Dunlop JH-1 Jimi Hendrix Wah Wah

There are no knobs or anything to adjust, so in that sense, it's easy to use. However, using a wah pedal takes some practice to get certain effects. The battery cmpartment is easier than the old one where you had to unscrew the bottom plate, however, it's made of crappy plastic that broke! They should have kept it the way it was!

The frequency of the sweep is pretty low as advertised, however its not drastically different from my old one that I had a long time ago(original Cry Baby, probably from the '80's). Jerry Cantrell supposedly uses this pedal, but I suspect his is modified. I saw the new AIC lineup not that long ago,and his sound was pretty good. Anyway, I was trying to get a Stooges/ Saint Vitus kind of wah sound with distortion, and with a Marshall Guvnor and some amp distortion, I got that sound. I mostly play punk rock and hardcore punk-influenced stuff, so I rarely use this pedal, but it's a nice effect to have in your arsenal. I pug the guitar (SG) into the distortion then the wah. As far as affecting the sound when it's off (wah pedals are notorious for this) it does a little bit, but not as bad as my old one did (the main reason I got rid of it).

This is where I was very disappointed. The little plastic battery compartment thing broke not that long ago, and I barely have even used this pedal. I's better to use a power source anyway, but this is still extremely dissapointing! I got the pedal several months ago, and either lost or accidentally threw out the reciept (I'll admit this was stupid on my part), so I cant return it. If they kept the design the way it was originally, I wouldnt have this problem. As far as gigging with it goes, I sasy the fewer effects the better when it comes to live playing, so I wouldnt even bother (wah is not an effect that is usually required in the music that I play).

I've been playing close to 10 years. I dont usually use wah but its a good effect to have around, after I started getting into Saint Vitus I knew I wanted to get a wah pedal again. If this pedal was stolen, I'd be pissed off but I wouldnt go and rush out and buy another one. If I ever did get another wah pedal, I'd be loooking at different makes and models, that's for sure. I shouldn't have to worry about some crappy palstic part breaking just from barely touching it. This is supposed to be a proffesional quality product, goddamnit! "Dunlop: live to play live." whatever.

Its a WAH-WAH! Read the whole review. However, I left a shorter version of this at the Musicians Friend web site under the ratings system for the product in question. I seriously doubt after it is reviewed by the genious web master at Musicians Friend it will be posted.

It's with unreserved indignation that I review this product. The depth to which I am appalled by this leaves me grasping for as much outrage as I can muster in the sadness I feel for the Hendrix Estate, not because they are being exploited but because they have so little self-respect that they have exploited their own flesh and blood! I can barely articulate my disappointment as 1. The Hendrix estate has again not only allowed this to happen but probably ccame up with the idea and it further cheapens the legacy of an Iconic guitar player; 2. Dunlop has the impudence to call this a signature wah. Dunlop Corp. basically took a GCB-95 standard wah board changed 2 capacitors and re-packaged it with some fancy graphics/cosmetics. This wah-wah does not sound any different than any other Dunlop Wah-Wah except that the high end is cut due to the capacitor change. The associated packaging and literature, the chrome top, black crinkle paint and the gasketed bottom plate are the only difference in this wah. They didn???t even use a ???Fasel??? inductor. I did not get nearly what I expected. I could change the two capacitors myself, and the rest is fluff. Save your money and buy the fasel inductor version, they are $30 cheaper and yes cheap is the correct word or better yet buy a Teese or a Fulltone Wah. Dunlop even used the old 2003 marked GCB-95 boards for this wah. They claim they copied it after a special fact finding trip to the Hendrix museum in Seattle, of course this was a special request accepted by and hosted by the beloved Hendrix Estate. I say this is total BS. They changed two caps and the cosmetics nothing more. Oh yea Dunlop increased the price for all their hard work go figure; unbelievable! What an outrage, Hendrix family you need to live up to name of the man who's legacy you live off of.

Dunlop Corp. this is yet another shameful marketing ploy which once again exemplifies the Hendrix Estates GREED along with Dunlop???s willingness to denigrate the significance of a legendary artist. The lows both have degenerated too; these egregious acts of greed are the only things new here! This is truly disgusting!

It is a shame that the Dunlop Corp. would go to this length to make a buck. Jimi Hendrix is a hero to many guitar players and a legend in the guitar world. I cannot believe the Hendrix Estate would do this. If they need money maybe they should charge more for entrance at the museum in Seattle. Egregiously disgraceful and shamelessly disrespectful! I own numerous wah's. I build custom tube amps and pedals including wah-wahs. The best way to get a wah that sounds great and above the rest, build it from scratch, have lots of spare like parts to change out till you find the magic combination???.

