Dunlop GCB-95

The solidity of the pedal gives you full confidence to rock the treadplate as hard as you want. The motion is smooth and precise. Easy to use.

My 'go-to' setup: Gordon-Smith G60 > Cry baby > Laney all-tube with delay and chorus in the effects loop. Occasionally when recording the pedal output goes to a Line 6 PC interface

The pedal can be slightly noisy in the treble settings.

Out of the box, the pedal sound is poor - it has a really, really high treble boost - the sort that sets your teeth on edge. It is not true bypass and you do notice this. However I recorded both pedal-in and pedal-out chains straight to a DAW and compared the results - it wasn't too bad - I guess it depends on your guitar and chain.

I do recommend adjusting the pot to give a less treble output in the toe-down position - no soldering iron needed and really easy to do. The great thing about even the current production GCB95 is that it is easy to mod and there are plenty of insructions on the net to show you how to do it.

The sweep between toe and heel down is not wide - all the 'action' seems to appear in a small area between the two positions. To change this you will need soldering skills, however stock settings are not unusable and can actually assist when you do need a very fast sweep - for example, it's great when you want a percusive 'wakka-wakka' funk rhthym sound. I would definately suggest that this pedal is best used in a harmonic setting rather then lead guitar. (As I am typing this, Prelude Part 1 by Miles Davis on Agharta has just come on my iPod and guitarist Pete Cosey has exactly the wakka-wakka sound I mean!)

Don't buy this in the attempt to emulate another guitarist's sound - I bet that there is not one unmodded CryBaby on any professional's pedalboard. But do buy it if you can use a screwdriver and like the feel of a well-made piece of kit.

4 stars out of the box, 7 stars with the simple pot rack and pinion mod, rising to a posible 10 if you want to get your hands dirty.

I've always thought that the white plastic potentiometer rack and pinion look a bit flimsy but I have no evidence to suggest that this is the case.

There's just something about 95's that, despite all the shouting about their poor stock sound, still shout 'quality' and I feel as though they have a hand-made vibe about them (which isn't the case.)

In short this is a heavy-duty peice of kit that feels solid and smooth to use. It is testiment to it that you see so many old one's around. A solid 10.

N/A - I think you can definitely say that I 'voided the warranty' on mine the day I bought it and got my tool-bag out.

It's simple, it's effective. Like I said above, you will need to mod it but that can be fun and quite easy - a good introduction to the subject. I suggest the following mods in the following order:

- The potentiometer adjustment
- Fitting true bypass and removing the buffer
- Gain adjustments making up for the loss of volume due to the above.
- Fitting a Faisel inductor (if you really want a vintage sound)

There are planty of others you can do - thats the beauty of this unit.

Don't buy this in the attempt to emulate another guitarist's sound - I bet that there is not one unmodded CryBaby on any professional's pedalboard. But do buy it if you can use a screwdriver and like the feel of a well-made piece of kit.

4 stars out of the box, 7 stars with the simple pot rack and pinion mod, rising to a posible 10 if you want to get your hands dirty.

Easy as 1-2-3-4-5, just put your foot onto the pedal and rock up and down.

When I bought the GCB-95 used/new, I could not use it. My original tone would disappear as if someone had thrown a blanket over my amp; all I was left with was a muffled mess. I called Gary and explained to him what I was after, beside true bypass. Gary installed a new 200k pro pot, adjustable trimmers mounted on the board that give me the ability to tweak the Q (voice), midrange, volume, bass/gain, and a toggle switch for three different bass sweep options. I love the sound of this pedal. When it???s off, it???s off my original sound is there. The sound of this pedal is amazing; I had never known a wha pedal could sound so awesome. Also awesome in so many ways too, the expressiveness and vocabulary changes with every adjustment I make. Also, after I got the pedal to my liking with the adjustable trimmers. I still had the bass sweep toggle that took it over the top. The pedal goes from a deep rich thick bottom end, sweet midrange, to a warm hi spike. The pedal is never going to leave my pedal board. It???s an instrument in itself.

Gary???s work is clean and professional looking. I have had this pedal for over month , no issues.

Gary???s a great guy to deal with. He is vary easy going and respectful. Gary???s got skills and an awesome guy. I had a problem with the DC jack hole in the pedal housing. The hole was too small and the DC adapter input had been installed on the board crooked. Gary widened the hole and fixed the jack problem.

