's). This one is alittle bit better than the bad horsie. This is a GREAT pedal, I suggest you go out and buy it now. The 70 or 80 bucks is worth the investment.

Easy as turning on your computer. Plug it in, put your power pack, stomp on it and wha your way back to the 70's. But it's a bit of a bitch trying to turn it on or off when your sitting down.

it's great for just hamering along to anything off the top of your head. It sounds good for soundgarden and Powderfinger stuff. But unfoutunately it dosen't sound too good with heaps of powerful distortion (ie.Marshall Drivemaster) But good with clean tone

The best in the world. Thick Die cast Metal.

None haven't tried

The best wha on earth. If it was stolen i wouldn't need to buy another one because i would find the son of a bitch that took it and rip his head.

its very easy to use. People said they have a problem turning it on. I fixed the problem with mine, but i warn you doing what i did takes the re-selling price down very much. So don't do it and then hold me responsible because i am just saying this as what i did. I took my wah, examined it, and found it was two legs on the inside that when you press down cause the problem and make it hard...blah blah blah. I removed the legs with an exacto knife. This solved the problem and made it VERY easy to use. I got used to it, like my two other friends who did too. It felt weird at first but its so easy now to turn it on and off without accidently hitting it off when its on.

it sounds very very good. sometime though with my humbucker it sounds really bad. But It sounds very good. I can get that pretty noose from soundgarden sound off it, and i can get alot of other stuff. Limp Bizkit's Pollution sounds perfect with the wah in the down position. Its a great wah for soloing or whatever. you can really express yourself in your music with this.it basically sounds good with any effect i have ever had on it, flange, chorus, dist, harmonizers, delays, ect.

its very dependable. Its very nicely built. I wouldn't want to drop it though and see how dependable it is though.

this is great. for chili peppers, soundgarden, pearl jam, stone temple pilots, and tons and tons of other stuff. Its a great wah. If someone stold this i would hunt them down. And if i lost it i would fall into depression because i love this pedal.

It's very easy to work with. You just have to step on the switch and have some fun. The rocking motion is very smooth.

I gave it a 9 because I think the range of wah on this pedal isn't is big as it could be. It should be built with a greater range.

It's really tough, I mean, the thing is just a hunk of steel. It's been built for some heavy duty stomping by anyone.

Never had any problems with it yet, and i don't see any in the future.

Overall, I think it's a very good pedal for the amount of money. You could call it a "all around" pedal, meaning it's good for just about anything you cand play.

For the most part it's very easy too use. Just rock the pedal back and forth to get the effect. I gave it a 7 because it is really hard to turn on! You have to put all your wait on the thing to turn it on.

Great sound!!!!!! that's all there is too it. The only thing is that it doesnt sound very good with distorition it sounds much better clean, but I can live with that.

no problems

I play real hard music and this fits well... You can get the sound of about any guitarist in any band. THIS IS A MUST HAVE!!!!!

This is my second rewiew of this pedal. It's very easy to use, what could be difficult, just rock your foot forward and backward and you got a beautiful wah sound! It should've gotten a 10 here if it wasn't for that STUPID FUCKIN' on-off switch that's really hard to hit!

My setup is: Fender Strat -> Crybaby -> MT-2 -> ZOOM 505 -> Marshall 4x12. At first when I tried the crybaby I hated the way it sounded distorted, it didn't sound much at all! After playing around with my settings on the ZOOM 505 I realised that the gain was so high that it drowned the crybaby's tone. After lowering the gain I got the most awesome screaming solo sounds, I just fuckin' loved it! And those who said that this isn't for metal heads, FUCK YOU ALL!

Of course you can depend on this baby! Solid as a rock! Use an adapter though or you'll be left not knowing what the fuck happened on that gig! This little thing EATS batteries!

No idea!

I play grunge, STP, AIC, Soundgarden etc, Gary Moore, Metallica and just about anything that sounds good! If it were stolen or broken I'd get one right away. I compared it to other wahs and this one way the best! I just wish it had a better on-off switch! It helps me a LOT to get that awesome solo sound that melts the walls!

easy to use, just step on it and you're off

I have mine set up as follows: from guitar to crybaby to boss mt-2 to stage 112se (satellite amp in preamp) hooked up to a fender 412 cab. The crybaby sounds excellent this way, but not after the distortion.

