Dunlop JH-1B Authenic Jimi Hendrix Wah

I gave the ease of use an 8 due to the fact that the adapter jack sits so far inside the pedal that none of my right angle ac plugs from my furman board would fit in the wah. I even had a hard time with a straight boss style adapter staying plugged into the pedal. I don't know if this is because dunlop wants you to buy their adapter but, it's a horrible design that makes no sense for someone who doesn't wanna deal with batteries.

I use a les paul standard premium plus, an early 70's sg and an american deluxe strat. My amp is a marshall dsl50 head and vintage 1960ax cab w greenbacks. I use the newest furman board with boss, fulltone, keeley and mxr pedals.
My main wah is a '68 vox wah. I thought I wanted a slightly deeper or thicker wah tone as the vox is a little trebley sometimes. Well, I thought I liked this new hendrix wah in the store, but when jamming with my band it only took me a day or two to really dislike this thing. It's so damn bassy and thick that you get no highs at all. You get almost nothing at all when your at heel down, and as you go up on it you keep waiting for some highs that never show up. It's also very muted and muffled. It looks really cool, but I don't know if I'd even call it a wah pedal, as it doesn't speak at all! I think the only time it sounds decent is when your playing totally clean, with no gain, but who the hell uses a wah for clean playing anyway?
This thing is almost as deep and muddy as the Zakk wah. My vox rules still. It does so much more with half the pedal travel of the hendrix wah. It's now up for sale, and as a second wah I bought the new CAE-dunlop dual inductor crybaby with the boost and it's way closer to what I was looking for. If your gonna go dunlop, I recommend the original crybaby or the classic one. I don't recall Jimi's wah sounding this crappy.

I don't know if the one I tried in the store was made better or if mine is a dud, but I'm bummed I got stuck with it. I waited forever to decide on modding it and couldn't return it. I almost sent it to keeley to mod it with hopes of thinning it out, but didn't wanna take a chance and lose more money. It would be easier to get a reissue vox, which is thinner and have keeley do a bass toggle switch or dual inductors to make it fatter. Anyway, try out the cheaper crybabys and voxes before you spring for this one. I guess I'm lucky to own my original vintage vox because so far nothing sounds like it.

It's a wah, so insert snide remarks about one button.

I use a Fender American Strat into a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I run a big pedalboard: Guitar, Jimi Hendrix Wah, EHX Q-Tron+, Voodoo Lab Proctavia, EHX Big Muff, Pro Co Rat, BBE Soul Vibe, EHX Stereo Electric Mistress, EHX Nano Small Stone, Ibanez AD-9, Boss tuner, amp. I only use the clean on my amp, sprinkled with some reverb. With the wah on clean, I get a Curtis Mayfield "Superfly" wah tone, great for R&B and funk. When I click my Rat on, the wah handles like a champ. The highs are singing (not piercing), the mids throaty, and the bass present. Some others complain about losing the bass, but my amp is super-bassy, so it kind of cancels it out. Surprisingly, this wah handles fuzz without oscillating and really wrangles it and molds it with the sweep. Speaking of which, the sweep is decent, not too short or long. I've had many different wahs, from the standard Dunlop Crybaby to the first Hendrix wah (Sounds nothing like this one), to the Morley Bad Horsie 2, to the Vox V847A. For trying to be the same pedal, the Vox and this Hendrix wah sound completely different. Both good, but for different reasons. The Vox has a lot more top. The wah sounds like Hendrix's "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" clean and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" dirty.

Like every Dunlop product I've tried, it sounds great and never dies.

Never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for 7 years, always working on my tone to find the sound in my head. This is the best wah I've come across, and I consider wah the one thing I have to have. If it were stolen, I would hunt that person down. Or just buy a new one. I love it's vocal quality. I hate that it says "Hendrix" on it, though I bleed Hendrix. I just don't want to be "that guy."

perfect range. perfect sound. this wah is the cats ass!!!

does not seem as heavy as other wahs ive had but seems solid enough. it does seem like it might crack if it was dropped.

never dealt with dunlop

i play everything, but this pedal is suited well for blues, blues rock, r&b. been playing for 22 years and have a TON of gear. to my ear, this wah is one of the best i have ever heard right out of the box! very vocal and fun to use. i would replace it fo' sho'

Very easy to get great sounds right out the box.

