Dunlop DB-01 Dimebag Signature Crybaby

Every knob on it says what it does... I don't find it difficult. The are some presets in the manual, if you want exact corrections (like songs of Dimebag).

Well... It does suck some tone, even if it's off, but... It works pretty fine with me :) .

It's got a lot of range and I think this is the wah for a distorted sound.

But may be this is not the wah for you, if you wanna play funk...

Got it for a year. Still no problem with it :) . I use all the time!!! Even when I'm not supposed to...

I don't know... I hope I won't need that...

It's all I need.
In my opinion (as I said) it's not good for funk or similar styles.

Just got to play around with everything until you find what you are after.

Love it, sounds great. I have been playing 40+ years and finally found something new that I like better than anything I had in the 70's (and I had them all).

Seems solid like most Crybaby's. Hopefully the pots stay noise free over the long haul

No idea.

I play all kinds of music. Well OK...anything from 60's to early 2000's. Not much metal, all things rock.
I really love the adjust ability of things, I've never had a wah that was exactly how I wanted it to sound...this one has the flexibility to find the exact sound your after.
As good as many of the boutique pedals out there as far as actual sound, for a lot less money.

ok but lots of stuff to dial in

great sound, i run 6+ pedals at a time

i've had many wahs, i currently have this, the wylde, and a vintage crybaby from the 70's

i'm a little pissed as i've had this a little less than a year, taken great care of it...and the boost button that i used to just be able to tap don't activate as easily as it should...bummer for 150 bucks

worthless now....too big of a company to offer any service or help

good product, i've had numerous wahs in the past including bad horsie, hiwatt, boss modeling wah, several snarling dogs, vox new and old..... great sound, sweep, love it with touch of od or full blown distortion...the switch thing makes me a little mad

if you cant work a wah pedal and this is too difficult for you,God help ya with a processor.

This for me has it all the growl when swtiched all the way to bass.Or your typical vintage crybaby sound to screamin highs.Great versitile wah!

Nothing cries like a dunlop, and ive tried em all.

It's so easy to get the sound you want out of this wah pedal. There are small black dials on the left-side of the pedal, you can use these to tailor your tone and control how much the wah effect enters the soundscape, and also one dial to control the level of the volume-boost effect.

Personally I roll everything up to "10".

I've been using this pedal for 6 months now and I've never accidentally knocked the dials or boost button.

I use an Ibanez RG321MH and Boss ML-2 distortion and Boss NS-2 Noise-suppressor. The wah did induce a little feedback, but I got the NS-2 and that's sorted out now. I usually roll the frequency dial all the way down to get the thickest widest wah, it's still easily audible wah for low to middle range playing, and when I get up to the high end of the neck, the wah filters out the "ice-pick" sharpness and smooths out the tone. High doesn't have to be like a hot needle in your ears anymore. I play a lot of Satriani/Vai/Petrucci style music and this pedal covers all of those, hands down.

Looks like a tank. Built like a tank. Smells like a tank.

Never dealt with them

I play a lot of mmmmmmetal and even though that's what it was built for, it easily sticks it's fingers into almost every other genre and hit's the spot.

I've been playing 3 and a half years, and I love everything about it. It's reliable, it sounds great and it's the sexiest pedal I have!

I used to have a Behringer "Hellbabe", I thought that was wah until it broke, then I bought this and I realised everything I'd been missing out on.

When I'm writing a song and can't think of where to go next, I go crazy with the wah and doors open up for me. This thing totally owns. BUY ONE!

I used to have an original crybaby some years ago, and i remember it being a 'good' overall wah and i was happy with the sound...good range etc. The DB-01 Dimebag Crybaby from Hell is an AMAZING wah. My only complaint is that it may be TOO versatile... it's taking me more than a few minutes to dial in my 'dream' sound. The adjustable volume boost is great and a much needed addition to any wah. The Q control, fine-tuning and rotary knob(for range) are harder to balance amongst themselves. I'm finding either my lower chords or my leads aren't 'wahed' enough; i haven't found that perfect middle ground yet. BUT what sweet tones this thing can produce. Could be very aggressive or buttery smooth, when tweaked.

