Dunlop DB-01 Dimebag Signature Crybaby

It's easy to use, you just step on it and you move your foot. You still have to find the sweet spot on it though, you can't just move your foot back and forth.

The Q, fine tune, and the volume knobs on the side of the pedal are kind of hard to move if you're in a hurry, but the fat freq. knob on the other side of the pedal is really easy to move (you can move it with your foot while you play if you have to).

With all the knobs, you can find some cool tones. There are so many different sounds you can get.

The manual is OK, it tells you what the knobs do, and that's about it!

My setup is Dean Z to the DB-01 to a Randall RG100SC (not the G2 series).

The wah sounds amazing, huge sweep. I've set the wah so it sounds more vocal and fat. The boost on the side really boosts the volume when you're playing clean, but it's not very noticeable when you're playing with OD. I have the boost on when I play leads because it adds a little bit more gain, but it adds more noise too when you stop playing.

You can get a very high endy wah sound that screams, or you can get a very vocal/nasal wah sound with this pedal. Whatever floats your boat, the sky's the limit!

And to the people who say "oh, it doesn't sound vintage enough", well no shit. It's not a vintage pedal. Why do you think it's called the Cry Baby From Hell? If you want a vintage sound, get a vintage pedal, like a Thomas Organ Cry Baby.

I'd depend on it, but the thing I don't like about the new Cry Baby pedals is that the jacks are mounted to the PCB board. After stomping on the pedal, occationally the soldering eventually craps out. I have an Original Cry Baby from the mid 90's, and it has crapped out on me because of the soldering on the jacks. I have a Thomas Organ (made in CA) Cry Baby which is from the '70's, and it hasn't busted on me. The jacks aren't mounted to the PCB board on the Thomas Organ. Also, I heard that the new pots in the newer Cry Babies are really reliable.

Still, I'd depend on the DB-01.

The people at Dunlop are helpful, I've asked them a bunch of questions and they replied pretty quick.

I've been playing for 5 years. I own an Original Cry Baby, and a Thomas Organ Cry Baby in addition to the DB-01. I love my wah pedals. I'm probably going to get a Vox wah pedal, a Cry Baby Classic (or I'll put a yellow Fasel in the original Cry Baby), or an Area 51 modded Cry Baby.

I play everything, mostly metal though. I've been making some blues meets reggae kind of music, and I've used the DB-01 for that, and it sounded pretty good. If it were stolen, I sure as hell wouldn't buy a new one, they're expensive. I wouldn't be able to afford one. I got a pretty sweet deal on mine though, $220can instead of $270+tax (14.5% tax here in BC). I love pretty much everything about the pedal, except maybe the paintjob. I know spoilt kids who get their parents to buy them the pedal because it 'looks cool'. I like the yellow CFH logo on top, you can see it when the lighting isn't so good, so it helps you to find the pedal. For my original Cry Baby and my Thomas Organ Cry Baby, I had to stick white tape on the top of the pedal so I could see it when the lighting sucks. I compared this pedal to the Morley Pro Series II wah, and the Bad Horsie (they don't have pots, and that was a stand out feature).

Rock on

My MSN is sunshine7901@hotmail.com, let me know if you have any questions, I'll try my best to help.

First wah i've owned, done lots of research on others, settled on this. if you can read then you can figure out how to use this. hell you dont even have to be able to read.

those who say they cant get this or that sound dont know how to use it, this is the most versatile wah i've heard you can set it to where you can barely tell its on, or set it to where you can barely tell what your playing. and everything in between.

built like a brick shithouse.

never dealt with them

a bit expensive but worth it for the versatility.

it's not easy to get a vintage tone: "Just too much highs"

manual is ok??

I use a peavey V-type with the slash signature head and cab
it's too damn noisy!! It's sounds shrill to my ears

You can depend on it allright, it's built solid.
you can use it without a backup, instead don't use this wah, period.

Nope

I play all kinds of music but this wah is ONLY for METAL USERS. The only thing I liked about this pedal were the features. But please, the sound sucks and I totally agree that you CAN'T get a HENDRIX sound out of it. It's too noisy, undefined articulation, less bass, and too much highs. I tested it next to a 535Q of a friend of mine and immediately I send the crybaby from Hell back to where it came from: "To Hell"!!

I spent about 5 hours the day I got it fine tuning everything and just jamming around. It is a pretty easy pedal to figure out. The boost switch really boost the volume when using "clean" effect: however, I have found that when using distortion my volume stays the same but the treble is boosted resulting in a harsher sound, not realy a bad thing though. The fine tune and Variable Q knob are pretty easy to understand, but this is not a wah pedal you can just take out of the box and find a perfect setting right away. It does come with a manual but its not too useful, it could have been written better.