Solid metal, if you break it, you should be put away where you can't harm anybody.

never tried it.

does what I want it to do, I'll give it a 10.

Well, there couldn't be any problems using this whatsoever! Plug it in after the guitar and simply put your foot down and you'll have a wah sound! Hard? Don't think so!

I chain it after my fender strat and then from the crybaby to a zoom 505 and then to my marshall 4x12 amp. Well, the reason a only give it an 8 is that it seems to be VERY weak runned along distortion. I HATE that!!! In clean mode the wah is really strong and full, from a very bassy fat sound to pierce and crisp treble! In clean it's a 10!

Use an adapter and you're safe! Built like a bulldozer tank it CAN'T break ;-)

Never talked to 'em!

I play grunge, classic rock and much more and this one suits med pretty good! If it were stolen i'd probably buy another one but that doesn't mean that it's bad, except distorted!

Its a wah, nothing particularly hard bout using it. It had the design flaw that all crybabys have, its stupidly difficult to switch from bypass to effect, and vice versa. I just trimmed the rubber feet beneath the foot pad and voila, that problems solved.

In bypass mode it has no effect on my tone, when its on theres a slight hissing but thats cause the pots were a bit dirty. With some cleaning that too was gone. Nice range compared to a lot of voxes I tried.

This things very dependable, I could run over it in my car and nothing would happen to it. Things built like a tank.

never dealt with em

I play blues , its nice for adding some spice to leads here and there.

It's a wah pedal.... stomp and then rock.... weeeeee!!!!

I can nail down a Hendrix or Jimmy Page sound... which is why I got it. But I've also modified it. Stock out of the box, it sounds great, but there is a bit too much treble for my liking, so I just pulled the pot out rolled it down a couple of notches and put it back in. Bang! Dead on Hendrix... simple as that... This thing REALLY wahs not the Morley version of "wah" which sounds like "aaaaa". My setup goes like this. Les Paul Copy -> Crybaby -> Nobels DT-1 -> Marshall Valvestate 8080. Sounds best BEFORE distortion, not after. And for all you metalheads or alterna-wannabe's go get something else, don't look at this thing.

Built like a tank.... seriously. I've never seen thicker metal on an effect! Jim Dunlop says that the pot is sealed and get gather dust and therefore can't be cleaned. LIARS! When the pot gets scratchy spray some WD-40 on the pots shaft where it meets the body of the pot, rock the pedal a couple of times and voila a clean pot again.

Never needed it. Got it used

I play classic rock. It fits right in. If I lost it I'd hang myself

I've been trying out a bandmate's Crybaby wah wah pedal. I play a Gibson SG special through a Fender Twin Reverb. It had an annoying scratchy sound which disappeared after I cleaned the pots with WD-40. I don't like the range of the pedal. It seems small. It also seems like the it gets way too much high end. The low end sounds too quiet. As others have said, it sounds pretty good with a clean sound but not as good with distortion.
The particular pedal I was using totally robbed all my high-end frequencies when it was in bypass mode. This really sucks, because when you do kick it in, then it is way too trebley.

Outside of the scratchy noises from a dirty pot, I could depend on it.

pretty easy, lean on your toe, turn the son of a bitch on, and you're set. Of course, I hesitate to give anytying a ten so...

well, I use it with an ibanez s470 through a fender princeton chorus. the crybaby is after a boss flanger, metal zone and danelectro daddy-o for those good ol rock sounds. It sounds a little- no, very shitty through the MT-2, i dont' know how to describe the sound, but the bass is very quiet. the danelectro is cool, if you mute the strings and rock it back and forth, it gets a cool funk sound like you hear in those cop intros. although, I must say the best application for it is before my amps distortion. (I have the gain on 10, limiter on 1 and presence on 10) it's perfect for all those alice in chains grungy wah effects and all that cool shit. I think that one song, man in a box, maybe, is what it really sounds with.

hell yeah, I bet I could hit it with my volvo and it would still crank out that nasty shit

never dealt with

rock, jazz, blues, funk, all kinds cept for country, oh, and of course metal. I've played for about 2 years.. it if were stolen.. I dunno, I migh tlook for a wah with more bass response (louder() and one that sounded good before my distortions.

It's a standard wah not hard to use!!!

I hate the sound this thing has. There is no bass response to it and it has a very weak signal. Maybe I'll change the pot to something lower or stick a capacitor on it to make it fuller.

