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
there F.U.N

How easy can you get. You move your foot back and forth changing the treble as you go (I think even Korn could figure this out). There's a manual with it too.

I'm puttin' a Maverick F3 into the Wah and then into a Flextone 2. I know people say it's noisy when in the toe position but this is't a fault of the pedle, it's just that you're using soo much treble that your guitar becomes extremely sensetive. The sound is cool. A lot of people say the sound is crap but a guitar nerb can find fault with any piece of equipment. These are the sorts of guys that piss me off with there (and I quote from this review board) "The feel produced by the pot's taper and sound of the anemic inductor...sucks!". Get a f*****g life. It either sounds good to you or it doesn't but I can get great sounds out of this, both using it to "wah" or leaving it in a position (experiment with this).

Hendrix gigged with it so why shouldn't you. It can withstand heavy use.

This is a bit overpriced, I will admit, but it is the pedal with which all other wahs are compared with. If it was lost or stolen I would buy another, sure! compared this with a Snarling Dog, which was an absoloute piece of crap and more expensive. The only complaint I have is that it seems to make my mouth move with the wah action, or am I just retarded.

About as easy as you can get. Plug it in and stomp on it then wiggle your foot around. It's almost too easy to use, which is a detriment to its sound. No volume/tone control.

Okay, here's the bad part. When I first played through this wah, I was blown away. Well, it was more like "Cool, I'm playing through a wah." Then after about 10 minutes of playing I found this pedal to be extremely bad sounding. It was suprisingly quiet for a wah, which was good, but it was much to trebly with toe forward, and virtually no bass with toe back. Also, the midrange is incredibly scooped. So much, that if playing with a live band, this pedal would make my sound disappear. Also, at first I thought the pedal was the same volume when on as it was off. But I actually found this pedal cut volume a tad when on. To make a long story short, this wah basically acted like a volume/wah. Lots of treble, no bass, no midrange. This equates to bad. A lot of people say that due to the fact that this pedal is 40 bucks cheaper than higher quality wahs, this is a good pedal. I have to disagree. If you want a good wah, go with the tried and true Vox or equal. You get what you pay for, folks. I found a used Fulltone Clyde at the guitar store for 150 bucks. I know I could have gotten it for cheaper. Probably a hundred, and I would have had what is considered by many to be the best wah in production. Do some searching. If price is a problem, get something used.

Don't know, returned it after 3 days.

Huh?

One word: Yuk. If I cranked the midrange on my amp, it started to sound more alive. Can't do that when switching to lead in mid-strum. Virtually non-existent in the bass frequecies. You can definately do better than this in a wah. I did get this as a gift, and I definately appreciated it. I would have gotten another wah, but I am going to get a Vox Valvetronix amp that has a wah built into it. If you're in the market for a wah, look elsewhere.

This thing is very easy to use althogh it takes some getting used to switching it on and off. It might also be difficult to get the right wah sound if you have never used a wah before.

My setup is Guitar>>>>Crybaby>>>BD-2>>>DS-1>>>BF-2>>>PH-3>>>DD-3>>>GFX-707>>>Fender ultra chorus 212. The crybaby sounds good with all the boss pedals but causes some fuzz when used with the Zoom GFX-707. This pedal gets great jimi hendrix sound.

Looks solid enough but I havent had it for very long so it hasn't being an issue yet.

Havent needed them.

I play every thing from jimi hendrix to Rage to original stuff and this pedal is perfect it has very versital range and can be used in all types of music.

It's simple just plug it in and you will get that classic Hendrix wah in seconds.

If you wan't a good wah this is a must but if you want a wah that does a million things also you might as well get a piece of crap morley or somthing but this thing rocks.

Its a Wah they don't break unless you smash the switch in like i did with th first day of having it but in a week they sent me a new one. yes i would gig without a backup and i have done it many times and it holds up, this is one of those pedals that lasts for ever

Yes i broke the switch and they sent me a whole new one and i have not had any trouble since

Well i play wwhat ever classic rock, surf you know anything that comes my way and this works for it all My Home Setup is
62'SG-TS5(treble boost)-Crybaby Wah-Danelectro Dan Echo-Marshall VS15
Live Setup is:
62'SG-TS808-DOD Grunge-CryBaby Wah-Boss Chorus-Peavy 50 with gain cranked

Simple, you just _feel_ it... I have noticed that many people have said that it is to hard to get the right sound they want... you know, it is very hard to do a flawless 6-string sweep and a fast speed within minutes of first picking up a guitar! YOU MUST PRACTICE A LOT WITH IT AND YOU WILL GET BETTER!!!

