Dunlop DB-01 Dimebag Signature Crybaby

If you can twork out a wah theres something wrong.

Brilliant! I've searched for a wah that sounds like this for ages. I love a really wet wah sound with dirty guitar it sounds awesome and all the extra features you get such as the ability to vary sweep etc make this a wah to own. I use EMG pickups and go into the wah then I've got a mesa dual rect and it couldnt sound better this is the last addition to my rig................. for now

Dunno yet but its pretty heavy so I'n guessing it's well built.

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This is a great wah if it were stolen I would definitely buy another one. The only thing I dont like about the Dunlops are that the potentiometers will need replacing eventually but other than that its sounds awesome and I'd reccomend it to people into other genres not just metal like myself and Dimebag!

See review below. Just put your foot on it!!

Play it with some Musicman's, Squier 7-string and a Spirit GT-pro. All are equipped with ToneZone's in the bridge. Amps are Koch Powertone I and II, and two Koch 4x12's. My favorite setting is:
Q-controll full, Rotary switch on 3 (1=low, 6=high), Volume at 5 o'clock and Fine tune at 7 o'clock.
First started with an original Crybaby GCB95, then a DOD FX-17 (great wah too!!), then a Crybaby 535 Chrome, then a Crybaby 95Q and now I've got this one. I'm glad to have a 535-like wah again. This one is much quiter than the 95Q!!!

Have and had some Dunlop's, allways workin', so that must be okay.

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Great Wah. Nice to have a rotary switch. In some songs I use a different setting, it's just a turn on the knob.
Bought it at Musik Produktiv in Germany, when I would buy it in the Netherlands I'd have to pay 279 Euro's!!!
And of course it has killer looks!!! Maybe an idea for dunlop to make a limited edition: camouflage colours like operation Desert Storm, so beige, brown and light brown.

Very easy to use. It's a wah pedal after all. You rock it back and forth and it goes "wah!"

The different controls and features, while note quite self-explanitory, are very simple to use and understand once you know what they're for.
3 mini-knobs on the left side:
fine tuning extends the amount of high-end in the "toe-down" position;
"Q" adjusts the shape of the wah boost, changing the sound from a real sharp "wakka-wakka" kind of wah sound to a softer, more subdued almost volume-swell kinda sound;
boost knob adjusts the level of boost from 0-17dB -- This knob is only active when the boost function is on!

On the right-hand side there is a large 6-position rotary switch that selects the frequency range, so you can center your wah sweep more around the high-end or the low-end. Position 1 (high) is great for doing "meedley-meedley" type solos, position 5 or 6 gives a really great "Electric Funeral" feel, especially if you put some distortion before the wah. Also on the right side, by the heel of the pedal, is a boost switch. Just tap this with your toe, and the boost function is engaged, teh volume will be boosted by the amount you have set with the boost level knob from the other side. You can set it lower if you just want a little added kick for your solos, or you can turn it all the way up if you really wanna blow the roof off.

The manual isn't extremely helpful, but it's not really necessary either, once you play with it for a while. The location of the AC-adapter jack is a bit unwieldy (the AC-in is behind [i.e. closer to the player] than the input jack so you can end up with a little bit of a mess of cords) but it's nothing to lose sleep over.

I use a Squier Strat, Boss DS-1 Distortion, and an old Sears 5XL amp. I go Strat -> DS-1 -> Dimebag wah -> 5XL. I love the sound of this thing. With the "Q" and range controls, you can alter the sound almost any way you please, with the fine-tune control you can tailor the wah sweep to your liking, and the boost adds that extra oomph to really rise up over the band or to really abuse your amplifier for some extra gain. The key here is versatility, this is not just at plain old "one-trick pony" wah-wah pedal.

Metal construction. Heavy. I don't abuse my equipment, so I don't know if it can withstand a beating, but I wouldn't doubt it. Have had no problems as yet.

I purchased the last one that my local Guitar Center had and it was defective. The company said they would repair it under warranty, and return it to me for free, but I would have to pay to ship it to them. Since I had to pay shipping anyway I opted to return the unit to GC and buy a brand new one from Musician's Friend rather than take what's basically a "factory refurb" by sending it to them to have it fixed. But the contact I did have with them, they were prompt, honest and helpful.

The layout of the controls is a bit clumsy, and for a couple of them it seems like they're "backwards" (i.e. turn a knob one way that feels like it should be turning the effect "up" it's actually turning it "down") but I have no real complaints. I don't think it's true bypass but I don't hear a difference in my sound, so who cares? Overall I've been really happy with this purchase. If it were lost or stolen I'd be too poor to get another one but I'd want one.