Aside from the evryday up keep (i.e. dirty pots, Jacks, etc...) it's very reliable.

no experience

I use a PRS standard 24 and any amp in my grasp. Of all the amps I have plugged this thing into it still sucks. Once modified it might sound good. As long as your treble is ear piercing, the wah will have some sound, but if you look for a bottom end distorted sound, buy something you can configure yourself other than rely on this to be the perfect wah for your needs. I do like the wah used only by itself it does have a good sound for a clean guitar but other than that I would't recommend it!!!

On a basic level, just rock it back and forward to get the wah sound, but it's a bit more difficult to get the really cool effects.

I use a Strat into a cheap practice amp, but it actually sounds quite good on the clean channel. The pedal provides a basic straightforward wah effect. With pedal fully in the treble position, you get a lot of hiss, but I recken that this is just boosting the natural high frequency pick-up noise so I don't think that this could be helped. Also in the mid or neck pick-up position, with the tone turned low, if you paly a chord (g major esp) you get a sort of resonant, vibrating noise coming from the amp. Again I suspect that this really to do with my amp rather than the pedal.
My only major fault is that ont on the main reasons I bought it was to get the sound John Squire had on 'Waterfall', but it doesn't sound nearly powerful enough for this. I later he used an auto-wah on that track anyway. Stil a pretty good effect though.

To start of with, it was difficult to change between effect and bypass with out getting silence, but this seems to have been sorted out as the workings loosened up. I also push a buit harder now. I think taht it would be all right to use without a backup.

I've never dealt with the company, but I found that the warrenty regestration form had to be in within 14 days, and as I live in Ireland and bought it over Christmas, I hadn't a hope in hell getting it in on time. And there was no online regestration, like some companies have.

Overall I think that this pedal is pretty good. I can' get really it to do what I originaly wanted it for, but I can do loads of other really cool stuff with it. Good for Hendrix. If it was lost or stolen, I would buy again if I could get it at this price, but if I had to pay the RRP, I would probibly go for a Morley or maybe a Coloursound Fuzz/wah.

This thing is easy to use! All you do is step down on it and it's on. Also, many people think they have to use a screwdriver to replace the batteries, but you don't. If you just twist the little traction stubs on the bottom, they unscrew easily.

I use a Squier Strat (I know, sucks), into a Squier Frontman type amp (I know, sucks) but this pedal can make it sound great. Sometimes, though, I wonder why when using it, it sometimes gives hardly any wah at all? Many times when I try to use it on other pickups other than the humbucker, and it gives hardly a sound. But when I turn on the distortion on the amp, it gives a very nice wah sound, if even a bit noisy.

I use this pedal whenever I play a solo in a concert for school. I don't have a backup and I don't think, even if I COULD have one I would. This pedal is sturdy and takes forever to use one battery. I've had it for almost a month now and I still have not replaced it.

Don't know, never used them.

I like to play old classic rock tunes and this pedal works great for all of them. If at anytime I have a solo, I use it. It sounds great and always works perfectly. Except for the thinness on other pickups, it is perfect. Also sometimes I do not think it is "quacky" enough, like the VOXs are.

Very, very easy - stomp it and go.

I've found that using batteries that are "dead" out of my wireless system work great in the unit, giving it a much warmer sound.

Metal casing - it'll last for years.

I've never had any trouble with it, so I don't know.

I love it. If I had it to do over again, I'd get the same thing. I've used many different brands, and I choose this one again and again over all of them.

The switch is a pain in the ass. Why didn't they make the switch separate instead of having to step down real hard on the pedal?

After my band mate enlightened me on how to hook it up (guitar-wah-distortion-amp), I get a great sound out of it for distortion. Before i went guitar-distortion-wah-amp, and i got a terrible sound out of it. Great clean wah sound.

If it wasnt for the foot switch, it would be the best.

I play a variety of different styles, mostly metal. It comes in handy for the cover a a typical song that uses a wah. However, the wah is an easy effect to abuse. My band used it on all of the songs that we put onto our demo tape. I used it for a gig once, and it sounded great. I had switched the effect manually though, not a big problem though. My band mate likes it too. He had a vox, but it broke. It takes alot of practice to uses for lead playing, like my band mate does. I like to use it rhythmically for songs like rage's bulls on parade and such.

easy enough. the switch is pretty crappy though.

so so. kind of thin at times. not a lot of freq. sweep though.

the f---in pot. craps out all the time! they charge up the ass to fix it too.

they're ok. except for what they charge for a repair.

alright, i guess. I bought it because I wanted that "Hendrix/SRV/Satriani" wah tone. But since then I have heard that all those players had their Crybabies specially moded. So I was s.o.l.