ESP and Schecter 7-strings --INTO-- ISP Decimator(noise gate) --INTO-- Crate 3500 shockwave (wah in effects loop)

I am very fussy with noise issues, and this thing(amazingly not true-bypass) is quiet and doesn't alter my tone one bit. Other amps may experience some noise etc but I don't even know it's there when in bypass, and that's a great thing.

Just don't adjust the rotary knob with the amp on. I got LOUD popping. like speaker-popping loud.

They should use these tanks in Iraq. Bulletproof.

Didn't get a manual with it being used, but PDF manual is on website(good thing). Never had to contact customer service otherwise.

I play low tuned metal with both a classic and thrashy distortion, and this sounds great with both tones. Buttery and orgasmic in my clean channel when EQ'd right. Again my only complaint is dialing in a good 'middle ground' sound for both leads and rhythms.

Pretty easy.....although you really have to stomp down hard sometimes to turn it on.

Has a nice wide range...and the selectable settings are nice.

the boost switch broke before I even plugged it in. purchased brand new, and was inspecting all the knobs/switches. When I pressed the boost knob....it busted....and pushed all the way into the pedal. not real impressed by the quality of that switch....and had me wondering about the overall quality and reliablity of the pedal

called dunlop about the broken switch - got hold of a representative immediately (which was nice). they didn't really want to help me though....told me to call the retailer where I purchased it from.

When it came out of the box I did have to do some reading from the manual to understand what all the little knobs did and what were all the parameters were for the sweep control. Hell still I have to sit down and tweak the pedal to my tastes, I've just been really lazy. The manual defiantly comes in handy, don't throw that shit out!

My setup is: Krankenstein Head
Marshall Valvestate 4x12 Cab
Gibson Studio Les Paul with JB in bridge

You can defiantly get the Dimebag in your face wah sound out of this. But that ain't its only good use, it serves as a versatile wah that isn't in a expensive rack mount form. I love the heel switch to boost the gain. It gives you a great cat screech sound. I've played many wahs and this one tops it. Many array of classic to modern wah tones. What really bothers me is how this pedal, and most of Dunlop's pedals don't have true bypass. It does alter the tone ever so slightly since the crybaby from hell is a buffered bypass. Maxon makes all their effects with True Bypass why can't the great Jim Dunlop...........

I defiantly could depend on it. I rough my pedal up like hell and this one has served me for 4 months with absolutely no problem. My last wah lasted that long before I killed the switch. Would i gig without one? Yes, only because I could make do without one if it did break.

I play Metal to Classic Rock to Blues and this is a MATCH. I love how this thing is built like a tank, the skateboard griptape, the heel switch, the camo casing, the cowboys from hell logo. Great pedal, Great Tone. Go out to your local music store, and Try and Buy this thing.

These guys like to make things complicated
but I like fiddling around with gear, but still a little crazy with the knobs.

here's where this pedal rocks, yeah and it doesn't suck tone
you just got to tweak it, could take you a couple of weeks before you realize what sounds best. I like in your face nastiness and the dimebag delivers, and yes I tried the Zakk before purchasing, I also own the original crybaby which is still a wah , the boost also works great.
I've got a major ass set up and I have no issues with this pedal at all

I've had it for a year now , no issues so I'll give it an 8 , just way too many knobs

not dealt with them

costs a little more than some other wahs, but it rocks
been playing for 15 years. just don't like too many knobs, but it can really wail when you get the right setting, awesome for clean as well

Ive had this pedal for 6mo and the ease was diff to figure out at first but the sound and training the ear to it helps the real problem is it has static when pedal is rocked up and down very very annoying i have to send it in to be repaired. anotherwards when you rock it you can hear the rocks in static i have had to quit playing live with it becouse it makes me sound very cheap but we all know this pedal was not cheap. morley bad horsey lasted for 2 years 2hrs a day and 4-6 hrs on fri sat nites sorry dime and dunlop but love ya anyway. im sure ill be taken care of through the warranty.

i use a crate blue voodoo 100 amp and a marshall stack mg100hdfx with danelectro reel echo

well it didnt hold up to pro level for me

im in the process but expect no problems

if it worked i would use it

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....

