Dunlop Buddy Guy Signature Cry Baby Wah Wah vs Dunlop Cry Baby
The Dunlop Buddy Guy Signature Cry Baby Wah Wah and the Dunlop Cry Baby are both pedals sharing mid-forward, dynamic. The Dunlop Buddy Guy Signature Cry Baby Wah Wah leans sustaining and full. Current prices: $209.99 vs $85.
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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.49% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
- Blues Rock
- Classic Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- dynamic
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$209.99via Reverb
$85via Reverb
The Dunlop Buddy Guy Signature Cry Baby is a wah pedal built to the specification of the Chicago blues guitarist, whose expressive, vocal-like phrasing makes heavy use of the wah as a tonal voice rather than a rhythmic effect. Signature Cry Baby models typically adjust the sweep range, Q and inductor choice to suit the artists playing style rather than changing the basic circuit topology. It suits blues and blues rock players wanting a wah voiced for expressive, singing lead lines.
The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95 is the standard-production version of the original Cry Baby wah pedal, built around a Fasel red inductor and a halo-style pot that defines the classic late-1960s wah sweep character. It produces a midrange-focused vocal sweep that sharpens attack on distorted lead tones and adds expressive movement to clean rhythm playing. Heavily associated with the foundational wah sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Slash, and Tom Morello, it is among the best-selling and most widely used wah pedals in production. Genre fit is broad: blues, rock, funk, metal, and psychedelic rock all use this pedal's sweep as a core element.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Psychedelic Rock
- Metal
- Funk
- Rock
- sustaining
- full