Dunlop Buddy Guy Signature Cry Baby Wah Wah vs Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
The Dunlop Buddy Guy Signature Cry Baby Wah Wah and the Dunlop Cry Baby Wah are both pedals sharing mid-forward, dynamic, glassy. 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.47% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- dynamic
- glassy
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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 is the original production wah pedal, built around a responsive sweep and musical response curve that has defined the classic wah sound since the late 1960s. It ranges from a vocal, midrange-focused quack on funk rhythm playing to a soaring, expressive sweep on sustained lead lines, and its simple, rugged construction has made it a road-tested staple for decades. It suits blues, rock, funk, and psychedelic playing, and remains the benchmark wah pedal most other wah designs are compared against.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues Rock
- Classic Rock
- Funk
- Rock
- sustaining
- full