Who really cares!

What do you think?

It's your standard wah pedal. Plug in and go!

Okay... the tone is great, but it may not be what you're looking for. It doesn't have a high, cutting top end - that's probably a good thing, but it also means that your sound won't cut through the mix as much. The wah sounds good everywhere except maybe heel down (too much low end). I think I may have this modded to raise the range just a bit.

Dunlop makes good stuff. I've had an old 535 Crybaby for about 10 years (before the 535Q came out), and it's still solid. This pedal seems to be built just as tough or tougher.

I've emailed and called Dunlop a few times. They respond quickly, they're knowledgeable, and they're friendly. Great customer service!

I'd like to mention that mine is a limited edition model - it has a purple paint job. I don't think that makes any difference as far as sound is concerned, though. It is a good-sounding wah, but I doubt that it has enough variety or the right range for most playing styles. The good thing about this wah, though, is that almost every position is a sweet spot. I got mine for free (long story) so I can't complain, but this probably won't replace my old 535, no matter how much tone the 535 sucks while in bypass.

stock its easy enough, but the switch is harder to engage compared to other wahs.

so stock i give it 8 for operation- after taking the rubber bushings out and cutting them in half (so they are only 1/2 as tall) i give it a 10 for operation cause it switches much easier

really nails that hendrix wah thang

its not quite as vocal as the clyde, but very close. it is not super versatile - meaning the sweep does not go as low and high (bass and treble) as other wahs (crybaby, etc.), but it is a very midrange oriented wah with no top harshness

thats why it nails the hendrix sound.

i read @ musicians friend where someone said it does not get enough high-end treble.....duh! thats the point! thats what hendrix's wahs sounded like. no shrill treble. they should have gotten a crybaby if they wanted top end


i guess what im saying is its very musical and the mid-heavy wah is centered around a very musical frequency. easy to nail that classic middy wah.

other than changing the pot every few years its built like a tank

not sure

i play rock/blues/classical/ska/etc.

i know thats a cliche but i am open to everything. limiting yourself from music only limits your playing as a result.

ive been playing right at 17 yrs, this is maybe my 10th wah.

it works very well and is great for the hendrix wah thang

very easy enough said but as far being upgraded i have done my own slight modifications of the pedal i cut the rupper tips off for1).more sweep/foot travel.2).makes it easier to click the effect on/off.

it's a nice thick sounding wah with alot of vocal mid range anf fat lows and the highs are pretty clean w/out sounding too harsh.it does add quite a bit of noise to the amp when using alot of distortion which is normal but you can always work around it either a noise gate or turn off your distortion footswitch/pedals off during pauses that what i do with my BB-2 od/booster box for that over the top metal type of gain/chunk/solos etc..... or hit the clean channel as well.

i've used it couple of times in a studio and a few open mike nights w/ no problems.I guess if my dime crybaby from hell broke down i would use this wah to get me through the night or saved the day etc....

I play mostly rock and metal works great through my marshall valvestate amps which has a nice metal edge to them with my Black les paul standard w/ZW style of EMG pickups.If it did get stolen i could always use my other 3 wahs the dime crybaby,GCB-95 crybaby and the bad horsie wah but out the 4 i would rather hold on to the jimi hendrix and dime models because they either got alot of tone or the right nature of tone that makes the wah sound so effective.

Very easy to use, it??s a wah-wah pedal , just step on it. The on/off switch is a little bit hard to push, nothing more.

Very hendrixian style , this pedal has a wider range than the others, I mean, more bass and more treble. Perfect fis to my needs, I play some old rock n'roll like Jimi Hendrix (God himself), Grand Funk Railroad, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc.
One of my sets: Epiphone SG (with my custom modifications Gibson hardware and pickups) , DeArmond 1600 Volume Pedal, Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Wah-wah, Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi I (Original), Ibanez TS-9, Boss Ds-1, Fender PT-100 , Boss CE-5 , MXR Phase 90, Boss DD-3, on a Duovox 100G Head (brazilian valve amp, perfect copy of teh original Fender Twin Reverb, even better than the new ones) on a 4x12' with originals Novik WXNSS speakers (based on Celestion Vintage 30, but sounds better in my opinion).

The JH-1 sounds great, of course my set up helps, but I tested it on different amps and it also sound great. DEserves a 10

Dunlop Cry Baby style , solid as a rock, no need to backups.

