Dunlop JH-1 Jimi Hendrix Wah Wah

Just stomp on it and Wha-Wha!!! Very easy

I use this Wha whit diferent Guitar and amp. Marshall Bluesbreaker, JCM 800, JCM 900 Fender Deluxe, Twin, Junior peavey Classic 50, Guitar Fender Strat. Tele, Gibson les paul standard, SG and it sound very good whit all mixed.

This Wha have the classic tone very funky and Hendrixian tone

It suck tone when the wha is off. It very easy to modified the switch Go to fulltone.com He sell the switch and he explain how to do yourself, (You can find a true bypass switch in electronic store)

I use it since 1988 whitout a back-up

Just a battery back-up

Just change the pot 2 time since 88

And modified the switch for thrue bypass switch

Never deal whit compagny

I play Blues, Rock, Top40, Funk, World Music and I use it since 1988 and this wha do a relly great job on all style

I just had to plug it in and play.
just did some little changes on my amp and thats all.
if you want a warm sound just put the trebble on low and the Middle some lower and the bass high!.
if you want a realy screaming noise just do the trebble and the middle higher and the bass some lower thats it! and it works perfectly to me!.

first of all my setup:

Amp: Marshall Valvestate 8080. (1 tube in the overdrive channel)
Effects: Zoom 1010
Dunlop JH-1 Wah Wah
Marshall Bluesbreaker II
Guitars: Fender Stratocaster Mex (2003)
Aria STG-series with a EMG element.
Richwood Dreadnought (acoustic)
Kapok Statocaster Jap (1998)
Kapok Classic (acoustic)
Hondo Stratocaster (1992)
Fender Telecaster USA (1978)
Drums: Thunder.
1e Tom, 2e Tom, Floor drum, Bass drum, Snare drum, Hi-hat,
Crash, Ride.
I got lots of more things but i don't want to write them all down.

I think the Dunlop JH-1 is not realy noisy, sometimes when i play loud
on gigs or when i put the bass on high it a little bit noisy but thats allright.

i think it sounds great! with every thing you want to play on it.

i play like Jimi Hendrix and Keith Richards (The Stones) and when i play some songs like Voodoo chile it ounds amazing!, just tune your amp a little bit.

Everytime i used the Dunlop with a gig it sounds great!..
no wierd things.

the people in the store were i bought were realy nice aldo i new those guys so.
and yeah if there is something wrong with my things they will repair it.

my style of music is the 60's 70's.
rock and rock 'n' roll and bluesy.
i play now for like over 12 years.
just try it out sometime and you will enjoy playing guitar much more.

The fact there is no on-off led IS an issue; real-life gigs on festival-size stages can be poorly monitored.

I use Strats thru fender 75's and a Hiwatt bottom, with a tube screamer. The JH-1 does the job, but it isn't worth the extra money from a regular Crybaby, which I've had for years before it got static. Anyway, the wah effect is by definition a very low-fi thing, so I don't really care how it sounds. Quite sensual clean, and works great for Michael Schenker type filtering. You can also just click it on full treble at the end of a high fret bend, and it's natural increased gain will give you sustain for days. But all whas do that.

Never had a problem, but I know it will pick up dust and die in given time, like the old one.

Never called.

I play lounge type electro with DJ's, and also some Pink Floyd tribute. If it were stolen I woudn't replace it, I'd try something else. It's pro touring and studio tool, but it's no instant classic. I'm a true Hendrix fan, but I bought it because it was the last one on the rack. If anyone thinks they're going to sound like Hendrix because of a sticker on a box, they deserve to keep on playing in their basements.

pretty good this was only my second wah pedal

i have a an ibanez going through a 2x12 crate and i really liked the rich tones from this pedal but i found that when playing high notes the wah didnt seem to register but the mids sounded rich and full so did the lows

this is the reason i am writing this review because i have only owned this pedal for about 8 months and i dropped it from about three feet in the air next time i tried to use it, it didn't work right i mean i know you arnt supposed to drop these things but as heavy as it is and as much metal that its made with i mean comon it should be able to take a little abuse

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becuse it broke on me so fast i am going to have to give this a very low rating, buyers beware this thing is as fragile as a egg (sounds good though)

First of all - I'm a keyboard player and I use JH-1 with my synth (Roland XV-5050 with SRX-07 Ultimate Keys expansion), so this is a keyboardist's point of view (sorry to all guitar freaks here :).