It is a wah pedal. Enough said.

I use this with an older strat and it sounds great for getting that intro to Crazy Train, or Stevie Ray does Voodoo Chile. I wouldn't recomend this pedal for Kirk Hammet style wah use, or even Satriani. That is why I also have a Morley NSW for those styles. It is pretty noisy pedal, and sometimes doesn't click on or off, but a silent in between.

It's dependable, but I would only use it in the studio, never live. Live I would use my trusty Morley with this as my back-up. Simply because of the problem mentioned above. That would be pretty embarassing to have my signal kick out live.

Never dealt with any company.

It's a good studio wah pedal, if you don't mind the pop of turning it on and off. It sounds good, and has a solid feel. I wouldn't recommend it for live use.

Rocking is easy if you practice. However, you have to stand on the edge of it to swith the effect on and off.It's hard to swith in the middle of a song.

Very noisy with a buzzy backing I don't need. The wah is great. I use a washburn and Cool Cat pedal to a Crate amp. Excellent sound of tape mixing with latter Beatles songs.

I've dropped it. Slammed it against the car...Kicked it off the stage! It worked. The pot and hinge get very squikey after 10 minute of constant use. Unlike most pedals, battery lasts forever.

Great pedal for the original wah sound. I can get beales great out of it. Useing a steady rocking motion you can get a nice modern lead/rhythm strum effect. If I lost it I'd try out those pot-less Morleys....I hate changing the Pot. And greasing it. And cleaning it.

All you gotta do is smash the fucking pedal and move it up and down, but it is kinda hard to do sitting down

very easy, you only get feed back when you mix it wiht distortion. I am using a Fender Champ 110 wiht a Fender Strat. you can get a very good Jimi hendrix sound wiht this.

try kicking it, works for me

never had to call them

kicks a whole lotta ass

Huh.. it's a wah pedal. Kick the front to turn it off and move your foot.. OOH.

It sounds good, not really "harsh" and "in your face" enough for my metaly type shit, but for some more old school shit it works fine.. using with Peavey amp and Schecter 7-string guitar.. it's a wah.

It's like 4 years old and still works fine. beat to hell.

ech, no idea.

I just needed a wah so i bought it and it worked. Whooppee.

what kind of idiot won't be able to figure this one out. strum strings and move foot back and forth.

it sounded great - i've never heard another. I have however heard Ibanez Auto - Wah, which has no character in it at all. This pedal sounds so cool - when i first got it (about a year ago) i got dizzy from the sound. but it has so mcuh character. with the pedal held foward u get a raw sound with it held backwards it sounds like a weak harmonics depending on ur distortion level.

from what i've seen its heavy - duty like a tank. but i do have a minor problem with the on/off switch. when ur sitting down its really hard to turn it on or off, unless u are on a high stool or something - but standing up is no problem to switch it on or off.

never had to use it.

if u can find it for the price i did its an awesome bargain versus the usual $150. but even at $150 its worth it its a great pedal. of course don't get it if u just want some sound FX.

its a regular wah wah pedal; step on it and move it up and down. step on it again to turn it off. not that complicated. its kinda hard to turn it on, though . its a pain in the ass.

i play a Epiphone LP Standard through a Peavey Bandit 112. it made a TERRIBLE screaming sound. i couldnt have it in the down position for a split second without it screaming. but i think it's my crappy pickups (stock). but i got a noise suppressor which took care of the problem almost completely. it still does it sometimes but im almost sure its the pickups. other than that, its great. it loses some wah when distorted but, its not that bad. great wah sounds.

you'd have to run it over with a tank to break it (or maybe thats what you need to turn it on without a hassle).

never dealt with 'em

if it were lost or stolen (and i had money) i would buy a new one (im 14 and i have no job). its a fine wah, great for $75!

It's very easy except the switch is dificult to activate when sitting down. I'll probably cut down the rubber feet to make the switching easier.

