Dunlop DB-01 Dimebag Signature Crybaby

I have mixed feelings about this wah pedal. When I first got it a year ago I was impressed but it has also given me some frustrations.

I use this along with a boss OD2, EVH MXR phase 90 and MXR flanger into a JSX combo with DD6 delay in the effects loop. I own two wahs, an original crybaby and the Dime Wah.
The pedal is not that noisey so its good on that count and as someone also mentioned doesn't disrupt the effects chain noise or tone too much.
What I like and dislike about this wah is the variable controls. Its nice to have greater flexibility but then I have found Ive lost some good setups and have to continually tweak it to get them back. I like the idea of different EQ settings in principle but I find myself wanting more top end sweep on the low EQ settings and wanting more bass on the treble settings? Even when I tweak the fine tuning etc. It might just be me, but for sheer simplicity and great tone, my old classic crybaby just plugs in and plays great wide sweeping tones, particularly when distorted.
The volume boost hardly makes a difference on my model. I dont know, its a great pedal but Im always tweaking with it...I guess Id prefer something simpler or if the EQ setting knob could be set to sweep through ALL of that range rather than individual ranges.

Its dunlop, you could run over it in a truck.
Its got skateboard tape and camoflage - Id depend on it even in a war.

Never dealt with them.

I play a range of styles and have been playing for 20 years. I mainly play classic rock through to SRV through to alternative. My setup and the issues I have with this pedal are noted above.
I love its attitude and appearance - I love ots versatility and tone but I dont like its lack of simplicity and the ease with which I tend to loose its sweet spot settings. I do prefer my old original crybaby for that plug n play scene but that said the dime is more versatile.
Eitherway its helped me make music and my gripes about it are minor so I can only give it a high rating.

Its not hard to figure out. I give it a 9 just because its got a few knobs that need to be figured out to know what your doing. Its not your classic plug in and your stuck with that sound wah.

I went out to buy the best wah I could find for under $200. I dont really play metal, and although I respect Dime greatly, and his playing, Im not that influenced by him. I play anything from Jazz to Hard rock, mainly blues rock. Almost no metal, but I still choose this pedal because it works so great with both clean and distortion, because it can be customized to your likings, and because its really quiet.

Looks and feels well built...

No idea.

I found that most of the wahs for my budget was great clean but didnt really match with my distortion/overdrive pedal. This pedal takes th best of both worlds and makes them bot accessible with a few knobs that are simple to use. The clean is great for Jazz, Funk, and Blues. As a matter of fact I thought it was the best clean wah out there, yet its the Dimebag signature model so you know it can be used with anykind of distortion and overdrive. The boost switch is great too. Not only can you boost your wah signal for a solo, but you can cut it so if your doing a rhythm part with a wah and a solo with no wah you can have the volume go up when you turn your wah off. Handy, reliable, accessible, affordable, realistic and versatile. So far my favorite wah pedal.

compared to a basic wah it takes a few extra minutes to figure out the other bells and whistles but not that difficult.Its like having a wah and a eq built into one.On a helpful note 1).turn the variable q and fine tone clockwise to the max for that wider sweep so you can hear the wah clearly if not it just gonna sound narrower depending on your taste.2). Turn the big freq knob clockwise for a bassier wah which is great for playing in the heel back posistion and counter clockwise for a more screaming lead tone in the toe down posistion and everything in between.Also believe it or not i've actually got a pretty cool rythem sound by turning the eq knobs in the bass posistion while the pedal is push all the way down towards the treble giving you some kind of nasal/boston tom scholtz type of sound.

I not worried about sounding like other guitar players but it does the job. My guitars are a black gibson les paul standard,cort les paul copy and epiphone les paul plugged into marshall valvestate amps.I also use a marshall BB-2 booster box for extra amp gain so i really dont have much use for the wahs built in vol boost.of course it's gonna sound noisy when you have 3 types of gain on top of each other but i can control all of that.I use more of a low midrange setting on the wah because it sounds more vocal and ballsy just the jimi hendrix model and i can get it to sound even deeper than that with the q adjustments.

i've used this pedal in the studio and quite a few open mike nights and had no problems.I would still use a backup i carry my dunlop hendrix wah just in case of emergency and i have 2 other wahs on top of that as well.

I play mostly metal and some classic rock type of stuff.I might buy if it got stolen but i am a huge pantera/dimebag darrel fan.I may not have a randall warhead,a dean/washburn elec gtr but buying this pedal is my tribute to him.


R.I.P DIME FOREVER.

