Dunlop GCB-80 Volume Pedal

Simplest pedal ever

Seems great, very true bypass

Seems ok so far, but have had problems with crybaby's before

never used

Exactly what it's supposed do, looks good and sounds good, perfect for volume swells.

Nothing easier than this fools.

sounds good. after fixing the pot switch inside you can go from no volume to full volume instead of some volume to full volume. i dont see anything wrong with the sound. im going to give every one of these categories just to help people out. its defiantly not as bad an 8. i dont see what else you would want in a volume pedal.

great condition. i have thomas wah thats faded black and i wanted to beable to tell which pedal is which so i painted it green. it looks rad. if i can use the word rad...i will anyways.

works great. i like to use it for everything. to soften volume for rhythm parts and then break into heavey parts full force. i like to swell up and down for solos. i dont think, this thing is great, volume pedals are great in general. get one, its easier than trying to go up and down with your guitar volume knob. dont listen to other reviews, once you fix the pot setting inside it you will be all set.

It's a volume pedal so of course it's pretty easy to use.
So easy that Dunlop didn't even bother to put a manual in the box with it.

I play my guitar through an RP-100 Digitech pedal so there are some variations on how I can use this. (setup #1)I can run my guitar into the RP-100 like normal then just run a line from the Dunlop pedal to the RP-100 and use it as an expression or volume pedal or I can go from my guitar into the volume pedal then into the RP-100 (setup #2). Odd thing is that the volume I get when used in the different methods is different. For example, toe up with setup #1 is about half full and toe down is almost nothing. With setup #2, toe up is volume off, and toe down is about 3/4 volume.
I am going to mess around with the gear mechanism to try and get the setting just the way I like it. Looks very easy to do so should not be a problem although I will have to open the back up and remove a few screws. Would have been nicer if there was some type of knob for an external adjustment.

Thing is simple and built like a brick sh#$%-house. I don't foresee having any problems with it.

I have not contacted Dunlop so do not have an opinion on this topic.

Overall this unit is made very nicely and should last a long time. Looks like the Morely unit has an adjustment knob so that may actually be helpful to get the setting of toe up and toe down to suit your taste/needs.
I like using as the expression pedal for my Digitech RP-100 and I can really get some cool sounds with it that way. Otherwise it works nicely to go from rythym to lead guitar very easily.
Great little piece of equipment!
No batteries or power cords to mess with either!

Easy to use, but it takes time to coordinate your pick attack with pedal movement for the best swell effect.

I use it for swells, and I pump it for tremelo. It is a valuable pedal
for my uses.

I've used it probably 10 years with no failure. It is used a lot and pretty hard. I don't carry a backup.

No contact with Dunlop.

Playing since 1967. This pedal is used with a Carvin amp and guitar,
Crybaby and DOD chorus. It's used for swells very frequently and tremolo on "Riders on the Storm" and a few other songs. I gig with it all the time. A different pot vol might be a better option (100K is in it) If it or my Crybaby breaks I'll try a combo vol/wah.

Dunlop once ran adds for the Crybaby that said something like "So easy even your drummer can figure it out". Well, this pedal is even easier. In addition it's not as clumsy as trying to play while you adjust the volume knob on your guitar.

Since I'm not committed to one sound or even one style of music my setup changes often, but the equipment that never seems to go into mothballs includes: Fender Strat, Ibanez AX320, Ibanez S370, Marshall JCM-601, Peavey Classic 30, VHT Valvulator I, Vox Crybaby wah, Dunlop Univibe, Ibanez TS9DX w/ 808 mod, and Ibanez AD-9 Analog Delay. This pedal is great for the obvious, controlling volume levels. It also does a good job for muting the signal and letting your delay continue to ring, controlling the level of distortion, and swell effects. I particularly like it for playing the intro to Foxy Lady. The down side to the sound is that, as the pot ages it will get scratchy. For this reason I have to give it an 8.

I only had mine for about three weeks before the pot started to get scratchy. This was very disappointing! Before I could send it to Dunlop for warranty work I found a Hot Potz for the High Gain on a clearance table at a local guitar shop for less than the cost of shipping it back to Dunlop so I fixed it myself. The housing is typical Dunlop (built like a tank).

When I bought my Univibe the retailer had misplaced the manual so I emailed Dunlop who responded promptly and sent me a copy of the manual right away. I've heard bad things about their customer support, but my experience with them was very good.

When I bought this pedal I was considering a Morley Little Alligator or an Ernie Ball 6166. But, I found it for less than 1/2 the price of the Ernie Ball so I thought I'd give it a try. Normally they retail for about $60, but this one had been sitting on the shelf of a music store that went out of business so Music-Go-Round was selling it at used prices even though it had never been used.

Overall I like this pedal. It has a nice smooth taper and the housing is built like a tank. Unfortunately the pot problems I had really turned me off, but with the Hot Potz it now works better than ever. I guess I can't complain too much about this problem because the pedal ($45) and new pot ($10) still cost me less than what these things usually retail for.

If it were lost or stolen I might look at replacing it with a Morley Little Alligator because it doesn't have a pot to go bad. It also has the ability to set a minimum volume level and has a smooth taper too.

It's a frickin' volume pedal! You push it down with the ball of your foot to get a volume boost, push down with your heel to back off. Hell, even a Slipknot fan could operate one of these!

There's not a whole lot to the sound quality of a volume pedal. It dosen't make my tone muddy, and the only excess noise it produces is a slight crackle when pushed down at first, but I suppose that's to be expected from an old pedal.

Sure, I can rely on it. I've had for about 2 years and the dude who gave it to me had it for I don't know how long. He said I could have it because he never used it, which was obvious due to the spider webs in it, but it cleaned up very nicely.

Never contacted Dunlop.

I play hard rock, heavy metal, arena rock, hair metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash, and neo-classical metal. If it were lost or stolen, I'd probably buy another one, but I don't know if they even make this model anymore. I'd buy a Dunlop volume pedal again though, sure.