I'v played this before my Boss MT2 Metalzone in the effects loop, after the MT2 in the loop and before the loop all together. The only way I haven't had it is after the MT2 but in front of the amp. I found the tone was too narrow, when using a battery it seemed to lose volume but when using the adapter it was ok. When using the adapter and placing the wah after the distotion it boosts the signal far too much, becomes very pearcing and cutting. I only really found useful sounds when using it with a clean sound. I have to admit that because of this, I don't use it very much and when I do use it, I don't use it very well...need more practice.

Seems to be reliable, I've had it for a year and no problems so far, though it squeeks a bit, needs to be lubricated I think.

Never dealt with them

Over all the pedal is ok, I think I'd enjoy it more if i could use it well. It's sound seems a bit thin though, going from the straight sound to the wah sound you lose a lot both in volume and tone.

It's a wah pedal. Set your foot on it and go nuts...or be REALLY cool about it and do subtle stuff. Can it be any easier?
Well, actually, it could. The switch is damn hard...you've got to really push down on it to get it to switch on. Don't try gigging with it when you first get it, or you're going to screw up because you're not used to pushing down hard. But once you're used to it, it's okay...I guess the point here is to make sure that when you go to switch it off, you don't switch it off and back on by accident.

I use a Fender Standard Strat (Mex. made) with a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. This thing sounds great with them. Playing clean gives you a classic funky wah...pentatonic scales have become more than blues stuff to me since I got this pedal. Using my amp's overdrive, I get some nice, distorted wah...you can get some cool acid rock sounds. With more drive on my amp, it just gets really noisy. Pretty useless at that level, though it does work if you want to make a song come to a noisy end or need to do some avant-garde stuff, it can be done. And don't forget...you can use this thing as a tone pedal if you don't rock it with your foot.
As far as noise goes...it's a little hissy when full forward, but that makes no difference since you'll be playing anyway and it'll cover it up. When it's off, there's no noticeable noise in the line...even if the amp's idling.
Compared to the other wahs I've tried (a few Morley models and a Vox reissue), I like this best. The sound is just more "solid" to me. Nice sweep, unlike the Morleys, and low noise, unlike the Vox.

This thing would need to be ABUSED to break. It's all metal, quite heavy duty (I left it on the floor of my room one night and tripped over it when I got up the next morning...nearly broke my toe!). You'd have to fling it out a window onto concrete to break the casing...and I mean you'd have to fling it HARD. The electronics look delicate, but unless some freak is going to sneak into your playing area, unscrew the bottom plate, and dig at the innards with a screwdriver, you'll be good.
Batteries...well, I've had this for five months now and it's still on the original battery, and it doesn't sound any weaker. Why bother with an AC if it is economical? Just be sure to unplug your cables from it when not in use.
Note on the pot: people say it gets scratchy. You can extend the life of the pot if you put it back in the bag it came in and put it back in its box when you're not using it. And a pot only costs about $20 or so, anyway...you shouldn't need to change it for a few years. Which is damn fine for a good wah like this.

Never dealt with them. They're website has a FAQ and that's served me all right.

Great pedal. I'd definitely reccomend it.

it's a real wah (as opposed to what morley calls a wah)

too high... way too high

I had 2 and the first one just quit one day and the 2nd one's button to switch it on and off grew weaker and weaker, every time you tried to use it, it would randomly switch on and off during use.

I got rid of both of em

it's nothing compared to a vox

Come on! It's a friggin' wah pedal! If you can't use it, you shouldn't have a guitar in your hands! But seriously, what's great great about this pedal is its simplicity; no bells and whistles, no knobs or LEDs... Just step on it and go! But that's my style; I'm a purist. Oh yea, it requires a 9 volt battery too, which I've heard so many people complain that it's "hard to replace or get too." Come on, If you can't undo four screws, then you're just goddamn lazy!

The sound quality is great. It's the standard crisp, nasaly, "crying" sound that is one of the industry standards. The only other wah pedal that I can think of as an "industry standard" is the Vox wah pedal, which is a very good pedal, with it's own unique, warmer sound, but is about $40 more! So, for practically, this pedal rocks, buck for buck. Some people have dogged the pedal's low end, bass sound (heel down,) saying that it "loses volume, overall punch, etc..." I don't hear this. I find that the pedal stays pretty consistent throughout its entire sweep, from a warm bass end, to a nasaly treble end. Also, your guitar's signal doesn't suffer hardly at all through this pedal when in bypass, and there is no added noise that I can tell of. It's a very clean circuit. One note: the pedal will generally sound better if is the FIRST pedal in your chain of effects.

