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Dunlop GCB-95

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Price New Dunlop GCB-95 @ Musician's Friend
Manufacturer URL http://www.jimdunlop.com/
Ease of Use 9.1 (180 responses)
Sound Quality 7.8 (180 responses)
Reliability 8.7 (168 responses)
Customer Support 7.4 (30 responses)
Overall Rating 8.2 (169 responses)
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Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $69
Submitted 07/25/2001 at 09:06am by Danny

Ease of Use : 10
perfeto mondindo!! dude, its got an on/ off butt controlable with your foot, obviously, and itrocks back and forth, SHOULD this be hard?

Sound Quality : 9
again.perfect, got a classic crybaby sound, classic wah action. not crappy like a morley or roadkill or danelectro or somethin

Reliability : 10
dude, it looks like a giant stapler.its reliable, straight up

Customer Support : No Opinion
??????

Overall Rating : 10
dude, i play rock stuff, this sounds great with distortion or clean. i have played for six years and i like to play stuff like ratm radiohead tool a perfect circle and soundgarde, works for them all email me at imprayingforrain@hotmail.com


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $40 used
Submitted 06/19/2001 at 08:02pm by Andrew Trouwborst

Ease of Use : 10
Couldn't be easier.

Sound Quality : 5
Mine is used. Its a few years old. The pot is kinda messed up, theres alot of static sometimes. Sometimes the sound cuts out completely. The sound itself (when its working right), isn't as impressive as a Vox. A bit harsh sometimes.

Reliability : 6
With the bad pot, I would never gig with it. Its built soundly, but the input and output come loose sometimes, creating loud annoying noises.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealth with them. Why bother, I got it used.

Overall Rating : 7
I guess it would be ok if it was new, but with a junk pot and the shoddiness of the input and output, I'm not all too impressed. The sound quality is also not what I would be looking for, even if it worked. I would much rather just use a Vox.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: (140 CDN) used
Submitted 06/16/2001 at 06:44pm by Mark Brathwaite

Ease of Use : 10
Extremely easy to use. Just push down and up and you get the wah sound.

Sound Quality : 8
I use the product with a 5150 Slant Cab and a MT-2 Boss distortion and a Envoy 110 as a head. And I can get Vai, Satriani, Hammett and Dimebag sounds with this. As you can see I'm very into metal.

Reliability : 10
No need for a backup here, just get an adaptor for it so you don't have to keep buying batteries!

Customer Support : No Opinion
Haven't had to deal with Jim Dunlop.

Overall Rating : 9
This is a great match for metal, funk, whatever. And you can always use it as a filter! Hammett does that for his leads sometimes, I don't see why though...Cuz he's not that fast.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $75
Submitted 06/14/2001 at 11:03pm by Shaun de Gracia
Email: s0nicfx at aol<dot>com

Ease of Use : 10
Very simply to use. Just put the powersource in be it battery, ac/dc, or pedal board, and put it in the fx loop or in front of the amp and it's ready to go. Turns on and off by simply stepping further down with the toe.

Sound Quality : 9
I use it with a modified epiphone les paul studio (wasn't my choice guitar when bought, butI really do prefer it over most gibsons) with a duncan JB in the bridge and the stock gibson pickup. I've got the crybaby in the fx loop with first a boss stereo chorus, followed by the crybaby then an sm-7 ibanez distortion, and then an ART LEVELAR at the end, but only when recording. Live, i just leave off the Levelar and use it for voice with direct out from the PA to the power amp.virtually no noise as far as i've noticed. The effects are best in clean, plenty of "W" at the beginning. A nice slow wah that can altered by small foot movements, unlike the vox which has a very abrupt wah. Morley seemed to not wah enough. In distortion, the wah it still good but not as strong, it is best for me in dist. when i am constantly strumming or picking the string(s), the "w" shows through very well there. I use a marshall vs65 and a jcm 900, the pedal is great on both. I can get the awesome Rage against the machine, hendrix,metallica, led zeppelin, almost anyone's wah, sevendust (when they strum the strings and wah the clicks, it's great.)OH yeah, if you listen to incubus, you can do many of their effects and sounds with this pedal alone. Just by moving it slowly, or leaving it up, or leavin' it down. Gave it a nine because it could be a little stronger in distortion, vox can bend distorted sound, but there's a trade off between strong wah and slow emotional wah. although, the fx loop works better than in front of the amp for a stronger wah.