This is an extremely easy effect to use. It does take a few hours to figure out all of the possible sounds, but thats nice since you can get so many different sounds out of it. The red colored Boost switch (that is located on the right side of the pedal) looks at first glance not to make sense in regard to placement and design, but when you get used to actualy using it, it's easy and effective. I believe the manual could have been better WRITTEN and had larger and more detailed pictures,but it gets the job done. When you first get it home the ease of use of it is an 8 because you must read the manual to know what knobs do what, but after you get used to all of the features and how the boost switch works and feels, then it's ease of use becomes a 10. I also like the fact that it does not move around when you are using it like alot of other effects peadals do. This thing really stays in place. What I did not like were the fact the 3 mini knobs located on the left side of the pedal are: Too small and it is very difficult to see the position markers on them and they are too close together. But since this is such an OBVIOUS problem, I figure that Dunlop simply "could not" fit bigger sized knobs on it in that particular place and that it was either small knobs or no knobs. Also the power supply input jack is too close to the input jack in my opinion.

Sounds excellent with every guitar and amplifier combination I've tried. Does Hendrix and Heavy Metal perfectly. Noise is not a problem. It sounds so good when it's on with the toe all the way down that you want to leave it on all the time. Dunlop makes other Wah pedals that have fewer features and a shorter "sweep", but I can not imagine not having every single feature that the DB-1 has. I personaly like to set the "VOLUME" mini-knob to 10 so that when you activate the boost switch you get the full 17db of boost added to your signal. This is excellent for lead soloing. Then I like to set the "VARIABLE-Q" mini knob to the half way position. And then I like to set the "FINE TUNE" mini knob also to the half way position(WARNING: You can add insane amounts of high end treble to your sound with this knob! I cant even handle it past the half way mark and I love LOTS of treble. This is the ultimate treble booster in my opinion) It also has the full sized, 6-position knob on the right hand side of the pedal that you can set to your favorite sound. I like it best when it's set to the #1 position (rotated fuly counterclockwise) as well as the #2 position. Because it has all of these different features as well as an EXTENDED SWEEP RANGE it can do it all. That's why I stated previously that I can not imagine not having every feature that the DB-1 offers me.

This thing is truly well built. It weighs a ton. Quality of construction is top rate. You really feel that your getting your money's worth with this pedal and really like that! The battery compartment (which I never use) appears to be flimsy, but perhaps when actually in use it works just fine. Yes I feel I could depend on this unit not to break down on me while in use.

Never dealt with them.

They make another "Dime" cry baby pedal called the "Dime custom crybaby" but it does not have all of the features that the DB-1 "Dime Cry baby from hell" has so I cant imagine wanting one. Even though the Dime Custom crybaby has a FASEL inductor in it, I wouldnt want one of those because the new inductors are much better over all in my opinion and also because dunlop will sell you one of thier Fasel inductors to put in you cry baby if thats what you want. Personally,I wouldnt change a thing on it. It has already been perfected. The camo color of the unit is very cool and the skateboard grip tape on the pedal part of it is very effective. I really, really like this wah wah pedal.

It is a very easy pedal to get good sound quality out of. I like the q-dial it has, because you can use it to get various effects of wah to use.

I run my les paul customs into a zoom gfx8, i then run the zoom gfx8 into my dime wah pedal, and I run that into my Marshall AVT50 Halfstack. I can get a lot of the wah sounds that I hear the pros using. I can get some of the sounds that hammett and zakk wylde use also of dimebag of course.

I do depend on it, and I use it without a back up.

I have never dealt with them.

I play anything from really heavy music like pantera, metallica, slayer, down, to old school metal like black sabbath, nazareth, ac/dc.
If it were lost or stolen I would definately buy this pedal again. also, I would maybe think about getting the jimi hendrix wah. I like everything about it, my favorite feature is the q-dial. I didn't really compare it to other products. It definately helps me make music.

its pretty easy to use once you play with tha shaping controls and whatnot! just take a bit to dial in ya tone and then whammo, ya got ya self a killer fxckin wah wah!

i just bought this thing and its bad ass!! you get dial in all sorts of tones! this thing dont sound bad at all, and tha booster is killer on it! i play it with a peavey triple x and various crate,peavey cabs, and some fx, flaner,gates,filters...i just stick with tha good solid heavy ass tone! no need for all that rack gear crap either, why lug all that shit around? i can get pretty damn close to dimes sound wit tha rig i got, besides its in the hands anyway, but this pedal jams!

