Dunlop GCB-95

Well, I bought this pedal second hand and it didn't get the sound i wanted. I took it back and they fiddled with it and now it's excellent. There is absolutely no manual - I expect tohey hope you'll send it off to them at great expense as soon as somthing goes wrong - that sucks. But, it is my first wah and I am really pleased

I use a Les Paul into a Marshall VS-100r. The sound is really thick and you can reach a sort of 'hendrix-esk' tone. With distortion it's pretty nice - although a lot loader in the treble position than in bass. It's also pretty cool on zeppelin and just generally jamming.

This is a well-build pedal. I have recently had to use switch cleaner to get rid of some scratching noises - but that's all cleared up now. This is great to gig with.

Well, I live over here in England, so I can't really send it back to California. I haven't dealt with them.

This is a great pedal. If you want a genuine wah sound - go out and buy this pedal. It's got a good range and it's realiable. Most of the stuff I play (blues, rock,grunge - anything) sounds great with this. TIP: don't just use batteries-this eats them up. It's worth it though.

This pedal is fairly easy to get a good sound out of. It's a bit difficult to get it to turn on and off when sitting, but how many of us are gonna spend hours sitting down and bonding with our wah wah pedals? Quite easy when standing up. The pedal moves easy too. Very nice.

It has a very nice wah sound. Really good on clean, and makes some cool sounds with distortion. Maybe it's just me, but I find making the hum wah when the volume's up high rather cool sounding. My set up- Peavey Raptor-->Crybaby GCB-95-->Peavey Rage 158. Not the best stuff around, but they work nicely together. Never tried it with any other effects, because this is my first pedal. I haven't bothered using it with any songs that it's supposed to go with. I'm more of a write-it-yourself-and-have-some-fun type of person, although I do enjoy playing my fave songs.

I'd say this is one tough wah. It's a tank. Really dependable. I'd definately go to a gig w/o backup. I've looked under the bottom plate... looks easy to fix if anything ever did break. I've put the poor thing through hell with all my stomping on it. Excellent quality.

Never had to deal with them.

I like just about every kind of music, therefore I play just about every kind of music. This wah is really cool and sounds better than other pedals I've come across in my searches. Don't remember what they were, though. The only problem would be turning it on and off when sitting, but that's because the pad wore away. Just stick something under there and it's good as new. This pedal didn't do much at all to the signal. Sounded just fine to me. It's really cool with my own compositions. If it were stolen, I'd kill someone. I've been playing for a while, if you care.

The only complaint is it is hard to get it to turn on unless you're standing. But when you're playing live, you won't be sitting. There are no knobs so it is easy to get the basic wah sounds out of it, but there are more sounds you can get from letting it in one position. The sounds are almost unlimited.

An Epiphone Les Paul Special II ->Dunlop Crybaby ->Peavey Bandit 112S. If I had a better guitar, the setup would sound better too, but. Don't have the treble knobs on your amps turned all the way up, I keep them at 7 on dirt and clean channels and still get a good sound. It is very quiet. The sounds are great, they all have a nice edge to them and the bass is really cool. I'd always use it pre-distortion. This probably is one of the greatest effects pedals ever invented because of all the sounds you can get. Great on clean and dirty, I'd use it for solos, anything you need a wah for. Some people said it wasn't good with distortion, but I beg to differ. It doesn't get a 10 because nothing has perfect sound, nothing.

I'd gig without a backup, but I'd bring extra batteries. What they don't tell you is, you can put wheels in place of the rubber legs and mount cannons out of the input/output jacks and use it as a tank. This thing is thick, it could be next to impossible to break, weighs a few pounds too.

Never dealt with them and probably never will.