Excellent tones the sweep is perfect you get a awesome vocal tone that begins
at the top end of the wah and at the bottom it still sounds really tight and not shrill
or to high pitched like some wah's sound. I have been looking for a good wah for a while and I am very happy with the tone I get from this wah.

Think Hendrix Rainy day, Burning of the Midnight lamp, Little miss Lover
thats the sound very vocal like. I had both of the Fulltone wahs and sold them
to me this wah sounds way better especially for the price. It works very well with
my other pedals in my effects board I have it first in line
Strat or Les Paul-Jh1B-JHOC octavia-Lovepedal Eternity-Lovepedal Cot50-Lovepedal Karl-Sweet Sounds Mojo Vibe-Boss TU12 tuner-Moogerfooger MF104-Z analog delay
Marshall Vintage Modern.

No problems

Rock Blues Gospel and Funk
32 years and still learning
If I lost this I would have to get another one this is the wah sound
I have been looking for for a long time.
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just move it

It has a good wah range. This is a deeper sounding wah so when rocked all the way back it cuts down on the volume a bit, but its not that bad. I also have the jh-1 wah and I noticed no difference between the two other than the housing. The board is the basicly the same, the inductor is different though. My dad swears it sounds the best (we compared the jh-1b to the jh-1 as well as his vox 847a). I do prefer this wah over the vox because I like the deeper sound. Also the dunlop wahs generally retain more sustain than the vox pedals. I can play a note and rock the wah many times and sill be able to hear the wah sound and the note without it cuting out. I would say if you oxn the jh-1 dont get tis unless you just want it because it looks cool.

never had any problems with the other, I will expet the same for this.

never had to>

A good wah but at a price. since they dont make the jh-1 any more this is your best bet for that sound you have looked for. I gave my jh-1 to my bro. so if this was stolen I would buy another after I save enough cash.

It???s a wah, how much easier can it be to use.

I???ve been looking for a new wah for a while now. I???ve used a Teese RMC1, Crybaby Classic, Crybaby and the Vox 847. All of them were pretty nice, but not totally what I was looking for. I play blues based psychedelic rock and love vintage 60???s/early 70???s tones. I???ve been seeing ads for this new Authentic Jimi Hendrix wah and decided to check it out. It sounds nice and fat, which is what I was looking for. It???s also pretty vocal and sounds like a nice vintage wah. It???s pretty Hendrix sounding and has a nice sweep. Overall I???m very happy with the sound. I used this with an SG, a Hamer Newport through a Selmer TnB and a Bassman.

Don???t know, just bought it.

Overall I???m a bit mixed. Like I said above, it is a great sounding pedal, but there was a few things cosmetically I was not happy with. First off the pedal was $129.00, which is pretty steep for a wah. I think you???re pretty much paying for the cosmetics. It looks awesome, but there was a few flaws I was not happy with. First off there was a big bubble under the rubber pad you but your foot on. The double sided tape used to attach the rubber pad had a huge air pocket about the size of a silver dollar I had to pop in order for the rubber pad to correctly attach to the pedal. Second, the crinkle finish is a bit more delicate then the standard Dunlop wah paint job, which is fine with me, but who ever tightened the input/output jacks at Dunlop chipped the finish around the nut, so it???s showing a little bare metal on both sides. Third, the rubber white trim on the bottom was filthy. There???s dirt and scuffs are over it. If I???m paying $129.99, this pedal should look perfect. I own a few Dunlop pedals and this is the 1st one to have these issues. I???m also wondering if they just put the board from the old Hendrix wah in this new one and added the fancy cosmetics. It???s not true bypass, has the Dunlop inductor and really looks like your standard Crybaby on the inside (uses the standard Crybaby???s circuit board).