I gotta disagree with a lot of the reviewers here about the ease of use of this pedal. While it's definately not rocket science, and anyone with a rudimentary understanding of what all the knobs do will be able to figure it out in short order, it's just as easy to get a bad sound as from this thing as it is to get a good sound. I had to live with the pedal for a good few weeks before I was happy enough with the tone to add it to my pedalboard.

That said, the pedal is pretty simple to use once you've got it dialled in. The extra features unique to this model (skateboard griptape, etc) are all handy come gig time.

Once dialled in to suit my rig, the sound quality of this pedal is pretty awesome. I'm a big fan of Dime's, but don't play anything like him (our band plays everything from country to blues to rock and pop) and this pedal seems to suit most styles fine. It's not vintage sounding, but then it's not supposed to be.

Built like a tank, and designed to gig, and be gigged hard. I've certainly not taken it easy on the pedal, and it's shown no signs of failure. My only grip is the flimsy metal plate on the bottom - I had this pedal mounted to a pedalboard with velcro strips up the middle, and taking it off the board caused the plate to bend alarmingly. I've since stick velcro to the four rubber feet instead, but haven't had enough playing time with it to tell if this is a good solution yet.

Never had to, wouldn't expect much of them. If it breaks, I'll take it to the local store who'll fix it.

Great pedal, with more features than I really need. I'll probably get another wah down the line, either a Teese RMC2 or a Prescription Wah. Still, this thing is just so damn cool that I'll never sell it, it'll end up on display in my bar if I stop using it.

Really easy to use... Just follow the instructions on the underside of the pedal... Totally idiot-proof!!!!!!!!

Basicall i bought this pedal instead of the 535Q after reading the reviews here, and boy did i make the right decision... i use a Jackson performer series 2 and a Esp LTD ex-50 with EMg 81's pluged into the DB-01 , MT-2, GE-7 ,DD-6 and lastly throuhg a passive BOSS vol pedal... THE SOUND IS FRIGGIN" FANTASTIC... its gotta whole lotta range and if u play rock or metal like me, you're gonna love this pedal...

Built like a tank, definately something i'd gig with...

Don't think twice if u are a rocker, this pedal is a must have!!!!! i've played all the dunlop wahs and i love this the most, it barely even comes close to the 535Q.

its an easy pedal to figure out, on the bottom panel it tells you which knob does what. it was easy for me to find a great sound.

best wah i have ever played with. i used to have an original crybaby and a weeping demon, and also a morley power wah and bad horsie. this one beats them all. smooth sound with the help of the fasal. nice range and sweep. just the best.

built like a tank. if it can withstand abuse from dime, then u know it will hold up to whatever u throw at it.

out of all the crybaby's, this is the best. if it were stolen, well just pray your not that one who does. i would definately buy another one quick. riff in peace dime.

Mechanically speaking, this is a pretty simple unit to use. You step on the pedal hard enough to activate the switch, rock the pedal back and forth to manipulate the wah and step hard on it again to turn it off.
However, there are quite a few more knobs and switches here than you'll find on other wahs. There is a six position "Q" knob on the right of the pedal that changes the wah frequency. There is also a red button on the bottom right of the pedal that acts as a boost. On the left there are smaller knobs for Boost Volume, Adjustable "Q", and a fine tune adjustment.
I bought the unit used and had to download the manual off the Jim Dunlop website. Contrary to what most have said I thought the manual was quite helpful. There's a lot of shit to tweak on this thing so it helps to know what each feature is designed to do. After reading the manual working with the pedal made alot more sense, which is what a manual should do.