Built like a tank! I've only had mine for a couple of days, but I've seen countless others stand the test of time, with the only thing going bad being the pots, which is completely understandable considering the constant twisting and torquing that it undergoes.

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I play your standard rock n roll style music: lots of vintage style Zeppelin, Beatles, etc. and also more modern day rock. It fits in wherever you want to put wah in. I play through a Les Paul Custom and Peavey Classic stack and a Marshall JCM stack. I get beautiful tones from both rigs with the wah pedal. I would most definitely buy it again. I compared this pedal with others and like I said, the only other wah pedal that competes with it is the Vox.

Come on it's a freggin Wah pedal step on it to turn it on and the rest is up to you. I read about these panty wastes saying, "Oh it's so hard to step on, wa wa". First of all it isn't that hard to step on, unless your sitting douw which you shouldn't be, and second of all if it didn't take a little muscle to turn it on, it would turn off if you didn't watch how your foot goes (witch you shouldn't, because you should be so into your playing, you shouln't have to worry) So putting a little pressure down is good.

This pedal kicks ass! Wether you listen to music that has Wah in it or not, I suggest to any guitar player to pick this up. It is the most fun I have had (guitar wise). It's a great way to spice up your leads. This is a real wah pedal ladies a gentlemen, not the those crappy Morley pedals. Morley pedals make a swishing sound, but when you play with a Dunlop it makes a "wow" sound. Which is what a wah pedal is all about. It sounds great with any effect except acoust effects. But who uses a Wah with an acoustic sound? I use 3 Boss Pedals right now: BOSS AC-2 Acoustic Simulator(not with wah) then a BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone and then a BOSS CE-5 Chorus ensemble then the Wah. It sounds great, but I hope to get a BOSS GE-7, BOSS Compression Sustainer and one more for a BCB-6 Case.

Built like a tank. I suggest using an adaptor, not just with this pedal but any pedal.

Never Delt With Them.

I play Hard rock/Metal. Maunly Metallica, Pantera and Sevendust. I would definatly buy it again, but from the looks of it I don't think that I would have to.

My god! Is this thing for real? Just plug it into your amp and give it some volume! You can't do anything wrong with this thing, but of course, it was used by Jimi!

The sound are great! I'm using it with a Eric Clapton strat and a Epiphone Les Paul, but my buddies have test it with their guitars, and they think it sound great!

It's only foolish to write something here!

It have never breaked!

Most Jimi and Metallica, but it goes to everything!

The hardest part is plugging the thing in... how simple is that? Slam on it to turn it on, wah some, slam to turn it off.

Okay, I'm using a left-handed cream white strat(I'm actually left-handed, I'm not doing some JIMI thing), thru a Fender Automatic SE. Use the manual suggestion of the path going fuzz, wah, anything else. With this it definitely whoops serious ass... you can get that perfect wah on any Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Navarro stuff, as well as Cream, and Hendrix. This thing is only bad when you use it in front of the those death metal pedal things, which I don't, so it works great for grunge rock. It sounds just too cool in clean mode too... it kicked the Morley wah's ass, and sounds just like a VOX.

This thing will probably live forever, how the hell could it break???!?! The only thing I would ever possibly worry about is spare 9-volts, but you should carry those anyway. Bring an extra wah if you need it for maybe a coaster for a beer, but not as a backup.

no idea... read someone else's...

This thing rocks... if it ever got stolen, I'd kill the bastard who stole it... it the bastard was immortal, then I'd probably get a Crybaby 535, those are most expensive, but definitely worth it if ya got some extra cash(it has a knob on the side to adjust the wah frequency)... but I honestly love to spice up any solo, or to bring you way above the mix.

It's a basic wah - very simple to use. The manual isn't too descriptive, though using a wah is a matter of personal style and taste. My only complaint is its activation switch, which has to be REALLY hammered to work. I suppose it's fine when you get the hang of it, but it's a little difficult to deal with in the middle of a guitar solo. I've heard of people modifying their pedals to make the switch easier to use, but I'm not brave enough to try it.

I use it with a Boss Metal Zone, which I have after the wah. The wah effect is less pronounced this way, though I experienced volume problems when the wah was placed after the Metal Zone. In either case, the Metal Zone is at fault - it's parametric EQ and high distortion tend to stop the wah from functioning properly. Dunlop talk of this in the manual. When used clean or with lower distortion, however, the wah really sings.