JH-1 is very easy to use, just like an usual expression pedal. However, you have to get used to it - you should practise it to get that cool sound. And it don't slip on the floor - manufacturers of keyboard pedals, follow Dunlop's example!

Good. Of course, it is not primarily designed to use with synths, but from all those wah-wah's I tried (Crybaby classic, VOX's and some other) this one suits my ears (and synths) best.
It has a wide range (wwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaah instead of waaaah) and all sounds I run through it (fender rhodes, clavi's, synth leads etc.; naturally some work better than the others) are very, very funky. On the other hand, sometimes there is a small distortion and hiss (but maybe this is ok for guitars, I don't know) and the resulting sound needs to be equalized.

Looks rock solid, our guitarist have been using Crybaby Classic for 9 years now without a break.

No experience.

Well, this thing is a very good choice for a keyboard player. You have to forget about stereo but it makes you sound so funky that nothing else can do (forget those poor auto-wah f/x's in your synth) and it is very funny to play it. It adds more expressivity to your playing which I think is very important for keyboard players. If you are into funky or fusion, give it a try. I would definitely buy it again.

Very easy to use. The i can't even remember reading the manual as its pretty self explanitory. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY WAH TO MAKE WAH SOUND GOOD. Rocking back and forth isnt wah. You need trills and variations in the rocking, this makes the freq range a little hard to get accustomed to, small movements sound the best.

I am using a Epi LP standard, with seymour duncan pearly gates pickups for that Texas blues sound, with a Marshall AVT100. The AVT's distortion isn't that great anyway, a bit too sharp coz the valve emulation lacks the warmth of the vaccum tubes in the actual master section. The pedal isn't noisy at all in clean but you can make wooshing wind sounds rocing the pedal even if your vol. on your guitar is turned down (overdriven). THE PEDAL IS A MAJOR TONE LEACH!!! I bought seymour duncans to boost my treble and mid response, making artificial harmonics sound like Gibbons himself. I was heartbroken arfter i hooked up my wah that the sound turned to mud. Its a good tone if thats what ur after but a pedal that alters tone is a definate shit off.

ROCK SOLID.

Didn't deal with Dunlop at all during dransaction. Havent upgraded it.

I paly texas blues, rolling stones, neil young, Tom Petty, Ted Nugent.
Would get something else if stolen
Love the ruggedness and low end on the pedal.
IT SUCKS YOUR TONE!!! (inexcusable)
I am going to replace the entire circuit board with the Roger Mayer Red Lion upgrade. Hopefully this will keep my tone and not destroy it.

Can you wipe your ass? Well, then I bet you can use it.

I use it with an american strat and a fender hot rod deluxe. It's not noisy at all. It does exactly what it says it does...try it before you buy it...I wasn't able to try it (here, in Eastern Europe it's very hard to get your hands on good equipment: there're no music stores in Romania), so I decided to check out the reviews here on www.harmony-central.com. What can I say...well, guys, maybe some of you are kinda rich or you're able to buy every piece of equipment you want, or maybe you're able to sell or trade it anytime...what can I say...BUT MAKE UP YOUR MIND: the fact that the thing doesn't do what you want then it doesn't mean that it is a piece of junk. Some of us are not able to get equipment that easy...OK?
It's quite dificult to get used to the JH-1 at the beginning, cause it's not an average wah. The sweep range is different (very waaaaaah, not just waaah, very human-like, or musical), the sound is "muffled" when the sweep range is down - some say - but I think it's just the added bass (i.e. the modified frequency of the circuit) which helps you define your wah-wah licks better. Take into consideration that there's a drop in the volume when the sweep range is down. IMHO this is one of the greatest thing about this wah (the added bass and the very little yet sleek volume drop add to musicality) However, this drop in volume is noticeable when using clean or smooth crunch. I can easily get the sound of Hendrix or Vaughan through the thing. Hell, when using it correctly (look under!), I can get Satriani or Zakk Wylde with it.
But PAY ATTENTION!!!
Use it after the overdrive or distortion units in your chain. It's the way Hendrix used it. You will notice that the thing was created for this position! You can try several positions (some people say you have to use it before all the units, but Dunlop advertises the contrary), but you'll draw the same conclusion I did.