its tough ass a fxckin tank,strapped up,loaded, ready to go 2 war!! i love tha grip tape on it! get beer all over your shoes and this thing wont slip, and i can look down and see CFH on tha pedal, knowing that PanterA is 1 of tha greatest bands of all time and it just makes you wanna go fxckin ape shit! rock n roll, but 1 thing is that the bottom of tha pedal sucks ass, its all cheap shit metal! and the battery pack compartment sucks ass too!!

never had to hunt em down!

get this mutherfxcker if you listen to shit thats heavy! Hardcore!! Pantera,SLipknot,PTW,18 visions,Korn,NIN,machineHead,CHimaria,(hed),Soulfly,lostprophets whatever! peace out ya sick fxcks and stay fxckin tru to Ya roots! unlike somebody else i know......ahh!?!

its a wah pedal not a rack of course its easy to use.

The quality is perfect

NO!!!!!!!! I had it for like 6 months and then one day it just stopped working!!! I'm totally serious about this!!!

TERRIBLE!!! I brought it back to guitar center to be fixed under warranty and its been there for over 2 months!! I called today to see what the deal was and it was still with dunlop being fixed!

I really really liked this pedal but man i would prefer a shitty sounding wah that actually works!

Ok, I'll do the easy thing and answer the questions here. It's quite easy to get a good sound out of this bad boy. Plug in, play. Tweaking is a bit more of a process. You really have to know what each knob does (the manual helps a lot with this) and keep track of which way clockwise and counterclockwise work for each knob. The manual is pretty good; not the best I've seen, but it does the job. I give a 9 because you do need the manual if you want to know what you're doing when fiddling around with it.

I first tried this pedal (when a local store finally got one in) with a Dean Del Sol semi-hollow through a Marshall. Killer tone. However the setup I use it with is electric violin/ mandolin w. pickup -> Ibanez Tone-Loc F7 Fuzz -> Dime Wah -> old Zoom 504 acoustic box -> L.R.Baggs Para DI -> P.A. system.

One of the main selling features for me is the High End control because the highest string on a violin/ mando is equal to the 12th fret on the high E string of a guitar. I wanted something that I could dig into and be able to accentuate the top end, not lose it. This has done that for me. I'm sure I could get a useable sound (for one genre or another) at any setting, but I've found a setting that really lets me chew into notes on the violin (where I use it for sort of a celtic/ country violin meets Metallica sound) and really get funky with the mando (where I use it for the classic muted funky porn-soundtrack sound). I believe I have the 6-way knob on the 4 highest setting, the Q and High End controls are both maxed, and the Boost knob is at about 2/3.

This pedal has a really nice clean sound through my rig. If I kick in the boost, it adds a really nice chewy crunch to my sound, and if i use distortion with it (before the wah), run for the g*ddamn hills! It adds no noise to my rig whatsoever, and I like being able to have all my patch cables run on the left hand side of it, as this really cleans up my setup. The only thing I'd say is fool with it for about an hour and find a setting you like and you think will work, then try it out with your band at a rehearsal before you try your new sounds live. I thought I found a nice setting for the boost knob, but I was met with a "That sounded like sh*t!!!" Still all in all, this is one of the most versatile wahs I've used, and would sound good with most styles that I can think of. It's very far from a one trick pony!

Well, the housing I have no worry about, and I'm sure the skateboard grip tape on top is fine. However, the tiny knobs as well as the kicker switch for the boost is a cause of some concern for me. The knobs could easily get beer (or your drink of choice) in them, and I worry the boost switch could likely get stuck (stuck off, not good; stuck on, dangerous!) or broken if caught on a cable tie (which is how I strap things down to my pedal board). However, due to my lack of funds, I have, do, and will gig without a backup.

Never had to deal with them.

I play celtic rock party music. For what I bought it for (over the top psycho-country soloing and funkadelic mandolin), this has fit my needs perfectly. If i do make a separate setup for the mando, there's a 99% likelihood of me getting another one of these.

If it were stolen or lost, I've have to sick all the fiddle freaks and similar fans, whose eyes bug out with amazement when I kick this thing on, on the low life who wouldn't pay the low price for one of these things. In my opinion, this thing is just as full-featured as a 535Q (possibly more), and I bought it for only about $40-50 more than for a basic, bottom of the barrel Crybaby.