I keep my setup simple, the less stuff to mess with the less you have go wrong at shows. Im using it through a Line6 Spider II 212 and my guitar set up is an Epiphone Slash Signature equipped with EMGs 81/85. With the boost up it is noisy on distortion if you quit playing. For lead solo's I have it set to position 1 with the variable Q all the way up and fine tuning knob about half way. When jamming on clean Ive been setting it to position 2 or 1 with the fine tune and variable at half. This is NOT a weak wah pedal, it can be powerful when needed and its very easy to get any sound out of. I can really get a Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrel sound in my solos and on clean I can get a Jimi Hendrix/ SRV sound out of it.

This thing looks and is built like a tank. I was suprised by the weight of it. Im sure it can stand up to some beatings and really at shows I just need to depend on the 9v battery not dying on me.

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I mostly play metal and this wah is great for it. Ive been playing for 3 years and own an Epiphone Slash Signature with the Zakk Wydle EMGs, Johnson J-station, Line6 II 212 and Morley Bad Horsie wah.
If it were lost or stolen Id probably have to go back to using the Bad Horsie wah until I had the money to replace it. I would definately buy it again. I like how you I can get any sound I want out of it, but I dont like how the boost switch doesnt really up the volume on distortion. I purchased this pedal after being disappointed with my Bad Horsie's sound. It was almost exactly what I expected out of it and really enhances solos for me.

Not difficult, just many options. Didn't take me long to find a setting I liked, though I kept having to flip the pedal over because I kept forgetting what knob was for what and which way to turn it.

Versatile and great sound. True bypass would be great (you can get this by sending it to the Dunlop Custom shop for a fee). Very nice sound. I was amazed that I was able to produce top quality sounds within the first few uses. Great with extra distortion though I just use stock tube amp distortion. Just a great pedal.

I don't think I could afford to buy a backup of it. I bought the warranty though in retrospect that probably wasn't too necessary.

Answered emails promptly.

Perfect. I play alt-rock with a bluesy edge. Great for metal or even more mellow stuff!

Not really difficult, the switches on the lefthand side have no marks like 0 or ten, but anything important is explained in the manual and on the bottom plate, lots of different great sounds, so you will need some time to find the one you want. I think every wah sound is possible to get with this baby, I don#t need digital modelling crap.

I'm using Ibanez RG guitars and Fender Stratocasters (with DiMarzio FastTrack2 PUs) My Effekts are DB-01-->Boss SD-2-->Boss BF-3-->Boss-->OC-2-->Boss NS-2 thenn to a Mesa/Boogie Studiopreamp into two Marshall 100W tubeheads.
The sound of the CFH is perfectly adjustable to fit in my Rock and Roll. Any wah without a booster has a certain volumedrop, bad thing if you want to use your wah in solos, as i do. The boost of the CFH works great to solve that problem.
Noise is no problem, not more than on other wahs, the bypass works perfect.

No backup! I've owned a few crybabys before and never had problems with one of them. Looks and feels like a tank.

You,ll get a perfect sounding and looking crybaby for your bucks. Even if you are not a Metalhead like Dimebag Darrel, you won't be dissapointed by this wah, it fits every style of music, for clean sounds you should not crank the boost, then it works for clean sounds like any other wah.

So many choices, so much range; an awesome pedal for anything from treble or bass boost to full on tripped out wah-wah. If you can't find a noise you like, then give it up because you just plain suck.

The signal boost is a real help when using lots of cables; it really is the best sounding wah I have ever encountered.

Never failed me once, and I've been using one on the roas for the last thirteen months. Truly battle tested, you can tell it's rugged by the weight alone. This thing is dense.

No experience, no comment

Oh my god, just plain old bad to the friggin ass. Useful in any situation, wide range of noise, good for feedback, artificial harmonics, natural harmonics, and the classic wah-wah noise.

Tja was soll ich sagen, das Pedal hat zwar viele Regelmoglichkeiten,
jedoch ist die beutzung einfach: Der Boost ist einfach zu aktivieren
und einzustellen, der Wah und tone Regler sowie das Poti sind leicht
zu bedienen. Allerdings bei sovielen Moglichkeiten dauert es langer bis
man einen wirklich super sound gefunden hat. Beim an-und ausschalten,
muss man aber mal ein wenig mehr aufs Pedal drucken..ist eben vom Dimebag !!!