With all the mods installed I now have a truly flexible cry baby pedal of my dreams. Garmopatmods Rule!

Pretty standard pedal, but can be kind of sensitive, especially near toe down. Requires very precise control.

I wish it had an LED or something on the side to show whether it's on or not.

Effects chain:

Fender Stratocaster (Highway 1, 3x Alnico III single coils) >>> Analogman Comprossor >>> Pigtronix EP-1 Envelope Filter >>> Fulltone OCD >>> Sovtek Big Muff Pi >>> Dunlop Crybaby >>> Fender Blues Junior.

Kind of noisy when clicked on, even when I take the Big Muff out of my chain (I have a particularly noisy little bugger).

While the toe-down area is very responsive and has a pretty good little filter, I wish the range were a little higher, especially since heel-down is muddy, unusable garbage.

Built like a tank.

No issues so far. Bought mine off eBay.

A serviceable pedal, with a mediocre sound. I feel like some tuning of the potentiometer can bring a little more out of it.

I usually don't use it, and just stick with the velocity sensitive EF on my phaser.

About as simple as it gets.

Bought this in '90 as my 2nd effect pedal. I was and still am just a hobby player that on a rare occasion finds a friend that wants to jam a little. When I got this it was pure heaven. Hendrix licks, Sabbath - anything that had some type of wah in it was fodder for my average chops. To me the wah's sound quality is in the skill of the player. In the hands of someone that can really play mediocre gear sounds awesome. I've since moved on to an RMC3 with its 7 different tuning options but it's night and day for the cost difference and the ease of use.

It's going on 19 years old and once the dust and carpet lint were cleaned off it looked like it was 2 months old. I never put it to the test gigging but my guess is it would be something very reliable. I also have a problem with people "stomping" on these pedals and complaining about their dependability. You could buy a 3 really top end pedals and that would be 3/4 the cost of a boutique amp. Quit stomping and take care of your and you wouldn't need a backup which is just 2x the money.

Never had to deal with them. That's a huge plus in my book because even if you get great service you're still wasting time calling in on problems.

Since I think a wah's sound is directly related to the playing ability of the user this is a really nice pedal.

It's a wah pedal with a switch and a pedal to tweak the wah's tone; what more is there to do?

Ibanez SZ320 -> DOD 250 Preamp or Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive -> ART 442 right ch 15 band -> Dunlop GCB-95 Original Crybaby Wah -> Rocktron Silver Dragon -> Peavey Rock Master 120w head -> Laney 2x12" and Ampeg 4x12"

It's noisy if my amp or EQ have the too much highs or presence. I also do not run my EQ or DOD 250 preamp too hot. I boost the level from zero [it has a +/- 5] on my EQ, probably to +0.5 to +0.8, and my DOD 250 level is 10, but the gain is between 2.5-3.5. By the way, if you have an EQ and what to make everything sound sweeter, spend some time and work on sprucing up the mid frequencies, and don't just scoop them. Really carve out a great tone!

This feeds a nice signal into my Wah pedal, giving it a bit of a 'hot' input. The toe down position can be a little noisy with a lot of gain. If I lean down to my pedals on the floor, and I'm not playing, the wah can feedback [even when off]. I'm thinking of getting a boss noise surpressor and maybe putting it in the efx loop or after the wah.

Seems dependable, but I would keep my wah over by my amp or something. Backup's depend on space and funds.

I emailed them about a power supply I had. They were prompt and polite.

I play metal, and use this for solos. I love to solo with both pick-ups now. I've been playing 5-6 years. If this was broken, stolen or misplaced, I would probably by another crybaby, but it wouldn't have to necessarily be an Original. I love that I can do wah solos now, and use my neck pickup to solo just as well as my bridge pickup. I dislike that I need to get a noise surpressor, but I need one anyways to clean up some amp power noise [all tube amps have it, as far as what I've heard] and feedback from the wah, which I can control. I compared it with a vox wah, and I got this because my Ax3000 has a few vox wah sims on it that are good enough. I wish it had Kirk Hammett's foot on the pedal working it while I solo for me. This helps me make music and is a very musical pedal.

Very easy to use.

Sound is OK when using it for solos or even chords but not great. The switch can be very noisey. I would not use this on stage.