Very reliable. Hard as a rock. No backup needed. Maybe just a battery per year would be nice :)

Never dealt with Dunlop...my unit was bought in the USA...if broken, I couldn't do anything with the warranty or anything.

Perfect match for my style (blues-rock / funk / hard rock). I've been playing for 6 years now, 2 profesionally. I've been dreaming about a nice Dunlop since I set my hands on my first guitar. I also own Boss DD-2 Delay, Boss SD-2 Dual Overdrive, Boss DS-1 Distortion, Ibanez TS-9 DX. If stolen, I'ld definitely kill the guy :) I would buy the same model!!! Comparing it to the Dunlop GCB-95, the GCB sounded weak and very trebly to me. The JH-1 sounds very nice, very nice, indeed. It helps you a lot to build your personal wah-wah phrases, licks, etc. Very, very musical.

I'd say that if you need to know how to use it, you should'nt be using it!

I use a variety of Strats set up for everything from metal to Texas blues. I play through a Peavey XXX and a Vintage 30 4x12. I have always used an original crybabay, and I loved it. I would love to say that " I'm a blues player ", but I have a metal heart. I'm not into the Vai, Malmsteen, Satriani stuff. I'm more into the Zakk, Dime, Roahds game. I was a little taken back by the depth of the sweep, but soon got used to it and can make it do everything the crybaby can do and more. I always knew Zakk used one, but after playing it I can now hear who else uses it, or sounds like they do anyway," Holy Godsmack Batman"!!! I will say it sound a little lame through a practice amp, I use a Peavey Trans Tube 1x12 Bandit, but throug the XXX its super sonic.

Built like a tank, my crybaby is as old as dirt and never had a problem, so I expect the same with the Hendrix.

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I play classic rock and Texas style SRV/early ZZ Top blues to Hard and Heavy, like Ozzy, Pantera, Godsmack. This nails it all, especially with a tube head.

Very simple to use...A button clicks to activate/deactivate the effect. The farther forward you rock the pedal the more treble appears, rock it backwards, less treble and more bass...Extremely easy to use, lots of possibilites.

My setup is a 2001 Fender Std. Strat (customized with various aftermarket parts and 2 Seymour Ducan Lil '59 pickups), Boss DS-1 Distortion, Real Tube Overdrive, into a Fender Hot Rod Deville 410. Noise isn't really factor, except for when Overdrive of Distortion is used, as you rock the pedal back and forth...a static like sound is produced; but this is very typical in all wah pedals...its the nature of the beast so to speak.

Its modeled after Jimi Hendrix and his trademark wah sound...Dunlop made this model with a lower "sweep" in the wah making it different than other wahs...I feel that it replicates Jimi's tone quite well but its more of how he utilized and manipulated his wah to achieve his tone...one of those trademark things that every guitar player sounds different, even if they are all using the exact same equipment.

Its very dependable....I'm 21 and recieved it as a 16th birthday present...I regularly use it in my own freetime playing, and also on an extremely regular basis playing in a band on weekends for the last 2 1/2 years...without a backup I might add...The construction is wonderful, built like a tank...I would trust this thing to play my own rendition of "Voodoo Child" when I'm in the Shady Acres Old Folks home in 60 more years.

I've never needed to contact Dunlop, or send it in for repairs...The only thing I would recommend is to make sure there is always grease on the gear under the pedal; otherwise it could end up squeaking when its used...also something extremely typical of wah pedals. Even though I have not needed to ask for assitance, I'll still rate this category at a 10 because not needing contact them for assistance shows the quality in their product.

I play mostly Classic Rock and Blues, which matches with this pedal greatly...I cover about 3 Hendrix tunes, and yes, Voodoo Child is one of them! I have been playing for almost 9 years. If it were stolen or lost, I wouldn't buy anything else other than another Jimi Hendrix wah....but I would still greatly miss my original, because of its history with me and its hands-down my favorite pedal. I absolutely love everything about it, I wouldn't change a thing on it....Its the greatest effect in the whole world to shape a way to make your guitar sound.

