Dunlop GCB-95

What do you expect? it's a damn wah wah

im running this from Strat to crybaby to Crate GFX65 with the pedal full back it squeals and with it full forwards it hisses-sounds pretty good once you get a feel for it but theres way too much treble one way, no mids, and too much bass the other way- it gets a good sound played clean, pretty good fuzzed up but no sweep and no mids.

it was one tuff mutha**cka, but switch always acted up- had to take it back cause it just stopped workin cuz off Bullsh+t switch!

never dealt with them

Play Blues/Rock(SRV,Hendrix,Clapton)Fusion that doesn't fit into any category(Jeff Beck, Santana)and some porno/r & b
this fits well into those categories but isn't great at any. The Vox is better overall and if you look at the film of Woodstock/or Isle of Wright/ or Band of Gypsies, you can see that Hendrix mostly used this wah pedal for 70 bucks it sounds alright but tha switch is a P.O.S spened another 30 bucks and get the vox

Die-cast metal construction is the best choice. It's sweep rate is just on the inside of it's potentiometer's bandwidth, and the fact that the construction is die-cast helps keep out those annoying radio waves that cause satic to come out of your amp, but over all design there is really no difference between the vox, and dunlop models.

Electronicly looking a a comparison between the vox and cry baby, There is no difference in the circuitry design. Except the value of some components differ by about 5 percent or less. The main difference that seperates the two is the inductor. This component is the heart of the effect. In the dunlop version the core of the coil is a perfectly alligned inductor. Therefore, the component itself does not over heat as quickly. But in this case it a down fall for this wah. In the vox, the coil is slightly offset so the inductor over heats more quickly and there for reaching the saturation point more quickly, this is why the vox model has more sustain than the dunlop.

This is the easiest pedal to use. The foot pedal and thats it. The only way to get a good sound out of it is to find your place on the pedal and fiddle with the settings on your amp. Sooner or later you'll get your sound.

The sound quality is excellent. Not many pedals can match. I hear the Vox and the Danelectro wah wah are good but it would be hard to beat this one (my personal opinion anyways).
I run this pedal through a Fender Frontman amp. Its small but perfect for my size of room and sounds not that bad. It is a little noisy. If I have the distortion cranked up a little it will make noise but not to bad. On clean its noiseless. You can get pretty close to eric clapton. Sometimes he uses a Vox Wah Wah. But overall you can almost get his sound.
Overall, excellent sounding pedal

Reliability? This thing is built like a tank. I would not have any worries what so ever using this without a backup. It hasn't failed me yet.

I put no opinion because I never had to deal with them.

The overall rating is a 10. I play all sorts of music to classic rock and roll, blues, to jazz. Perfect for all. If it were lost or stolen I would definitily buy another. All though I would like to try out the Vox Wah Wah. My favorite feature is how simple is is to use. Just one pedal that it. No knobs no nothing. Simple. I bought this one because 1st, looking and reading about the Danelectro reviews in some places, not many people were all that happy. 2nd, i've played one before and fell in love with it. 3rd, easy to use. 4th, great sound. 5th, built like a tank. It would last a life time.

turn on, rock traedle, rock out

i absolutly loved the sound of this, best wah ever

ok the switch was a tiny bit aggrevating, sometimes. but i learned to live with it. unfortunatly i left on top of my friends car after a (really horrible) show, and he drove off. a few hours later i noticed it was missing and went searching for it. we found by the side of the road about a mile from my hose-those feet hang on really well-it was beat up badly. we took it to my house and found that one of the wires was loose and fixed it. it hasnt sounded the same since, but this is my fault for my utter stupidity. the switch was annpying sometimes though.

i am definitly going to buy another one of these because the sound it made was perfect

Its very easy to use, just press down to active.

I have a Kustom amp with a MT-2, an MXR eq and this wah pedal. I dont find this pedal noisy at all ,although I found it hard to find a good sound with dist, I eventually found a good setting though. I can immitate Kirk Hammetts sound pretty good with this thing, It does the Voodoo chile sound pretty decently too. When I have my eq set properly I found no volume depletion when used with dist, and the effect is just as strong as the clean channel. I`m very satisfied with this pedal.

I just got it so I cant tell you how reliable it is.

never dealt with the company.

I play Metal and Rock, this pedal fits my style like a glove, I`ve been playing for five years, if it were stolen I would buy it again without a thought. The only thing that would improve this pedal was to give it a bigger frequency range, it goes from low to high to quickly.

Very simple to use, just click the pedal on and away you go. There are no knobs just a straight forward plug it in and play type of pedal.

The biggest problem that I would with this pedal is that there was to much bleed through. Since that it is not true bypass even when the pedal is off it still influences the sound that comes out of your amp. The pedal also has to much treble and the frequency sweep on it is not long enough. I found that the pedal would go straight from bass to treble with nothing in between.

The footswitch on this pedal sure doesn't work as well as it used to. I find that sometimes when I am playing that the footswitch doesn't activate the wah as well as it did. Reliability in pedals is very important and when the switch starts to go on it then you know that it should have been consturcted better. Other than the footswitch the rest of the pedal seems fine.