Reliability : 9
Oh its built very tough i can throw it around. Wouldn't use a backup and its great because it lets signal through as if it wasn't there even with no power.Must be careful and make sure to click on and off very surely, making sure you feel the click because it sometimes gets caught in between on and off but its all in the person. Don't try turning it on and off while sitting down.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Haven't dealt with them.

Overall Rating : 10
Its a great piece of equipment, the parts where i gave it less than ten were very critical, and would be the fault of the player if that kind of problem happened with the on/off. The other reason was on my theory about there being a trade off between slow emotional wah and a quick wah that can bend distorted sound. But its my choice for a wah, and I'm satisfied. If it was stolen i'd get the same one, because of its simplicity(no controls except for on and off, up and down), and its great "W" sound.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $80
Submitted 06/14/2001 at 04:35pm by Tyler Leahy
Email: born2rageagainstem at hotmail<dot>com

Ease of Use : 9
Step on the button and it's on. Step on it again; it's off. Just a tad difficult to step down hard enough.

Sound Quality : 9
A great sounding wah. Good with distortion and reverb, not too good, but not unreasonable on a clean channel. I recommend light distorion; not many wahs work well with crazy overdrive.

Reliability : 9
Great; you probably won't need a back up. However, when using it as a filter, you might want to stay near it. Its frame not as firm as a Morely, say.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never had to deal with 'em. I'm sure they'd know what they're talking about if you gave 'em a call.

Overall Rating : 9
I play hard rock, and this pedal is great. Keep in mind that it's not the original Crybaby, but if you absolutely insist on the original, don't get this one. Of course, they do sound the same. I run my Kramer Pacer FT202S through this, then an Ibanez ToneLok delay, through a Peavey Rage 158 on the distortion channel. Sounds great for me. It has a great sound quality, appropriate for its price.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: 300 (NZ)
Submitted 05/28/2001 at 06:05pm by Aaron Allcock
Email: dive at ihug<dot>co<dot>nz

Ease of Use : 10
Just press down at the front to activate the switch and your off.

Sound Quality : 10
I don't have any definate set-up yet but i use pretty budget gear, i havn't had a chance to use it with my loco box analog delay yet but i can't wait to try it out :) ProAmp - Dunlop cry baby - PRoAxe Strat, mainly no named brands etc...
This is a great Wah-Wah pedel for the price i guess, the guy instore told me it would cost alot more for anything else so i brought this little puppy and i'm not sad to say it was worth it, this is a great pedel for the price, maybe it doesn't have quite as much range as i'd like it to have but it's great for adding texture to songs and really adds a great dynamic if used sparingly.

Reliability : 9
Well the switch broke in mine and i havn't had it for long, although i got the switch replaced for free so i can't complain.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Havn't had to deal with the company directly at all but the guy in the shop fixed it for free and it came with a warranty, but i don't think i'll have to ever deal with the anyway.

Overall Rating : 10
This is a great pedel if it's used wisely, it has a limited range but its great if you just want to add a great texture to some of your songs and interludes, i'd definatly buy it again if it were stolen unless i get a whole lot richer anytime sooner, then i'd probably buy a vox or a defferent brand crybaby.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: $209 (Australia dollars)
Submitted 05/27/2001 at 02:06am by sammy leewillow
Email: gallowaysam<at>hotmail dot com

Ease of Use : 7
Everyone knows its an easy pedal to use,although it takes a bit of practice to make it worth your while ( or your audiences!!)

Sound Quality : 9
I had one of these a few years ago and it was terrible sounding.Also the on/off switch was near impossible to switch but the one i recently reluctantly bought ( i went for a morley but they only had 1 cry-baby in stock-d`oh!!)is really good.This time the switch is very easy to operate and its sweep range is enough for me.
I`m using a Mosrite copy with Gotoh p 90`s,a j.h.s amp,a Boss hyper fuzz set on 1/4 gain boost and a big muff.The cry-baby after the muff is a really nasty,sweeping whirlwind sound.Very psychedelic.I LOVE it!!It sounds very J.Mascis ( early Dinosaur jr.)I tried it with the wah before the big muff and you could hardly hear the wah at all but after the muff it put a smile on my face straight away!!