The simpleness of the design makes it simple to use. The only flaw with it is the notorious on/off switch. But if you have any decent level of neurological activity in your brain you wouldnt whinge to the world about it, you would 'fix' it (work around it)

HINT: if you look on the underside of the moving 'pedal' part, where the swtich presses against to get turned on/off you will see that the pad is very soft... make it harder by firmly putting something else there...

As I said above, you need to PRACTICE with it to get the right sound out of it. Freq. range is good and sound quality is excellent.

I use it with my Aslin Dane AMM-211 guitar and depending on how I set it, my amp, and my stereo (i run my guitar thru wah, then amp, and finally my stereo - gets a much better sound and EQ) I can get the sound of Vai, Satch, Hammett and Hendrix.

Very solid. The thing is built to last.

It hasn't been an issue.

I play many styles of music, mainly: blues, metal, rock, classical, jazz. Bloody oath it suits my playing!!!

It is an excellent unit. If you are thinking about getting a wah pedal (that's why you are reading this isn't it?) then add it to your list.

This is jason again like I promised to get back to you about the customer service. It is easy to use.

I used another of the same model.

I used another of the same model

Very good. My pedal is 5 months past warranty, so I explained my situation and they agreed to fix it for me. All I have to pay for is shipping it to them.

I used another of the same model.

The switch sometimes is a problem, but otherwise a beginner could use it.

The sound quality was terrible I could barely tell a difference in sound (even playing clean). I use a peavey bandit 112s, A Marshall valvestate, and a fender amp.

I would not trust it. I bought mine new, and the potentiometer was bad. Also the gear was jammed. I repositioned the gear (easy to do) and that part worked good. The switch is also not very dependable. I would really give it a zero!

I am currently talking to the customer support. I will notify everyone of the outcome.

I play all kinds of music (except country and rap). I have been playing for over 10 years. I would not buy this again. I have used many Wah pedals, as well as other gear. I run a small record label so I get my hands on a large variety of gear.

It only got 1 switch on/off and a back and fort mouvment. Anybody could make it work

Only the real musicians will tell you that its the best pedal ever. And its truly is...

There's alot of people that the on/off switch broke off easaly... It just take 5 min to repairs it!! after that your good for another 10 years! It happend to mine, I've repaired it, its been 2 years. So stop complaining about it!!!

I nerver had problems

Like I said, only the real musicians will tell you how good it realy is!!!!

Yeah, it's a wah, it should be easy, but it isn't. It sounds simple enough. Rock it full forward to turn it on, then rock it back and forth. The trick is turning it on/off. The switch wears out after about a month of use and it is very hard to turn on/off especially if you only use it for quick wah parts and then want to turn it off. On top of that, having the switch on the expression pedal, rocking full forward is a stupid idea. The only position that you can turn it on in is toe down all the way. That's annoying. What if I want to turn it on heel down? You get another wah that's what or modify this one.

My setup was guitar (Washburn BT-3) to DOD Fuzz, to Rocktron Rampage distortion, to DOD bi-fet pre-amp, to amp. From the effects send I then put this peice of shit (now I have a Morley wah though), then a Danalectro reverb. Some have speculated that my displeasure is b/c of where I put it in my setup. That is not true. I have tried it many different ways and it has not sounded or operated well in any of them.

You can not depend on this. It is not made of steal it is made of aluminum. The bottom plate is the cheapest part of the whole wah (box wise). the switch is another problem, it went out so easy. The pot is supposed to go out too, but I didn't have it long enough for this to happen. On top of that, this thing picks up radio like crazy. My Morley doesn't.

I have not dealt with Jim Dunlop, but I should give 'em props for having a web site with alot of info.

I no longer have this the guy that I traded it too let me take my Morley wah for an even trade (proving that there is a God and that he is good). That guy was really nice he is now selling this Crybaby for $10 under what he was selling the Morley (I guess he just liked me). I only bought this b/c it was the only wah in the store and everyone said that it was cool, everyone was wrong.

Very easy, use it like you make love, let your feelings go!

no bad noises and and even gives a little boost!

built like a tank, try to break it!

The sales clerk told me ''the best ''wha'' pedals are the Vox or the Crybaby, I tried both and they sound about the same( maybe the Vox had a bit more midrange but was $50 more probably due to the chrome finish) I have this pedal for 2 years, I use it a lot , you get nice harmonics when you hit the ''sweetspot'' in the middle, you have to feel that pedal, it must be an extension of yourself and your playing style, Dunlop did a faithfull copy, my friend has an original and it 's the same all the way, if you are a ''wha'' fan buy it!