Right now I have two main guitars, an Epiphone Les Paul Custom and a Schecter C1+. Both are equipped with EMG pickups. An 81 in the bridge and an 85 in the Neck. My signal goes into a Boss TU-2 tuner---> Dunlop DB-01 CFH wah---> Robert Keeley Modified TS-9---> Boss Super Chorus---> Boss NS-2 Noise Supressor--->5150 Block Letter Head---> Marshall JCM 800 1960A Cabinet. Everything is connected with Monster 500 cable and Monster 1000 speaker cable.

I have noticed in the past that wahs are, typically, pretty noisy effects anyway so comparitively I wouldn't say this is any more noisy than any other wah. . . .unless you have the boost activated on a clean amp setting, which is a pretty stupid thing to do anyway. Most wahs are going to add a bit of gain/boost to your signal when activated so in sense you're already boosting your signal just by turning the thing on! Kicking in the boost is just not smart on a clean setting. Now, I wouldn't know but I'm guessing that Dime didn't really have a clean and funky amp setting in mind when he was co-designing this monster. Although, with some tweaking, you can get a really nice and mild setting that works well with the clean.
Now on a dirty/lead setting this thing really comes alive. The boost is a great feature because it acts as an overdrive to add a little more gain and some thick sustain. This way I don't have to turn on the TS-9 in addition to the wah. It does it for me! I bought this wah to replace a Moreley Bad Horsie because I was looking something with more range and a wider sweep. This thing delivers not only that but also offers a tone so great that I can't belive I ever used the Morley. I can get some very vocal characteristics out of it and nail some of the same tones I hear Zakk, God Forbid, and Unearth pulling off on their leads. This is a great pedal to use as a filter to add subtle nuances to your lead parts. Part of making this thing sound good is not just rocking back and forth on it going wah wah wah wah on every down beat! The range on this thing is so wide that if I rock on the pedal slow enough I can make it sound like a phaser. I'm trying not to use it so much but in practice I can find a use for it in almost every song we do. One small tip: I pulled off the rubber feet from the pedal to give me just a little bit more of a peak in the toe down position. I learned it from something Zakk Wylde mentioned in an interview. It also helps so that you don't have to step down so hard to turn it on and off.

Dunlop doesn't fuck around. This thing could kill someone! If you threw it at someone and knocked their head off it would still work fine. It's built like a tank and it looks like one too. I do know that the type of knobs that dunlop used on the left side have a tendency to break if you mess with them too often. I've pretty much found the setting I liked and then put the sucker on my pedal board so that shouldn't be a problem.

I haven't had to deal with them yet but I love that I was able to download the manual off the website. That's just great.

I'm using this in a Metal setting and it fits perfectly. If you play extreme or heavy music I'd highly recommend this wah. I've been playing for 14 years and this is what I'd always hoped to find in a wah. Seriosly, if you can't dial in a good sound there's something wrong. I love how versatile it is, although I've already found the setting I'll be using most of the time. I think the tone is superior to anything I've used in the past. I don't like that the Input jack and the adapter jack are so close together. That's kind of a wacked design. I also don't like that they used cheap knob design for the left side. If you're a tweaker and you're using these things all the time they'll eventually break. The same thing happened with my GT-5 a few years ago so use extreme care with them and they should last a while. All that aside this is a great sounding pedal. I hope the review has been helpful. Feel free to email me with questions or comments.

This thing is INCREDIBLY easy to get the sound you want out of it! First of all, you've got a 5-way selector on the right side - each position gives you a disctinctly different Crybaby sound AND it is big enough that you can switch with your foot, if you are careful.

