Dunlop GCB-95

EXTREMELY EASY TO USE just rock your foot back and forth, duh

The best wah-wah i've ever used. sounds great with a fuzz of some type. Sounds better than VOX, in my oppinion. I gave it a nine cuz there's always room to improve. Its has kind of a stuborn rocking motion, but that just takes a little grease and some use.

built like a chevy pick-up, stronger maybe. probably more like a tank, or air force one! you get the picture

haven't tried them yet

i've been playin' for three years, i'm 14 now. I have had a lot of practice and i've played in front of 800 of my peers. I like jimi hendrix and pearl jam. Soundgarden too. This really changes how you play. It is a great pedal go out and buy it.

Hey, it's a wah-wah pedal! Originally, the switch on mine was recessed too far and difficult to switch in/out but I adjusted it slightly higher. Still, the design means that you lose a little bit of the pot's range at the treble end. An external housing-mounted switch would be easier to hit and allow you to turn it on anywhere along the sweep range. It's a popular design, but in my opinion, that doesn't make it the best or easiest to use.

Let me be brutally honest. My first wah-wah was a Schaller, and I loved its sound. This is the second Crybaby I've owned-- I was sucked in by the magical name. My first Crybaby was stolen before I had formed much of an opinion of it. I hadn't used this one much until recently, and I realized why I'd shelved it for a bunch of years. The feel produced by the pot's taper and sound of the anemic inductor...sucks! (Especially when you've used a good sounding wah-wah before.) Fortunately, Roger Mayer makes a modification kit which totally replaces all of the innards of this sorry pedal. The pedal housing lets you recoup at least some of your investment. It's a much improved, incredibly good-sounding and good-feeling pedal with the RM guts (despite limitations of the housing design).

Okay-- I'll be charitable and rate this as a middle-of-the-road product. I seriously suggest you test drive some of the other pedals which are out there now. Don't be sucked in by the name, or cheap-out by thinking that all wah-wahs are the same. The wah-wah pedal can be such an important part of your sound that it doesn't make sense to fritter away your bux on a second-rate pedal.

This sucker is built *solidly*, so it's unlikely that it would actually break (thus giving you a reason to get a new pedal). Selling it would be somewhat immoral, so the best you can hope for is for some poor sucker to steal it. (har har.)

Actually, it's a potentiometer-racked design (versus optical), so the pot will eventually get dirty and die.

I play a lot of different styles, but it's mainly distortion/blues/rock with an occasional jazzy feel. I'm an effects junkie of sorts, having made my own custom Frankenstein stompboxes before the digital multi-effects pedals came along. I currently play a Strat through a Twin Reverb. My present setup: modified wah>Fulltone Ultimate Octive>Overdrive>RP-2000 in the effects chain.

If it breaks, I'll fix it. (After I graft the bypass switch on the outside of the housing, no one's gonna wanna steal this pedal.)

Easy to get a sound out of it. Play is single notes, chords, or palm mute

Using it with a strat copy,kinda noisy with distortion, but i like it. Sounds good with distortion and not rocking the pedal back and forth too much, like slow up and down movements. Using it with a small crate amp. I believe i can get more various sounds with it, if i mess around witht the foot work more.

Very dependable. Strong as my parent's volvo.

never dealt

overall it is a good pedal, i think an essential effect for a guitarist, maybe just me.

As easy as using any wah. Some have had problems with switching the thing on/off. When I first got this pedal, bought it used, I experienced the same as so many others. No matter how hard I pushed it seemed like the pedals own will was stronger than my foor. I adjusted the on/off swicth's hight and have had no trouble switching since. It's easier to get in by opening the door rather than going through the wall, take some time in adjusting your gear to your standards you'll find playing a lot easier. The adaptor get's disconnected quite easy and the lack of DC does not only take the wah sound off, but doesn't let any sound through the wah to the amp. This may create an interesting,artistic,acoustic turn.