I live in Brazil, the support is given by the store that sells, no problem with this. I have never called Dunlop customer support.
I can fix, modify, improve, all my equipment I don't need customer support.

Great pedal , precious one ! I have mine for two years, and I'd buy another one if it was stolen.

Well this is where the pedal lets its self down. The on/off switch is really hard to push down so it is hard to turn it on/off (not good 4 on stage). However once it is on it is fine and simple to use.

I like it. I have both VOX V847 and JD JH-1, and in my opinion the JH is better. The JH gives a bigger sweep for a more effective Wah (which is good). I find the JH has a great sound and it also works well with OD or Dist.

I guess it is reliable, however the switch is a pain when playing. I think it would be ok gig with (I have).

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This is a great Wah-Wah pedal and gives a strong effective Wah. Again I have The V847 and that is also very good, so give either of them a good try. It is a shame about the switch in the JH-1.

It's a Wah pedal step on it (reeeallly step on it sometimes - as the 'on/off' switch in mine was not the best) and away you go. Taking the entire bottom off to access the battery bugged me a little, but to be fair it probably annoyed me more because I didn't enjoy this pedal at all.

Well a lot of people seem to like this pedal here, but after having owned one, I can't say I'm one of them.

I used this with a Marshall Valvestate 808/Honer L'59 (nice LP copy) set-up and was NOT impressed. The tonal sweep was too extreme for my tastes (though funnily enough, at the guitar store I talked myself into thinking it was cool :( ), and it was all just too brittle. For those reading this, don't confuse 'extreme' with 'good' because it simply isn't the case.

The pot in mine started getting all scratchy after a couple of weeks, and was annoying as hell. While trying to play clean and funky rythyms the noise from the pot was plain irritating. I tried getting in there and cleaning it up, but to no avail. Just crappy.

Never bothered.

I bought this new about 10 years ago, and sold it again within a couple of months, mainly because (problems aside) I didn't like the overly trebly sound. I've played other wah's that heve a much smoother sound, but if you want your signal to turn into something that resembles a 30 year-old AM radio with a single speaker, have fun with this pedal. But for me, it just doesn't pass muster...

Just step on the button and unleash the fury. Never got a manual as I found it used. But any fool can use a wah wah.

I used this effect with a Us strat and a Line 6 spyder II 30 watt amp. I found that although this pedal sounded great clean, and even better with a marshall crunch, it's optimal distorsion type was an extreme shred metal tone. It also works as a sustainer, and if you play a harmonic and sweep to the front, it will sustain forever. Some songs in particular that the tone works were, "Summer Song" by Joe Satriani and "The Audience Is Listening" by "Little Stevie Vai" Althoug i love this pedal to death, i miss having the Q control button to change the depth or the sweep. But I would not recommend that unless you have been using a wah wah pedal for a long time, and actually think you're good enough. But for a first wah pedal , or even a good player (Joe Satriani uses this along with his 535Q)this does great.

Solid as a a rock. Just dont get crap in the pots.

Never had a problem because its so beastly, and will never break.

To conclude, this is an incredibly great pedal for literally every style of music. Strangely, it even sounds great for techno. As in "Discotheque" by U2. I compared it with the original Cry Baby, and it destroyed it royaly. (Not really, the original is good too.) The only thing i wish it had was the Q control. Oh well For the price, it was a good buy. Even at the full $135 Canadian would be a good buy!!

Its a wah pedal.... not really too hard to use, one button under the expression pedal. Its not complicated to use at all. You only have one sound, so its not at all hard to work with. I got it used so i don't have the manual, but I've never had any trouble anyway.

I Have a Line 6 Spyder II with a highway 1 stratocaster (made in US)and I can achieve jazz cleans, and crazy Steve Vai Wah souds, (like in "The Audience Is Listening") It also sounds great playing some Satriani stuff. Its optimal area is from frets 5 - 14 and higher that its starts to sound less and less, stilll i love the sound and it is still playable at the high frets, and i still think it sounds good.

Solid as a rock. 'nuff said. Just don;t get and or dust in the pots.

never dealt with them

I love it. i compared it to the original crybaby and a moreley wah, and i liked it better. The original crybaby seemed better at first, but after i tried both of them I liked the hendrix more. The big down side though, is that you're paying for the name on the box, but the list price was only $30 more (Canadian. If it were stolen or lost i would most likely buy it again, ore look at the Joe Satriani Wah (Crybaby 535Q) The main downside though, is that you can't ajust the depth or the sweep, but i still love it and must give it an overall 9.