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I think that I should have spent the extra money and bought a pedal with true bypass switching and a steadier footswitch. A Fulltone Clyde or the Tech 21 Killer Wail would be what I would pick now. I want something with some good middle range and a larger sweep because it gives me more to work with. Before you go and buy this pedal I definetly think that you should explore your opportunities and there are a ton of them to choose from. If money is an issue than hold on and save up because you want to get the best bang for your buck.

This pedal is extremely easy to handle. Push with your toe, rock your foot forward and backwards. Does it get any easier? And for really stupid people it has a manual

I use it with a Fender stratocaster 70's reissue and a Vox pathfinder.
You can get some really nice sounds(Hendrix). This pedal gets noisy when you put it in treble position(only then) otherwise GREAT!

I can depend on it... but I wouldn't. The day after I bought this pedal the switch became stiff and really hard so I couldn't turn the wah off. Then after a a week or so the switch stopped working. It was on warranty so I got it fixed. Now I would use it on gig(cuz it's been wahing for a year now. And it seems that i doesn't use battery(maybe it uses hidden solarcells?)

I got it repaired. It only took 'em like two weeks to send it back. great peeps!

IT's GREAT! GO BUY ONE NOW!!!!!!!!!! It's a bit pricey but worth it

easy to use, no questions asked, just like a normal wah wah pedal....

good sound quality, original wah sound, nice with distortion... i use this pedal for solos, cuz my favourite guitarist is kirk hammett... and he uses this often to solo.... so thats also the reason y i bought this pedal, joe satriani and steve vai also use wah wahs... and this can easily create their wah sound.... pretty much a good pedal... it also doesnt consume alot of battery power... jsut take of the input and the output plugs wen not in use....

totally reliable.. built like a tank, hard casing and everything, doesnt suck that much battery to...

good wah wah pedal, simple, easy to use, no need for those special knobs to increase intensity, worth the price u pay and the only wah wah pedal ull ever need.....

Duh. It's either on or off (and no mistaking which), and you just rock your foot back and forth. Docked one point for the bypass switch, which is not only dependent on pedal position (you can only switch it in with the pedal full forward, so you suddenly get biting treble when you do), but depending on the switch and its alignment it can be a workout to get it to click--not good if you need it to switch in/out precisely when you want it to. Otherwise operation is idiot-proof.

The main thing about the Cry Baby is that it has a very nasal, resonant sound, like a synthesizer VCF with the resonance knob turned up. This sounds great, for sure, but isn't always what is desired. It's more '70s than '60s, if that makes any sense--great for funk and discko, but too trebley and harsh for groovy rock and soul. If you're aiming for a '60s rock sound, I've found it's best to stay within a rather narrow wah-wah range, which isn't the easiest thing to do on this pedal when you're wailing but it does tame the sound a lot. Also not much bass response, and there is some volume loss when you switch it in, which might be a pain in the butt if you're playing live. One of the most unfortunate things about the Cry Baby is that it all but obliterates the subtleties of whatever comes before it, especially distortion boxes. Different distortion settings all lose their differences when run thru the Cry Baby. Summary: great wah-wah sound, but not particularly versatile, and has some definite limitations. If you can afford more than one wah-wah, try augmenting your Cry Baby with another one with a different sound (Vox, Morley, etc.) so you have a palette to choose from. Just so long as you stay away from those digital turdbuckets.

One thing I forgot to mention, however: this pedal is also useful as a regular bandpass filter. Nice way to get that oh-so-trendy distorted telephone sound on a vocal mic, or to get odd feedback effects in combination with other effects. Remember, no one said you had to rock the thing with your foot with a fuzz guitar going through it!

Mine hasn't failed yet. Built of nice, thick metal and nifty rubber tread material. Plus, at least on mine, the battery lasts forever. However, you may have to add some novel new maintenance items to your toolbox, like spare rubber feet and a can of 4-In-One for the pedal pivot (mine got stiff and squeaky relatively soon after I bought it). In the even that the extremely simple circuit goes bad, you could probably find all the parts in any junk radio and fix it yourself.

Never dealt with the folks at Dunlop. Doubt I'll ever have to, either.

As said elsewhere I'm all over the map musicwise, usually retro-flavored, and I prefer pedals that sounds great but can be used in lots of situations (read: versatile). The Cry Baby is of course the quintessential vintage wah-wah and I love it to death, but I won't tell you that it's perfect and that it's great for absolutely everything, and that you're an idiot if you think it has any deficiencies whatsoever. It has limitations, and as long as you realize that you'll have tons o' fun playing with it. I would certainly replace it if mine were ripped off, but to be honest I'd be more tempted to build one of my own (maybe $10 of parts in a circuit not much more complex than a crystal radio!) or pick up an old used unit than to pay Dunlop $100+ for a new one.

Cant get much easier
sweep it back and forth the make it waaaaaahh
and step on the top to turn it on/off
no tweaking

I play a godin radiator through the cry baby into a laney halfstack
its all i need
I get the sound i want
and can play nearly any song that has wah in it

Its built like arnold shwartzneger
its solid
I use it on gigs
and i trust it with my life
id never think about needing a backup

i thikn this one was made in the
80's sometime
so i guess it aint under warranty

i play all kinds of music
and this wah helps me with all of them
if it were lost/stolen id get another one second hand
dont care what type as long as its a cry baby
its got everything a wah should have
go buy when
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