Well, I just got it today and when I took it out of the box the damn thing was pretty stiff at first. It took a while to break it in and loosen up the axles and stuff. Even when I mannaged to break it in it was a little tricky to work. Based on what the other people say in these reviews, "it takes a little while to get the hang of" -and- "It's either all the way trebly or all the way bassy." Both of these comments are very true. The middle line between bass and treble is very thin and trying to find that "in between" point is a little bothersome and as far as rocking the pedal goes, you have to know this pedal well.

FIRST OFF, GET THIS. THE CIRCUITRY FOR THE JH-1 IS THE CIRCUITRY FOR THE DUNLOP GCB-95 ORIGIONAL CRYBABY (DUNLOP'S CHEAP WAH MODEL). WHICH EXPLAINS WHY IT THE WAH SOUNDS SO "ARTIFICIAL." DUNLOP ALSO WIRED IN A TRUE-BYPASS CIRCUIT INTO THE PCB-BOARD TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK THEIR GETTING SOMETHING GOOD. THE ONLY THING THAT IS "JIMI HENDRIX" ABOUT IT IS THAT IT HAS THE "mod" WHICH IS A POTENTIOMETOR THAT JIMI WOULD HAVE INSTALLED IN HIS WAHS. WHICH BY THE WAY IS A
100k hot-potz C taper potentiometer, incase any of you want to know. SO FOR ALL OF YOU JIMI FANS LIKE ME MAY GET A LITTLE DISSAPOINTED IF YOU ARE EXPECTING SOUNDS LIKE "VOODOO CHILE(slight return)".

NOTE: my advice for anyone who wants Jimi is to go out and get a
cheap empty VOX wah chassy (without any electronics), and
install a 100k hot-potz C taper potentiometer then send the
wah to someone over the internet to install a handmade
v848 circuit, then use ZINC cell batteries to enhance the tone.

Another NOTE: There has been much debate over which wah pedal that
Jimi used and everyone seems to think that Jimi used a
VOX v847 wah and this could very well be true, but it
is known for a fact that Jimi used a VOX v846 in the
beginning which he later switched to a v848 Clyde. Of
course, on all of his wahs he had the pots switched out.

The tone of the wah really isn't bad at all once you start to get used to it. It takes time. And I do in fact very well here some
Jimi esque sound. But it does not sound like Jimi that much to me when I turn on the Jimi Hendrix records. And I use a Fender Strat, a Fuzz Face, and a Marshall 100w Plexi head with 6650's (like Jimi's), and Marshall 1960 cabs with 75w Celestons (Jimi switched to these during the Electric Ladyland days.

When you keep the wah in one position, it sounds wah to artificial (crybaby) and sounds good if you rock the pedal ounce you are skilled at using the wah in conjuction with your guitar playing. One of the great things about this wah is that when you turn the wah off, the true-bypass is activated.

It looks like the metal chassy is pretty sturdy. However the plastic gear on the potentiometer as well as the plastic piece that rotates it when you rock the pedal seems like it is apt to break within a few years of use. That bottom metal plate is pretty thin too.

Never dealt with dunlop. But I'm thinking of raising hell with them.

I don't mean to sound like a jerk when it comes to this wah. I guess I was just expecting just a little bit more out of it. After all, it IS a Crybaby. Dunlop has false advertisement about the design of this pedal. Dunlop clearly states "60's design" which is not true at all. It's not a VOX design, neither is it a "60's design" crybaby. It is the same ole classic crybaby with a true-bypass and a different potentiometer. The PC board clearly states that it is a GCB-95 wah circuit, NOT a VOX circuit like Jimi's.

In case you find it a little okward that I put down some fairly decent ratings for this pedal, and then bitched about it in all of my comments... I think that this is great wah, but it shouldn't be sold as a Jimi Hendrix wah. That's the part that pisses me off.

All of my ratings are out of pure honesty. I'm not the type to bitch about things but when it comes to Jimi Hendrix, then things start to get a little serious. And when something says Jimi on it and doesn't sound like Jimi, then it gets personal.

In the words of a very pissed off Jimi Hendrix fan yet serious musician, this is my overall rating of this product. I tried to view this wah pedal in every aspect, detail, and use. I rated this pedal disregarding Jimi Hendrix and looking at the pedal as another typical wah, which it is.