You step on it and move your foot back and forth. The power supply input is shakey.

BAD. DO NOT BUY THIS PEDAL. When you roll your foot back the sound gets so muddy it's almost impossible to tell what you're playing, and when you roll forward it goes obnoxiously high, and the taper of inbetween sounds is not smooth at all; it shifts from low to high instantly.

The power supply input goes in and out. It can go out at any time.

Never dealt with them

If it was stolen I'd do two things: laugh at the person who stole it because they're stuck with the worst wah ever, and then happily go out and buy a better one.

Very easy to use, plug it in, step on it and away you go! There's no knobs or settings, rock the switch front to back and get cool sounds!.

There's a nice 2 pages manual.

I'm using a Samick Strat Copy through a Crate Gx-65 amp, my guitar sounds crappy so i cant say the wah makes any difference, i think it sounds better with some reverb and the wah tho. I'm probably gonna buy a Fender American Std. or an Ibanez or maybe both...not sure yet.

The wah will get noisy (background hiss) if i leave it on the "toe" position, and get lots of feedback when there's distortion on top of that, nothing too dramatic. With too much distortion i get very annoying high notes, but after tweaking my gain and playing on another pickup it's ok.

At first i put my distortion before the wah, but it sounded very muddy
even when the wah was turned off, i'm not sure why...so now i run the wah before everything else. I tried my first setup once again and it was ok...so i dunno what happened.

I like to play clean, on the neck pickup, and add some reverb over the wah, it sounds very warm and i love that sound.

Looks reliable, feels reliable so it must be! This thing is built solid.

Never dealt with them.

I play Hendrix/Cream, lots of RATM, Downset, Papa Roach,The Killjoys, Fluf, some punk, radiohead, incubus...anything that sounds good to me.

I also like to jam by myself and was getting bored with my normal sound but with this thing i can play for hours!

I've been playing for 6 years (the first years i was playing on and off) i'd say the past 3 years i really started to improve my skills.

If it gets stolen i'm gonna need another one!!! i'm addicted!

Piss easy! Just move yer damn foot about.

I'm kind of new to the world of guitars (1 year), I own a Washburn WR-150 and the Cry Baby, which outputs to a shitty solid state amp. This pedel sounds really good, of course you can't fiddle with the suond, but I'm not that advanced anyway. Really nice sound. A bit too much treble sometimes though.

I've only had it for a little bit, but the metal casing looks like it would last at least 40 years.

Never even called them, I live in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates, so I'll probably never call them.

I play shit like Metallica, Slayer, The Misfits, Megadeth, RHCP and lots of other stuff. But sometimes I just like to strum, ya know? And this is perfect for it!

as easy as walking.

...Though, if you've ever people watched, even this appears to be a challenge to some people...

It could have had a longer throw. Its too hard to nail the exact frequency you want to boost, both because of the short throw and the way the thing jumps from one extreme to the next very easily.

I was using an Epi starter pack guitar and amp w/ the wah. Strat rip off thing, and an amp that was solidstate trash (and when solidstate is trash, its *really* trash) with a five inch speaker. Thus, you may wish to take this with a grain of salt; I hate s_____ tone to begin w/. The wah, amasingly, made it worse. Refer to ease of use.

No. My friend, who is about 180, was "wahing" it while I played to goof around, and broke the damn switch. Now the beast won't turn off.

It's not worth fixing.

Nope. But they should make wahs that sound more musical, if they want for me to actually talk to them.

I play rock, alternative, and metal. I felt even in my short time with it (with poor equipment) that it would serve none of my songs justice.

When I get my new set up all organised, I'll probably get a Budda Bud-wah and just save myself the hassel of bad tone. Nobody who is overly concerned with a good wah sound seems to suffer the Crybaby series long... Even the upper models are reported to be bad.

I think the Dunlop Add for this says it all... "So Easy, Even Your Drummer Could Figure It Out."

Setup: Guitar---->Wah------->Amp
Sounds good, i only loose a slight bit of highs when i plug this puppy in. When it is all the way back the sound gets very noisy, when it is foward it screams! The jacks for your cables are very tight, which is good. Doesnt suck up batteires fast at all. Only if you leave the input plug in which i do all the time. I just stuck a post it on the off switch on my amp that says "Unplug wah Dummy"

I could through this off the empire state building, and it would be fine. It weighs 300 pounds.

Never needed them.

very good. I think the Vox might be a bit better. But if your not Jimmy page the extra 100 for the vox is not worth it.