Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 vs Vox V847A Wah
The Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 and the Vox V847A Wah are both pedals sharing dynamic, mid-forward. The Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 leans sustaining. The Vox V847A Wah leans transparent and analog warmth.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.51% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
- Rock
- Funk
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- dynamic
- mid-forward
Vox V847A Wah
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 is a signature wah pedal built for blues legend Buddy Guy, based on the classic GCB95 Cry Baby circuit with voicing adjustments tailored to his highly expressive, vocal-like wah playing. It delivers the same throaty, midrange-focused sweep the standard Cry Baby is known for, tuned to respond well to slow, singing, conversational wah phrasing rather than the faster, more percussive wah style common in funk or rock. It suits blues players wanting an expressive, vocal wah character closely tied to one of the genre's most influential guitarists.
The Vox V847A is a reissue of the classic 1960s and 1970s Vox wah, delivering the same vocal growl era rock guitarists relied on, with a warm, throaty character that's slightly darker than many modern wahs. As the treadle rocks, the sweep morphs smoothly between a low-pass and high-pass filtering character, almost analog-synth-like in its motion, giving it real vocal expressiveness on lead lines. It suits rock, funk, and blues players wanting an authentic vintage Vox wah voice for both cutting leads and clean, funky rhythm chop.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- sustaining
- transparent
- analog warmth