Broke after using it ten times. Feels sturday but very cheap. Switches are a common problem with Dunlop. A buisness can save money by using cheap parts and driving customers away I guess. GET A VOX.

They have not gotten back to me yet.

Bought it new, sounds ok but unreliable. Get a VOX...

This is a pretty decent pedal. Just like a bass drum pedal, if you sit on a stool, but if you sit its harder to turn it off. If you stand, its easier to turn off for you have your body weight to push against it. Although, I weigh about 128 lbs so doing something like this while sitting is more than typical.

This pedal sounds very decent. The only problem I have with it is when I push it down to activate the wah, it receives incoming radio signals from radio stations. Its not very noticeable so I don't really care. I use it with a Fender G-DEC Junior amp which has its own built in distortions such as flange, reverb, etc along with other distortions such as metal, british, hot rod, etc. The pedal sounds great on all except the acoustic setting which does not even register on the amp, but I'll save that for another review.

I bought this used, so it looks kind of old. But it hasn't much wear and tear on it except for the battery cover was missing when I bought it. Otherwise, with a little tape, this thing will probably hold its own to being run over with a truck.

I bought this at the Dexter Music Center, the employees were very friendly and allowed me to use one of the amps and one of their guitars to try it out. They were pleased to do business and I'll always be very glad to patronize their business.

I play just whatever I want, punk, metal, rock, etc. Even though I've only been at it for a few months, I can still play various things. If I were to lose this pedal, I would probably buy a new one, it does sound pretty nice and it IS rather flexible and is great for playing rock, metal, blues, metal, you name it.

Just click and rock or sweep. Easy as that, no knobs or anything. Unless you broke your leg, you can't complain about the ease of use for this, or you shouldn't be playing. Doesn't require balance lol.

Let start with a positive comment for once so, no sound if produced through my chain.

Many cons to this pedal. First off, i hate how this pedal clicks. I'm not just talking about it clicking , but the clicking noise is amplifed when you turn it on. The worst part is, when my delays(s) are on and then I turn the pedal on, the click noise echos so thats so annoying. Espically during the middle of a songs.

In addition, this pedal won't pick out on single notes. It's terible at that. Only can get the "WAH-WAH" sound on harmons, bends, pull offs, etc...

So I use this pedal for more of a sweeping effect than a WAH. For sweeping, the range is average, not over the top, or limited. Could be extended more though.

Also, when the crybaby is locked in one possition and you play (espcially when the pedal is half open) most Wah's give you a a beautiful filters sound. WIth this, you'll get a extremely muddy, filtered sound. And a huge volume boost, which could be good when you do a solo but bad when you're just sweeping gently on it.

Broke TWICE, yes 2 times in a period of 7 months. I had to get it repaired at the store. I forgot what they said but something kept coming loose.

I got it repaired at the store, not by dunlop so IDK.

Would pefer the VOX Wah in this price range. DEfinatly going to get the Fulltone Cyde Deluxe Wah later. If you have the money, I suggest you get the Cyde Wah, if not, get a VOX wah. I DO NOT recommend this pedal. MAybe I got a flop but I'm sure not the least satisfied with it!!!!!!!!

You know Wah is Wah , plug it before some distortion step on it and you get crying baby. Don't worry ,it's so strong you could never break if.

Sound great either clean and drive sound , It crying in front of my Amp. I can get pretty close to Voodoo Hendrix's wah and to modern sound of Vai's wah.

So strong. But for mine ,the top rubber is peel off ,I just glue them in again . No problem.

Don't know

WAH WAH GOT TEN.

you'll know it already. the pedals way is short but can be operated exactly.

this is why i am writing a review. several things could be done to mod it. i tried a few of them and mostly disliked the pumped sound and reset everything to original but - incorporated a 6-way rotary switch with capacitors like this: 2.2n, 4.7n, 10n (original), 22n (used by the jh-wah), 47n and finally 68n (the bass-wah). especially used with a fuzz (three-knob colorsound tone bender) or athe tube screamer in front of it i was very pleased. the not recommended smaller capacitor values are going to make me feel, too. those bite!

wonder why this thing sells for such less money.. ah - i know. the pot might be renewed once and this is to pay later on.

no idea.

a 9 cause it should be used as a volume pedal, too. i tried it by switching the 4.7uF capacitor and it was quite well, but a little volume was remaining though. hey - i didn??t wanted to peplace the switch..