Reliability : 8
I think this thing will live longer than all of us but im concerned about all the other reviewers here saying about the short live of the pots.We`ll see.
i would definitely use it to gig (i only got it last week and im not in a band right now) it seems very dependable to me.

Customer Support : No Opinion
I havnt had the need to contact Jim Dunlop so heres hoping i never have to.

Overall Rating : 10
I play 60s psychedelic punk (think pretty things,elevators type with sabbath-size riffs) this pedal fits my sound like a glove.I was very aprehensive with this given my first encounter with a cry-baby but im very pleased with this one.I give this a ten because of the LOW PRICE.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: #67
Submitted 05/26/2001 at 05:50am by Anonymous

Ease of Use : 10
Piss easy. Move your foot up for more treble, down for more bass. The manual (or as it should be called, "instruction card") is very brief, but you don't exactly have to be a Rocket Scientist to work it out.

Sound Quality : 10
Considering it's value, I would say it is very very good. I play Oasis mostly, and they don't use wah too often. But when they do, this is the exact same sound they use - combined with the correct effects of course.

The only noise you can hear is the sound of the wah in the background when you've got it switched on, but you're not playing anything, but you won't hear this in performance, so it doesn't bother me.

Reliability : 9
Heavy but extremely durable. I would probably gig without a backup, simply because wah isn't as essential as say a distortion pedal. Some people have had there CryBabies for years and they still work as well as they always did, so it must be quite reliable.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
As I've said before, I play Oasis mostly, and when they do use wah (ie not very often) this produces exactly the right sound. If it went missing, I would replace it without hesitation. It's excellent considering its value, and I would expect no more or less from it. I haven't written any songs which involve wah yet, but it's doubtless I will.

If you want a decent wah pedal, but don't have enormous amounts of cash, you could do far worse than buy this pedal, and you couldn't do much better either. I'd thoroughly recommend it.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 05/23/2001 at 03:46am by Anonymous

Ease of Use : No Opinion

Sound Quality : 8
I was getting a wah, and compared this to Vox V847 Reissue, and
the Vox was much better, in my opinion. In a way thicker, smoother and with od/distortion, the Vox can be heard pretty good, opposite
to the GCB-95. Not too good, but not too bad either I quess.

Reliability : 7
Pretty reliable, although Crybabies have some kind of reputation for bad pots.. My friend has gotten one for years, and the pot is fine, but it makes some strange noises.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 7
If you want to play Hendix, buy the Vox, it's the one Jimi used to use, altough his one was somewhat modificated. When discussing about wahs, I quess Voodoo Chile comes to everybody's mind, and this wah is not that good for that. Too weak and too small sweep range. Overall still a pretty good basic wah. But if ya have the money, by something better at once.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: $150 (Canadian)
Submitted 05/08/2001 at 04:20pm by Chi

Ease of Use : 10
Its Pretty Easy to Use. Just Step on it!!! I like the fact that it can be powered by an adapter or a battery.

Sound Quality : 7
The sound quality is pretty good. It has a big sweet spot making it easy to get a fair wah wah sound. I find the wah sound a little weak though. It also won't sound as good if used with a lot of distortion.

Reliability : 6
It is fairly reliable. I once broke the switch that turns it on.

Customer Support : 7
The customer support was ok. The warranty is 1 year parts and labour i think. They repaired my wah but it took quite a while.

Overall Rating : 7
This is overall a pretty good wah. I've seen better one's but this wah performes pretty well. It is not very durable, but it is extremely easy to use. But I think it was a bit overpriced. Good wah for beginners to intermediate level.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $79.95
Submitted 03/10/2001 at 09:14pm by Anonymous

Ease of Use : 9

You have to almost stomp on the pedal to hear the "click" to know the wah-wah is activated. Otherwise, it's just move the pedal, play, and you're on the way. It will take a few days to get used to it, at least it took me anyway.

