Dunlop Cry Baby Junior CBJ95SB vs Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone
The Dunlop Cry Baby Junior CBJ95SB and the Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone are both pedals sharing mid-forward. The Dunlop Cry Baby Junior CBJ95SB leans dynamic. The Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone leans transparent. Current prices: $191.37 vs $93.50.
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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.- Rock
- Blues
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$191.37via Reverb
$93.50via Reverb
The Dunlop CBJ95 Cry Baby Junior, here in special edition black, is Dunlop's first wah engineered from the ground up for pedalboards, with a compact eight inch chassis and front mounted jacks so it slots into crowded boards. Three instantly selectable voicings, H, M and L, span the full wah spectrum, with H delivering the Cry Baby's trademark aggressive, treble forward snarl, M providing a midrange heavy growl reminiscent of vintage wahs, and L yielding a warm, bassy purr ideal for rhythm. It suits rock, funk, blues and lead players who want classic Cry Baby wah tones with modern voicing flexibility in a space saving, gig ready format.
The Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone is a compact wah pedal built with no moving parts, replacing the traditional mechanical potentiometer and rocking treadle mechanism with an angle-sensing design housed in a solid, contoured bottom plate. Rocking the sealed pedal back and forth on the floor produces a wah sweep with more range than a standard CryBaby-style wah, sitting tonally between vintage growl and modern clarity. Because there's no pot or moving treadle to wear out, the sweep stays smooth and consistent over years of use with no scratchy or intermittent contact. Alternate voicings, including cocked-wah and square-wave modes, are accessed via a calibration switch held in different pedal positions, though switching between them mid-performance is slower than a standard mode toggle. It suits blues and rock players who want authentic, wide-range wah sweep in a nearly indestructible, low-maintenance format rather than a traditional treadle-and-pot design.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Funk
- dynamic
- transparent