Apart from the switch problem, little can happen to this pedal. So far, I've had to clean the pot and lubricate some of the moving parts - which you should do to all pedals anyway. There's a neat feature to this pedal - if your AC adapter malfunctions (rendering the unit powerless), the pedal switches to dry signal. This is unlike Boss pedals, which obstruct signals when they don't have any juice.

I've never contacted Dunlop via phone or snail mail. However, I have E-Mailed them on numerous occasions, and their advice has been very helpful and accurate. Still, I wouldn't expect them to send me anything for free or even service the pedal. Realistically, that's something for a local dealer or repair shop to handle.

I play heavy metal, which requires a high level of distortion. The Crybaby doesn't work well with high distortion regardless of where it is in your effect chain (trust me - I've tried it on many set ups through the years). Other wah pedals may have a more pronounced effect with distortion (eg, the Rockman Optic Wah or Morley's Bad Horsie) but they just don't sound "right" to me. The Crybaby is "THE" wah; everything else just tries to copy its unique sound. I take my Crybaby to gigs without a backup and it hasn't failed me yet. Just make sure you have a spare AC adapter; if anything will malfunction it's that.

It's a wah, fer God's Sake. Getting one of these suckers under your boot is like learning to play a new instrument, which i suppose it is. Very tactile. Not for the impatient.

BWAHAHA! Ooooh Yeah! Is this the coolest pedal ever made? Can scream like a banshee when closed and make your tone so bassy it's two dimentional when open. Used as a filter its great, but the real magic comes out when soloing, accent individual notes or sweep slowly over a passage. Either way, it'll make you dribble with glee, and annoy fellow band players, cos you wont stop soloing out of the sheer joy of the way this thing sounds. If you are going to buy a Wah, find a good one, like this one or a Vox or something. The difference between a good one like this, and a cheap one is unbeliveable.

Looks like a brick, Smells Like a Brick, Tastes like a brick. Crybabys have one weakness, common to all Wahs. The pot gets dirty, and the thing crackles and hisses when you move it. Get a new pot, and your problem is solved. However, for general purposes, this thing is indestuctible.

The aforementioned pots are quite hard to get your hands on, and you'll only get one through a reputable guitar dealer. I've never tried to contact Jim Dunlop, however, so No opinion.

This is a FANTASTIC pedal. It's my favorite at the moment, and every time I step on the sucker, i feel inspired. Makes you feel like Jimi (grab one and try not to play "Voodoo Chile") and improves your range of sounds like no other pedal i've ever heard. Not bad for what is really just a tone pot. If it ever got taxed i would follow the thief to the ends of the earth an do things so vile to them as to make this review unprintable if put into writing. A joy and an Honour to own.

Easy to use: just plug in and play like Jimi. No manual, but any idiot can work out how to use it. Easy to get good sound. Toe down: bassy; toe up: trebly. Takes a while to get it going nice and smooth. Remember to plug it in the right way, otherwise you get a horrible distrorted scratchy sound.

I use a crappy Park 25W w/ reverb amp, but it sounds OK. it is hardly noisy, but it drains the battery quick. You can leave the pedal in certain positions to get mid boosts etc. It always sounds great, but occasionaly i pick up radio stations on it like some other people. It takes a god player to get a sound out of it like Hendrix, but practice makes perfect. It doesn't sound too good with distortion, best clean.

This thing would survive a meteor strike!!! Tough as well. I don't need a backup pedal, only a backup battery. I think it's very reliable. Would take a lot of beating to even scratch it.

Never dealt with 'em but I imagine they would be very good.

I think it is a wee bit pricey, but it is a wah. It only sounds like Hendrix after you have it perfected. Don't be disappointed at first, because to get it sounding good it takes a bit of practice. I have never had anotheer wah, but if this one broke(don't think it ever will), i'd probably buy a vox instead, just to see what it is like. The pedal is a bit sticky, and unsmooth when new, but after you have played for a while (e.g. 6 months) it feels great. One bad thing is the battery draining, but the unit would never break. Doesn't have many features, just the pedal itself. If you want wee knobs to play around with spend a bit of extra money on the 353? It is a bot trebley, and i heard the vox isn't, but you can supposidly change the cog inside it to make it less trebly, i don't know how though. It does help you become more expressive in your playing, and helps you invent some new things. I only use it for lead though, it makes solos more interesting. Overall, a good pedal.