Once you've found the basic sound you want, you can fine tune it with the "Variable Q" knob (the second knob on the left side) which allows you to adjust where the and how the filter peak is shaped. Move it all the way clockwise (High Q) and you've got a bold, big wah sound. Move it all the way counterclockwise (Low Q) and it's a more subtle effect.

As if that wasn't enough, you can fine tune the high end of the wah sweep with the "Fine Tune" knob (the bottom knob on the left side). All the way clockwise brightens the tone, all the way clockwise darkens it.

Then there's the "Volume Control" (top knob on the left side). It kicks in when you kick the red "Boost" switch on the right side and lets you decide how loud the wah will be. Great, since so many wah pedals sound muffled by comparison.

Don't like the sweep? Adjust the torque with an Allen wrench. How simple is that?

I don't like to twiddle onstage, so I like that I can get a good variety of tone live just by using the pedal once I've set it up to what I like and moving the selector on the right if I really feel a need to change the sound.

The manual is a disappointment and loses a point in this category. Especially since they've given you so many ways to tweak the sound. Something more than a bland paragraph on each feature would have been nice. Then again, it forces you to play with the knobs and use your own ears to learn what you want & don't want.

Okay, first off, to the "it's only for metal" reviewers, you are full of it. And, frankly, if you wanted ONLY the Hendrix sound, you need to sell this one and buy the Hendrix Crybaby.

I play this with a variety of styles and it sounds great in all of them. In fact I waited to buy this particular pedal BECAUSE of all the control I could have with the tone.

How do I know it is not just for metal? Because I got it to play live, solo acoustic in addition to electric stuff I play in the studio and it sounds GREAT!!!

My current acoustic setup is: Taylor 410CE --> DB-01 --> Boss OC3 Super Octave --> Boss CH1 Super Chorus --> Danelectro Cool Cat --> Fishman Loudbox Performer. I can switch between the combinations of sounds to get the variety needed for each song without everything sounding like a cheap-ass electric guitar through bad cables & dying stompboxes. Instead, it all sounds great and, most importantly for me, doesn't call attention to itself. You hear the music instead of the effect.

In the studio, I use a variety of setups, depending upon what the song needs: Guitars are a Fender 50th anniversary Strat; a Gibson LP Standard; a beloved 24-fret walnut Hamer and two great guitars (one a maple solidbody with two single coils & one humbucker, the other a semi-hollow with two Seymour Duncan humbuckers) made for me by a friend. Invariably, these are running through one of several Marshall amps and, again depending upon the song, through a variety of effects (we record both the FX sound and a clean one for later mixing options)

I've put this pedal through every variation I can think of in every style I can think of and pushed its parameters as far as I could, trying to MAKE it sound crappy and it is just not possible. No matter what the circumstance, it sounds terrific. I don't get the hum or noise or upper end drop off other people have talked about.

It's a Crybaby. It's built like a tank. And the skateboard tape on the top is a GREAT touch, much better than the rubber on all the other pedals I tried (which peels off easily). I could see that the jacks being soldered directly to the board would be a problem (so a point off for that), but I have a light foot & am enough of a geek to know my way around a soldering iron so I don't think it should be a problem for me.

I haven't had to deal with them, yet, so N/A

I lucked out and came across this one used for a steal. Yeah, I could gig without it, but if this one broke or were lost or stolen, I'd want to replace it to have the tone options in my arsenal.

Because my stuff is so eclectic, I'm all about having options & variety in tone to play with (i.e. the two different chorus pedals in my acoustic setup) and this fits the bill like no other pedal out there and, yes, I played all the wah pedals I could find before settling on this one. If you are looking for a SPECIFIC kind of wah tone (i.e. the vintage Hendrix or high end Steve Vai sounds) or don't like tweaking, this may not be the pedal for you.

I've been playing for over 30 years and chose this because I can rely on it, it's not going to crap out or break on me and I can get tone I want - not just when using it for the "wah" aspect, but also to put it in that "sweet spot" to get the guitar tone for a particular song that you just can't get any other way.