Extremely easy to use. One guy said it took him two weeks to find his sound. It took me about 10 minutes.
I put the variable knob (sweep range) on full, the fine tune knob (treble) on full, the big knob (a selection of wah tones) two notches back from full (giving a fatter sound but still clear), the red button in to engage the volume knob, and the volume knob at about eight o'clock to compensate for any volume drop.
The result is an original cry baby sound but much fuller, smoother, and there's no drop in volume. The range might be a bit wider too.

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BETTER THAN MY OLD ORIGINAL GCB-95 CRY BABY.
I hated my old cry baby because it sounded thin, volume dropped a bit, and the wah was mild sounding.
The Dimebag sounds fatter yet clear, smoother, louder and its way more versatile.
I learned something else. I usually put the wah before my distortion and overdrive pedals. When I put the wah AFTER the distortion/overdrive pedals, it sounded more extreme and gave me that Hendrix sound. It sounds more like the "White Room" wah too.

If it's like the other Dunlop wahs it'll be indestructable but I can't say yet cause I just bought it.

Can't say.

I've been playing professionally for 30 years and I use vintage Strats and vintage Fender tube amps. I've got the sounds I need with this pedal WITHOUT it sounding thin or too quiet. It's not true bypass but I CANNOT hear the difference in sound between the wah in the equation or removed.
With the wah placed AFTER my distortion/overdrive pedals, I get all the classic Hendrix/Clapton sounds I need.
What I would like to do someday is A/B this Dimebag pedal with the Snarling Dogs Blues Bawls wah. I've heard it's also very versatile plus it has true bypass AND a built in overdrive. Some say the Snarling Dogs have not been reliable. The Snarling Dogs can be very cheap on Ebay. The only thing is the Snarling Dogs need a bit more room in the pedal box and I'm maxed out for room.
If anyone out there has compared the Snarling Dogs wah to the Dimebag wah, please put a review in here with your results. Thanks.

It is a quite simple product to use if you understand what each dial does......even if you dont it still is quite simple.....select a frequency,add boost tune the q and fine tune it and your set, the manual is pretty straight foward. should come with some artist settings though, try it in a new light.

Its a great sounding wah pedal, you can go from fat broad sounds to tight shrill high end squeals, great harmonic range.decent sweep.....It is quite easy to set up to mimic a various amount of other dunlop pedals. Love the indicator lights on the base. it nice not having to worry if its on or not....the double input jacks are kinda a waste of space in pedal board applications but it might be nice for single setup i guess

Its a great pedal built like a tank just like all dunlop wah pedals (I have 3) I stomp on this all the time and shows no signs of lettin up just like all my other dunlops im not afraid to step on it with some force

Never really had to deal with them on a repair or faulty pedal yet so dont know....as far as me asking them questions i get a quick response and i get answered properly..

I play metal, I love PAntera...this wah pedal is defanetely a must for anyone who needs a balls out wah pedal that wants verstility.If it was lost stolen or damaged I would be ordering one the next morning in an instant.....

i thinkits really easy to use. the knobs are realy usefull and when playing live its easy to turn the pedal on & off (when standing).
The "Q" Button placed in the right side of pedal, and its nice to "kick" with your foot edge when you need to BOOST your sound.

its very versatile sounding!
From Cruel 'Filter' Sound That Suck Your Tones When Going Down with The expression, and Blowing Your Brain When Going "up".. to Delicate Wah Sound For Blues or Funk rhythm.
From Satriani Famous Wah Sound To almoust Vintage as jimi hendrix.
its realy queit!

professional Pedal!

I play alot of styles. this pedal can be delicate and nice, and then BadAss MotherFucker.... you can purchase your own sound and Make yourself unique style - its very important and not like other pedals that has only one Wah sound.
as i said before Delicate , Metalish and bad at the same time!
built like a shelters Door! - really massive.
i like it alot.

I had to do a lot of toying around with the knobs for the sound i wanted. the knobs are kind of sensitive but when you find what you want, you really wont be dissapointed

as i said, play with the knobs and be patient. i think this thing is pretty badass and i tried it against the bad horsey and other crybabies. however i'm not terribly impressed with the boost, but i got other pedals for that.

gigged with it in for my former band for over a year and still like new.

never had to deal with them.

i'm a thrasher and this pedal is great. it really helps me give a different dimension to my solos and even some rythems. i would probably replace the wah if it was lost of stolen, which wouldnt happen because i'd never lose this thing, and beat the crap out of whoever tried to take it.

I feel strange for not giving 10 in this category for a wah pedal =)
but that's how it is: you got Fine Tune, Variable Q, Volume Boost and six wah frequency types to choose from. It's NOT a straight-out-of-the-box pedal.
Fine tune for treble,
Q for sweep range
Volume =)
and six wah modes

TAKES time to find THE sound, and then to fine tune it.