Jo also die Sound Qualitat ist schon gut, nur wenn man 2 Verzerrer und einen Comprssor drin hat, dann rauscht es. Allerdings ist die verwendung im cleanen Kanal super..auch mit dem Booster wird der Sound keineswegs schwammig. Wenn man hinter das Wah noch Verzerrer hat (MT2 etc.) dann lohnt sich der Boost nicht zu aktivieren. Ich empfehle folgendes, nur einen Verzerren hinterschalten, Volume aufdrehen aber Ext. Booster und Compressor weglassen. Da ich eine Ibanez JEM habe, und die Evolustion Pickups hat, hab ich fast so viel Putput wie Aktive Pickups, daher neigt bei zu vielen effekte + wah der sound schnell zum
Feedback.

Also das Ding hat sich schon rentiert, weil es mich nur 140 ? gekostet
hat und vergleichbare Wahs wie Dunlop 535 , Boss Cosm Wah und Morley
Bad Horsie 2, kosten 180 ? und ich wollte einfach nicht soviel bezahlen,
aber auch kein Standart wah haben, da kam die ebay Auktion gerade recht.
Ich vertrau dem Teil, voll und ganz und wurde Live nur ein Wah mitnehmen.

Ich spiel Metal und Rock und kann sagen, dass ich mit dem Wah die Metallica solis jetzt authentisch nachspielen kann. Ich spiele seit 4 Jahren und dies ist mein erstes Wah, und falls es geklaut wurde, wurde ich dieses Wah Neu fur 200 ? nicht kaufen sondern die billige Version
fur 150 ?. An dem Dimebag Wah mag ich die Optik, die anti-rutsch Oberflache, den Booster und die Versch, Wah moglichkeiten. Ich mag an dem Teil nicht, dass man so fest drauftreten muss damit es an oder aus geht. Also ich habs mal mit dem Morley BH 2 verglichen, und muss
sagen, dass es etwas besser ist weil man mehr Einstellmoglichkeiten hat. Mein Wunsch: spielen konne wie Zakk Wylde !!!!
Also auf die Frage ob es mich musikalisch weiterbringt, oder im Weg steht, denke ich dass werde ich in nem halben Jahr wissen, wenn ich einige Gigs mit dem Teil hatte.
Ich bin kein gro?er Pantera Fan...ABER Dimebag gehort zu meinen Idolen
und deshalb hab ich beim kauf auch Subjektiv gehandelt!

This wah is extremely easy to use! if you can't find a nice setting from this cry baby then you really shouldn't use one! I have a nice collection of Cry Baby pedals from several companies and will say this is among one of the best! The features are all usable and it's nice to have the volume boost, I keep it on all the time. You can dial in sounds from Satriani to Robben Ford with a turn of a knob. How hard can that be?

Very strong and vocal like that really cuts through when your playing live! With all the features on this pedal your bound to find a sound that will please you! I use it infront of my amp with no problems!

It's too early to tell but I believe it will hold up alright! This thing is built like a tank!!

Nothing yet!

I've been playing professionally for a long time and take my sound and equipment very serious, and this is definitely one seroius pedal that I'm glad I found! I'm not really a Dimebag fan but respect him as a player, I purchased this Cry Baby because of the way it sounds plus with all these features it 's very hard to beat!! My only complaint is were the power supply connects to the pedal, it's too close to the input jack! (Someone else mentioned that in a earlier review) but that is it, if your looking for a great Cry Baby then give this some serious thought because I would purchase another one in a minute...

It pretty easy to use, takes some tinkering to get a good sound out of it. Manual sucks, but, who cares. Boost button doesnt do much.

I'm pretty disappointed with this thing, in alotta ways. Its only real use could be as an effects-loop wah. It has almost NO effect what so ever b4 the amp. It also takes a long time to get a good sound out of it, pretty harsh-sounding too. Creates a buncha feed back. I hear all these people and web-sites hyping up about it, and really, honestly, it is not that good. Oooooh, you can create your own sound, and it has variable q and boost, tell ya what, these things change the sound little or none, and than the boost button thing, doesnt really boost, just makes it trebley and harsh. If ur lookin for a hendrix tone, or even a decent tone, this pedal is DEFINATLY not the one for u, it sux.....

Yea, i could depend on it, its built alright, you could gig with it. The only problem about playin it live would be the boost button thing on the side, kinda hard to twist your foot all around and hit the thing while playin, and if you use a buncha other pedals, its kinda tight to reach to the side of it.

Never dealt with em...

Dont like it, cant get a good tone, if your lookin for a vintage hendrix tone, definatly definalty not the one u want, its not a great pedal. Solo's are shit with it, and creates horrible feedback, dont get it, do urself a favor.