What do I love about it? The sound is awesome. The skate tape is very good at keeping my foot planted, and the camo is just a guilty pleasure! And I have to admit the two features that I didn't really consider when I bought it have been two that have actually made a huge difference; 1) the LEDs: it's so nice to be able to know during soundcheck/ during a section when you're not playing that you have to turn off your wah/ boost without finding out the hard way, and 2) the adjustable cradle resistance: it's a really nice touch to be able to give the cradle as much or as little give as you want to give it that perfect feel, and I think this feature is what solved my switching problem.

My problem was that in the middle of this psycho-country solo (and always in the same place too!), I'd accidentally switch off the wah. This wasn't a major thing, but definitely a little more than just a minor annoyance. However like I said, a tweak of the included hex wrench and that was taken care of. The only other features I dislike (but not hate) was the sensitivity of the boost control (it was a little hard to dial in a satisfactory setting), and the knob/ switch concerns I mentioned earlier.

I did compare it to a lot of other wahs. I tried the Boss V-Wah, a Snarling Dogs wah, a Morley wah, and probably a few others. Ultimately, I found this one to have the best overall sound, to be the most durable looking of the bunch, the best as far as saving pedalboard space goes, and the most affordable.

One option that would be nice as an OPTION, is the switchless auto-off found on the 95Q, but it's far from a necessity.

This pedal definitely will help you make music and will inspire new leads, cool riffs, wacky textures and shaggadellic funkosity. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a good all around wah for rock, metal, country, blues, jazz, techno or any other genre where you'd need a good wah/ filter effect. If you like that chewy gooey all around tasty crybaby/ vox sound, try this pedal!!!!!

It is very eady to use once you know what does each knob do. It has a lot of knobs, but that is how you can get different effects of your wah

The best wah pedal I've heard, it is dunlop crybaby, the best...... what almost everyone uses

I will definitely use it without backup I could really depend on it

I paly heavy metal and hard rock, so this wah is perfect. I have been playing for 3 years, and use this with an ibanez rg520qs. of it were stolen I would buy a new one, but if dunlop brings out something new.....
I love all the different wahs you can crate.

Turns on just like any other crybaby (push down hard it's on, push down again and its off). The Kick-in boost,on the right heal side of the pedal, is easily activated by tapping the switch with your foot. There are also to lights on the heal of the pedal. If the green light is on the wah effect is on, if the green light is on and the red one is ont then the wah, and the boost is on. if the green light is off the pedal is off. To use it all you do is rock the pedal back and forth to create your sound. If you think the pedal is to strong or to loose it comes with a rocker torgue controll thing that allows you to tighten or loosen the tension of the rocker. The pedal also has a spot on the bottom plate that can be removed to install the battery instead of having to un-screw the hole bottom like on most crybaby's. Also the pedal has one input, one output, ans an input/output. This allows you to have the input and output right next to eachother to help stop the chord from getting caught in the wah and messing things up, and you can still rig it like the original, for use with other pedals. This thing is bad a$$ man

I currently have a fender big apple strat and atricked out ghetto rigged peavey preditor (was enabled to turn on and off with the use of the 5-way selecter). To jam these i use a marshall vs100r combo with a vs112 cab. The db-01 sounds sick. This pedals kicks all other crybabys ass's and sends them where they should have come from, hell (the wah sports the CFH tat on dimebags arm which mean came from hell). This pedal can get any other traditional crybaby wah sound and some. With a six position wah range, variable Q controll, and fine tune controll knobes, you can get the perfect wah for you. When the kick in boost is on the wah is great for distorted solos that need that extra ummf. I've had this wah for about a week and it is quickly becoming my prize posession. You can make that original wah wah sound easy, the pedal can go to extrem highs, extrem lows, or to whatever in between. You can make the sweep crawl for tight intros or you can have it extrem to explore new hights. The kick in boost has a volume control that lets you take the boost to low/high. The only problem with the pedal is that if your playing on a clean channel with the boost selection turned on and up things get a little sloppy and distorted, but with the boost off the wah sounds sweet clean on my strat. My peavey is a nasty little beast that will make anything distort clean.

This thing is camo'ed up and ready for war. It's built like a tank. It even uses grip tape on the top of the rocker insted of the original rupper design. This is so (in dimebags word) when you have beer all over your shoes, they still wont slip.

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I play rock, and funky crap, and this pedal keeps the funk, funky. Ive been playing for about eight years and all my other wahs just kind of sucked and were banished from my set up but this one is here to stay. If you can jam this pedal will make you jam harder and longer. If some one stole this thing i wouldn't buy it again, i would find the person who stole get the pedal crack um over the head with it, then go home and use with a smile as i say crybaby from hell!