I bought it slightly used over Ebay. I play Ozzy, Sabbath, hard rock, metal, Nirvana, and my own style (lot of Randy Rhoads, Iommi, some Cobain.) It works great for everything. I've been playing for about a year and this is my first wah pedal. If someone stole it, I would buy another one and beat them over to head with it. A lot of people said it was too trebley and bad with distortion, but I don't have that problem at all, or maybe I'm lucky. To me, it sounds just like a wah should sound, no knobs, no extra features, just push down and rock it back and forth.
I didn't compare, but a lot of people said the Vox was better. I didn't want the Vox because it doesn't have an external battery adapter (and wah pedals suck batteries down fast) and the Crybaby had the sound I wanted. I heard the Vox has a little bit of a warmer sound. If you want the original wah at a great price, I'd go for this pedal, it is very good! Oh, and I also put the exact same submission under Crybaby, because the GCB-95 and the Original Crybaby are the same pedal.

I'm writing this review to answer some peoples earlier complaints, some people were complaining that the pedal is hard to turn on. This is because the pad under the switch has worn down. Try taping a guitar pick in there on the pad, with a couple adjustments it'll be better than new. This is a very simple pedal to use, press the switch to turn it on, wah it back and forth. People give it a lower rating because it takes awhile to learn how to use it, this is true but its pretty simple once you've played around with it.

Sounds good distorted for all kinds of rock applications, its a bit noisy but probably because I'm running it through 5 other pedals at the same time. I'm playing a Les paul studio through a fender solid state with the crybaby, digitech xp-100, dano daddyo, boss delay, metal zone and flanger.Can get any rage against the machine sound except whammy bar, oh well. With the crybaby and xp-100 I can duplicate the intro to testify by rage. Pretty insane!
overall, I like.

Pretty solid, I bought it off a buddy and he dropped on concrete at school when he was giving it to me, I dented the bottom plate but it didn't do anything to the inards. I don't think you could break it.

couldn't tell you, good dunlop website, i like how you can download sound samples

If you need a wah, this will be more than enough to do anything you want. I'm really happy with it.

I'ts easy to use, I have no manuals for it because it's a used pedal but nothing wrong with it, they ripped me pretty good on the price.

well I use a westbury at practice and a Crate GX-15 (piece of steaming goat crap) and my guitar is a samick with two single and a hum (noisy with this pedal when distorted all the way)with the pedal down on full gain it squeals badly, I can get a good clean wah with it though, good 70's sounding stuff

it's a rock, I have kicked it around a lot and it holds up good, just remember to unplug it every time and you'll be fine, if not your battery (9v) will be , I recommend an AC adaptor. I would probably gig with it cuz my line up wouldn't be to dependent on the wah, I play old metal and hard rock and bluesy stuff

never dealt with them (used pedal)

It matches hendrix stuff well, I've played for about a year and my gear sucks besides this thing, I wouldn't buy a wah if I lost this, I'l buy a DOD multi effects processor or sumthin, be sure you're standing up to play this thing cuz sitting down it's hard to switch from wah to plain or the other way around, I must stomp the crap out of it sometimes to get it too switch while sitting

It's a wah you don't have to be a genius to use one

I used (emphasis on used) this with a Les Paul through my various Marshall and Fender tube amps. It can get noisy at high gain settings, but that's no surprise. The thing that I couldn't deal with was the way it sucked the life out of my signal even when bypassed. The range of sweep is quite short also. Do yourself a favor and buy a Budda - a much better product in my opinion and not that much more expensive.

Never gigged with it. Couldn't deal with the tone sucker

I have played a wide variety of music during the last 19 years. I found over time that it is well worth the wait to save up for higher-end effects pedals. I kept this one for almost a week before realizing there had to be something better in my price range.