Sound Quality : 8

Sounds alright, I have to relisten to songs by Clapton, Hendrix etc and check with pedal to make sure I'm getting the right "tone" so to speak. I was expecting a dramatic "wah" sound, but you'll have to earn them by practicing for a few days. I'm using a Epiphone Les Paul Studio w/ a Peavey amp, I just wish I bought an AC Adapter so I don't have to buy batteries for both the wah-wah and the fuzz box I'm getting in a month.

Reliability : 10

This thing weighs like a couple bricks and is built like an armored car. Just don't drop it on someone's foot..

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 9
I've been playing for about a year and I'm mostly playing Clapton stuff (Cream, Derek & Dominoes etc.). This wah-wah pedal will really kick when I pair it with a fuzz box! I wanted to buy the fuzz box first, but there's just something about the wah-wah pedal that's just plain cool.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $89.00
Submitted 03/03/2001 at 06:21pm by jeshwild
Email: none

Ease of Use : 8
Is easy to use, however it is something that is control by feel, so it may take a while to get the sound you are looking for. For that was around 4 days.

Sound Quality : 9
My setup is American Std Start to Compressor(sometimes I leave the compressor out), CryBaBy, Blues Driver, Chorus Enssemble (This one too is out sometimes), Noise Gate to Classic 50 2X12.

Sounds great with and without overdrive/distortion. I tried after my strat in the beginin of the F/X Loop and before the Noise Gate. I like better at begining because I feel it gives me a wider frecuency range there.

Reliability : 8
Looks Sturdy, I have it only for 2 weeks so no deep feedbak I can give here.

Customer Support : No Opinion
No idea if they do have C.S.

Overall Rating : 9
I play rock from SVR, Hendrix, Santana, Zeppeling, Sabbath and originals. I really love this pedal so far. My word of advice is to read other feedback for other manufactures of whawha's I spend 2 days browsing the different categories and manufactures and it was very help full. Last but not the least test it before buying it with a setup as close as what you use when performing. That,s the only way to know.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $60
Submitted 03/03/2001 at 08:15am by Andy
Email: supra118 at angelfire<dot>com

Ease of Use : 10
Very simple Just move your foot back and forth! simple as that!

Sound Quality : 9
My setup goes Gibson Les Paul Special SL w/ humbuckers or Fender standard Strat to Crybaby wah to DOD stereo phaser to DOD super sonic stereo flanger to Boss CH-1 to Boss OD-2 to Boss DS-2 to Peavey renown 112 amp. It is a very good sounding pedal, I only wish it would have a longer wah sound example: instead of this-wah it should go like this-waaaaaaah. But otherwise it is a great pedal. I have the limited edition white wah, sounds exactly the same just looks cooler. I play alot of Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and much more.

Reliability : 10
Hell yeah, I drop it out of a car once by accident and all it had was a small dent, like a rock

Customer Support : No Opinion
NOPE

Overall Rating : 10
10, as good as wahs get, this is the original wah wah it is great!


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: $209 (Australian Dollars)
Submitted 02/28/2001 at 03:01am by Greg Tao
Email: hugginkiss10 at hotmail<dot>com

Ease of Use : 9
it is kind of easy to use if you know how to use it, the problem with every wah wah on the market is that you need to rock it back to front to make a wah so if you want alot of fast wahs, you better have practice or you are gonna be the laughing stock, or gonna get a very sore ankle, but it's ok to use, very nice!

Sound Quality : 10
This baby (you get it?? Cry BABY)has the best sound ever, although this guy from my school say that the hedrix is better, well i stuck the hendrix up his arse!!, ok, getting back to business, well i play at school and the first time i played it everyone loved it and asked me to play it again!so it's very very good

Reliability : 10
i depend on it and i has never let me down, although it is very heavy, like carrying a brick around all day, but it was worth it the crowd loved me and i love to see the crowd happy! that is the happiest moment of being a guitarist, making people feel happy

Customer Support : 10
i did get it fixed once but it was busted befor i bought it, the battery clip was broken and i got another one for free but it wasn't Jim Dunlop's fault it was the DELIVERY GUY'S FAULT!!