But if you won't find the sound, well, nail me to the wall.

First off, to all the guys thinking like The-Guy-Below: if you play it less than 10 minutes for some strange british music, well, you might feel disappointed!!! It's DIME SIGNATURE model for raw metal!!! Also 'it-doesn't-sound-like-Jimi-Hendrix' people, get off... damn, it's NOT a JH model!!!! And someone had already mentioned this before.
And try putting it BEFORE distortion :P

Setup: Ibanez RG470>Boss CE-5>DB01>Boss MT-2>DigiDelay>Marshall CD50

Anyway, I think it's suits alt music as well as raw metal =) it's gread for rock, funky, acoustic...
This is a monster that will eat each kind of music!

Maybe reggae maniacs won't find it perfect, but well... did Dime play reggae??

Seriously: wide range of wah types; sweet sounds, not buzzing when on; perfectly spatial, does not suck tone (like Zakk's model I played!) cuts easily thru distortions, cries subtly on clean and/or chorused sounds.
You find the tone you need, you tune it, you play it. Subtle or ears-attacking, whatever you want... an agressive baby :)

Moves earth when distorted.
Moves heart when clean.


The ultimate wah.


With camo finish =)

Seems to be a tank =)

On it's first gig some two jumping guys fell down straight on it, and the only result was they managed to 'put out' =) two front of four of these little rubber wheels that protect the wah from skimming around. That's why I think they hit it quite hard, heh, but I replaced the rubber and it's brand new again. Works, sounds, even the painting hadn't been scratched.

Neva eva contacted them, and hope I won't need to.


Some of you complain on the manual.. well you're right, they could have put some more information about the way the knobs work, about what they do. But - use your ears.

I play mainly hard rock... but actually me and guys play anything if we had such will... come on, this unit is an ultra-wah!

Been playing for six years, I encountered also Classic Crybaby, Morley ProSeries II and some DOD crap, and nothing even comes close.

If stolen, I probably would not replace it with another DB01, cause here in POLAND I had GALACTIC (read: not from this world =) problems with getting this one and I don't dream about getting a new one, that is waiting nearly 5 months, paying two my salaries, and ordering 'in advance' one of - this one is real - SIX (6) that finally were brought to the country. F**K polish dealers.

So if stolen, I'd do anything to get one again... from Germany, for example =)


The only thing... Like all Crybabies, the input jack is placed at the side of the effect, and this is a thing I will never understand.. come on, it sucks! Why not placing it on the front panel, like in stompboxes?
It really bothers me, having tones'o'wires under my feet. Thanks GuitarGod, it's not causing other problems (yet=) but that's why I give it 9 here.

Very easy to use. Very feature packed but well laid out.

My set-up consists of a Gibson Les Paul Custom stripped down and oiled to give a more organic, resonant tone with the EMG Zakk Wylde set installed. A Peavey 5150 block logo head and a marshall 4x12 with celstion vintage 30's. I use monster cables. A Zakk Wylde crybaby wah, Boss NS-2 Noise supressor, TU-2 tuner, CS-5 chorus in the front and a GE-2 graphic eq in the fx loop to kick the mids and volume a little for a solo boost.

I bought the Dime wah because it has a built in 17 db boost which is switchable independantly from the wah plus it has loads of control over parameters such as wideness of sweep and also frequency of sweep. But after using the Wylde wah for a while, throwing the Dime wah into the mix, it sounds really sterile and thin in comparison. When its kicked it, all the bottom end drops out and becomes a bit lacking in the low end( the boost is a little noisy to ). Its great if you want a nasty cutting cronky tone but if your after a big, fat sound and are more into big tone go for the Wylde, but if you want all out nastyness metal, the Dime is for you. Didnt blow my skirt up if you know what I mean.

Only used for an 10 mins so cant really answer that one but ive never had any problem with dunlop stuff before.

I play metal but like a big fat tone. A little harsh for my ears but Im sure it'll give some of you a hard on. TRY AGAINST THE ZAKK WAH BEFORE YOU BUY !

It take me about 1 or 2 week to get a good sound with my amp and pedal setup so... i dont think it was easy of use. I Give a 7 for that

I Use a Prs Custom 24 with a EMMA Discombobulator (Env. filter), Boss DD-20, Boos OC-2, Sansamp GT-2, G2D Cream Tone and a TC Electronic Chorus. No hum or bad noise and the wash sound like HELL!!!!! in my Boogie head. It's hard to found your sound but when you got it ... it's awesome. I Give a 9!

i only use my Dime Wah

My Dime wah never broke so....