Washburn N-4>crybaby>NS-2(TR-2,PQ-4 and SD-1 looped)>ME-5>Marshall 6100. This wah works really fine with the 6100's 2nd channels '45 and JCM 800 settings, the gain at about 5. I use the '45 and crybaby for playing Hendrix. The clean channel and crybaby adds up a funky wibe, great for 70's disco and Soul. With lower gain settings this thing works like a dream but as the gain increases the problems get bigger. The JCM 900 and LM channel with the crybaby sound pretty bad when using the neck pickup. The notes on the lower strings (E,A,D) get quite muddy and there's little separation whatsoever. If there's a lot of gain involved I use the neck pickup and this pedal mostly for adding depth to riffs or coloring tapping.
This pedal has very wide range, which is pleasing for expression and makes Crybaby versaitile. This coin has also a backside, when you switch the pedal on or off you have to sweep trough the treble boosted frequencies. If you have to change the wah sound quickly to something else a nasty squeek is performed to the audience. This happens to every wah pedal I've played but crybabys wide frequency range makes this problem worse.
You can get interesting intros by playing something with the pedal at treble positions and then switching it off.
Some tricks work some don't, one has to find out which he thinks do.

The adaptor get's disconnected quite easy and the lack of DC does not only take the wah sound off, but doesn't let any sound through the wah to the amp. It'll be nicer to switch from wah to non-wah than from electric to acoustic. Otherwise my Crybaby has been working OK.

Onion in PO. Haven't dealt with them, mostly because I don't know if there's any in Finland.

I bought this pedal used and at relatively low price ($40) and it has proven to be a goldmine. As I've learned it's boundries and capabilities I've got more and more out of it and I think the vain is not going to be dry any time soon. Though I get real shit out of it sometimes I really love this pedal. Quality compared to price would be something like12.

it's a wah, press the switch rock the pedal back and forth,

Thin sounding, if your looking for hendrix, clapton, SRV, you won't find it here. I personally don't like the thin sound. I put an overdrive in front and it sounded somewhat better but I just don't like it.

I broke the switch trying to turn it on, and now I can't turn it off,
otherwise the pedal is built to withstand an elephant stampede

I have general mistrust for any major corporation, especially ones dealing with mass production of sound related equipment. So I haven't and probably well never deal with Dunlop's customer support.

It was my first effects pedal, I bought it because it was cheap and didn't really worry about the sound, I will admit that it has a good basic wah sound to it and if your not trying to copy anyone's sound it
can be beneficial, but i'm after the hendrix, clapton, SRV sound(who isn't?) And I learned an important lesson that in most cases it's listen with your ears and not the wallet, In attempt to be cheap I now have to spend more money to find the sound I'm looking for. Doh!!

9 cause you have to figure out how to accentuate the notes correctly and spotlight the necessary frequency. Easy then.

Well, I used a couple of their products, incl. some MXR pedals, and I must admit they were buit and sounded just great. Now this GCB95. Two months before I used an Original crybaby circa 1995 for a recording session. I really enjoyed fiddling with it and stuff, then I gave it back to the owner and ordered a one for myself. Then either I was fooled, or what, but the local dealer called me to say Dunlop were not producing exactly THAT one and they make GCB95, which was just the new name. I checked with their site, and it said there WAS NO DIFFERENCE EXCEPT FOR THE POT which was supposed to sound the same and last 200% longer.
Now, IT DOESN"T SOUND THE SAME. Less lows, less highs, a narrower sweep range. Clean, it is still sounds VERY nice, almost like dripping water - which I love to hear - but distorted you have a noticeably smaller range. Less WAH, all in all. Not noisy, smooth switching in comparison with the older ones. Sometimes it may cut the sound dead off while switching, but it happens rarely and if you're too gentle with it :))
Except for that, a definitely worthy product. A real must for a guitar player. But if you play a Gibson LP, set a high gain dist and start rocking, you sound like everyone and his sister - an immediately recognizable tone... But isn't it we all are after? Reproducing THOSE tones...
Now, screw the range. Buy it.

Uh, tank. Hate the new battery placement (you reach via small plastic door at the bottom and you have to put the battery into it). I liked the take-off-the-bottom thing more. And if the pot is REALLY going to live 2 times longer as the manufacturer claims... well, good on me then.