This is one of those pedals you have to get used to using.You can't just plug and play like most effects.This pedal takes time to become good with it.The time you spend using it shows,so practice with it as much as you can.I woundn't say it is impossible to use but to get a good sound it takes some work.

i am using this setup '96 mexican start(modified)-->Crybaby wah-->Boss turbo over drive-->Boss tremolo-->Fender deluxe 112 plus amp
it can get harsh with lots of overdrive with the pedal fully foward.I find it sounds best with my neck pickup.I find you have to be liberal in using this effect ther are many many combinations of motions so use you imagination.I have had this pedal for close to 4 months and i cannot even graze the surface of the possibilities this pedal has.
I havn't heard any other wahs so i can't compare how good it is to othe units.I wouldn't buy this before hearing it in case you don't like it.It's really good but not perfect.

i have dropped it many times and it stiil doesn't fail.it is ruggedly built.i have jammed in a cold garage with my band many times.you have to keep it clean or it gets scratchy.

never had to deal with him

I play alternative and mainstream rock.It is a good match.I have heard that many pros use this pedal. I have been play for nearly 4 years and i play alot.I am very picky with my gear.I have listed my gear above and i now use DR strings .It helps me when i wanna be creative. I bought this cause i wanted a wah and the sound and price were good.I love it.for what i paid it was well worth it

Simple, click the switch start wahka wah wahing away! Same to turn it off. You may need practice to get the tempo down though.

This is a great wah effect, you usually won't mix this with a chorus, but it sounds psychadelic with distortion or fuzz. I listen to 60's rock, which this effect was first based.

The case is heavy and durable, but it doesn't always turn when I try. I would depend on it at a gig.

I love this effect, and a cyrbaby is the best you can find, I'd buy it again.

Pretty easy to operate but takes a while to use it effectively. Very simple layout with no knobs. I don't like the switch, though. It is too strong, unlike the VOX wahs. I'm going to replace the switch with a True Bypass one.

Good. It has it's own sound. The VOX Reissue has a mellower, more wattery sound. It sounded good with clean to medium gain settings on my Marshall Dual Super Lead. In high gain, it was useless. The crybaby stood out through the heavy distorted settings. So I picked it up. I was going to buy the 535Q but there wasn't a great difference in its modes and it was too heavy for my pedalboard. Its functions, ie. boost, was at the bottom, where velcro would be stuck. I'm also going to adjust the pot since I get too much high end and not enough low thumps. The pedal has the sound but needs to be modified.

Very strong but the bottom plate isn't as strong.

HuH?

It can't get stolen. I use Industrial strength Velcro Gr9. If it broke, then I will get a Fulltone Clyde. This pedal make a pop when not playing, but it's not noticable when playing. Those who complain about it, get a better amp. Good pedal w/o mods. Great pedal w/mods.

The Dunlop Crybaby Original is farely easy to use considering the only thing about them that requires practice is developing a steady rocking speed with your foot.

I use a Rickenbacker 330 through a Mesa/ Boogie DC-2 (sadly they stopped making this great amp.) They effect usually sounds good as long as the batteries are good (last a long time) and is well greased. If you don't properly grease it or push it off til later I guarantee it will squeak louder than it'll wah which sucks. Note: If you use it with a lot of gain , you may pickup short-wave radio through your amp. I like mainly sixties and seventies groups: Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Robin Trower, etc. Can almost always get Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton sounds however Hendrix sounds are a lot trickier since his was modified by Roger Mayer. If you want Jimi Hendrix, save for a Roger Mayer ($369.00) or buy a lower priced one and get the Roger Mayer Wah Mod Kit ($159.00).

I can rely on it but whatever you do, don't forget to grease it or it'll start grinding the pot up and squeak like mad. I would use it without a backup because I like buying new effects and not stockpiling the same thing like some people. Why buy something that needs a backup?

Very helpful, they always e-mail back within 2 days. Never needed to get it repaired or upgraded.

I play rock and this works great for the types of music I play. I have been playing for about one and a half years. I would definetly buy another but might try some others out just for a new (different) sound. Works excellent on Jimi's "Star Spangled Banner" especially with the Mesa's gain maxed. You even getter that weired chirping feedback sound between the notes if you keep rocking the pedal during pauses.