Overall Rating : 10
it is the best pedal you will get worth the money, when i told everyone it costs $209 AUD they where shocked and told me i blew the money on some stupid pedal, but when i showed them what the pedal can do on my guitar, their mouths was on the floor, some started to save up for one, some just kept on bugging me about when is my next gig was and sometimes i had to bring a pocket knife to school when i brought my pedal for a gig or a practical, this pedal is legendary


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: #75 (Pounds)
Submitted 01/06/2001 at 09:40am by Phil Rich
Email: philrich at ukgateway<dot>net

Ease of Use : 9
The Cry-baby is really simple to patch in and then use, I found no problems when using wah for the first time.

Sound Quality : 9
I use a USA Standard tele through a Marshall VS100 amp. I generally find the clean sound really funky, if a bit trebley, so I tend to stick with a neck pickup. Distorted, the pedal tends to effect the signal less (this is natural methinks) but you can still get some phat Rage style power chords etc. It's also great for experimenting with mad distortion sounds - adjust the pedal and just leave it there - guess it's like using it as an EQ pedal....

Overall, I reckon it sounds well good and is pretty darn versatile...

Reliability : 7
It weighs about as much as a brick, so it's pretty hard....I have had one problem with it however. Sometimes when I would plug in, the pedal would give out a strange high pitched chirping sound....dunno what that was about but it cleared up in the end...

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealt with Jimmy D....

Overall Rating : 9
I tend to use the Crybaby for funk, blues and sometimes for just experimenting with stange sounds etc. Great sounding pedal....

I would like the on/off button to be a bit easier to press however as when playing sitting down, it's very difficult to get the thing on or off!


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $69.99
Submitted 10/26/2000 at 10:30pm by Trevor
Email: guitrev<at>hotmail dot com

Ease of Use : 10
EXTREMELY EASY TO USE just rock your foot back and forth, duh

Sound Quality : 9
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.

Reliability : 10
built like a chevy pick-up, stronger maybe. probably more like a tank, or air force one! you get the picture

Customer Support : No Opinion
haven't tried them yet

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 10/25/2000 at 04:48pm by JB
Email: none

Ease of Use : 7
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.

Sound Quality : 5
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.

Reliability : 9
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 5
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.)


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $69
Submitted 10/12/2000 at 09:29am by Daniel
Email: yunsok80<at>hotmail dot com

Ease of Use : 8
Easy to get a sound out of it. Play is single notes, chords, or palm mute

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : 10
Very dependable. Strong as my parent's volvo.

Customer Support : No Opinion
never dealt

Overall Rating : 8
overall it is a good pedal, i think an essential effect for a guitarist, maybe just me.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: 250 (FIM) used
Submitted 10/10/2000 at 05:08am by Risto
Email: Ristosi<at>hotmail dot com

Ease of Use : 9
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.

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : 7
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Onion in PO. Haven't dealt with them, mostly because I don't know if there's any in Finland.

Overall Rating : 9
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.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $70
Submitted 09/12/2000 at 09:26pm by Jtu
Email: none

Ease of Use : 10
it's a wah, press the switch rock the pedal back and forth,

Sound Quality : 5
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.

Reliability : 8
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

Customer Support : No Opinion
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.

Overall Rating : 6
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!!


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $110
Submitted 08/28/2000 at 02:39am by George
Email: jcor37 at yahoo<dot>com

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

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : 9
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.

Customer Support : 2
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.

Overall Rating : 8
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


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $75
Submitted 08/17/2000 at 01:36pm by Anonymous

Ease of Use : 10
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.

Sound Quality : 9
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.

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 9
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.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $79.00
Submitted 08/11/2000 at 11:01am by Anonymous

Ease of Use : 10
Very easy to use, althought turning it on/off requires a good amount of pressure on the pedal.

Sound Quality : 9
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.

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Not had to deal with Dunlop's customer support.

Overall Rating : 10
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!


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $70
Submitted 08/09/2000 at 12:03am by Anonymous

Ease of Use : 7
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.

Sound Quality : 8
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).

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never had to deal with them.

Overall Rating : 8
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.


Product: Dunlop GCB-95
Price Paid: US $56 used
Submitted 06/03/2000 at 12:34am by johnny
Email: GuitarGeekster<at>aol dot com

Ease of Use : 9
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.

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : 10
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

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 8
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

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