Shit. Emailed the bastards twice, I had EXACT questions, no time wasting - no response, whatsoever. When I had a question for, say, Gibson, they replied in 3 hrs. And they were in the US, I was in Europe, so it was night at their place...
Dunlop, your customer service via email sucks.
Please don't thank me.

Really good. One of the few REAL products. Worth the money, reliable and legendary. Why the hell did they change the logo, though? My only gripe is a narrow sweep range.
Buy it, and rock.
Good luck

Very simple to play. This was the first effect pedal I've ever bought. Just plug in and begin playing. It's easy to setup, batteries are easy to change, and if you decide to use an ac adaptor, just one plug.

I've never had any other wah pedals to compare it to, but it sounds awesome to me. You can jump right into the Theme From Shaft, and nobody will be any the wiser.

Very sturdy and reliable. I've kicked time and time again, it's no different then the day I bought it. I don't think you can break it.

One of the best effects somebody can have. You could have just started playing guitar a week ago, but as long as you've got this, you can impress any and all of your friends.

Very easy to use, althought turning it on/off requires a good amount of pressure on the pedal.

There is some noise, but enough to be noticeable when I'm playing. My setup is simple: Paul Reed Smith Custom 24-->Crybaby-->Marshall DSL401 1x12 Celestion combo with an Alesis MidiVerb 4 in the effects loop. I use only the tube gain of my Marshall... no distortion or OD stomp boxes, and putting the Crybaby before the overdrive gets that classic wah tone of Hendrix, Claption & Santana.

This is one rugged, sturdy pedal. I have no doubts about it's reliability, having used several in the past with no problems. I would gig with it without a backup.

Not had to deal with Dunlop's customer support.

I play classic rock & blues, reggae & funk. I've been playing for 27 years. I also have a Fender Princeton Plus 112, a Roland Bolt-60, a Jackson PS-4 performer, and a 1936 Marshall cabinet with 2x12 Celestions. I've used the Crybaby since the 70s, and my brand new pedal works and sounds just as good as it did back then. It's a perfect fit for the style of music I play. I would definitely buy another one if this one got stolen/lost. The only other wah I've ever used was a Morley (don't remember model#), and I like that one as well... it had a wider range than the Crybaby, which I liked for heavier rock styles. But for the classic tone, the Crybaby is it!

Once you can get it to turn on, it couldnt be easier. But getting there is the hard part. Half of the time i quit jumping on it and i have to reach down and turn it on with my fingers. Otherwise its very easy and simple.

My setup is simple, mainly because of money problems. I just run it from my Strat to the Crybaby to the amp. The sound is great. At times i would rather have a bit more effect than it has, but thats just when i fiddle around with stuff i write. I can still get the sounds of artists that inspire me though (save some other effects).

Extremely reliable. You can do whatever you want to it and play through it. Well, i havent tried absolutely everything, but im sure no backup is needed.

Never had to deal with them.

This product is great for the price. Compared to a Vox Wah (which is twice the price i paid) this one is definately the better buy, even if it costed 50 dollars more. If i lost it i would replace it, if not with this model, than one with a control knob or something. But i wouldnt replace this one unless i needed to.

it is easy to use butt impossible to turn on. you have to jump on the thing to get it on. there are no knobs so it is a no brainer to get a different sound becasue you cant.

i am useing a epiphone sg with a dod distotion pedal through a kustom pa system it sounds fairly good when the distortion is off. it is very noisy i mean noisy when it is used with distortion. on a clean setting it sounds pretty good. a nice funky hendrix meets george clinton.

this thing is a tank. it can take the abuse. like i said it is hard to turn on so you have to put most off your weight onto it.i would use this on a gig with out backup for sure. who ever heard of someone with a backup wah pedal

i hAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR A FEW YEARS i know what is good and what isnt.i have an epiphone sg and a kustom p.a. i play mostly zeppelin and bluesy rock and roll sometimes a little stevie ray vaughan. if it were lost or stolen i would buy a Morley stevie vai bad horsie wah pedal