Dunlop Cry Baby vs Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby Wah
The Dunlop Cry Baby and the Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby Wah are both pedals sharing mid-forward, dark. The Dunlop Cry Baby leans dynamic. The Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby Wah leans tight and crunchy. Current prices: $85 vs $199.99.
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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.45% — 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
- dark
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$85via Reverb
$199.99via Reverb
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.
The Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby Wah is a signature pedal custom-voiced around Alice in Chains frontman Jerry Cantrell's dark, punchy grunge aesthetic. The pedal features a custom inductor tuned specifically for tight, punchy heel-down tone and a side-control knob for fine-tuning toe-down frequency. Unlike brighter wah designs, the Firefly delivers a dark, moody, vocal character without intense high-treble quack, making it particularly effective in moderate to heavy overdrive and distortion contexts. The limited-edition Firefly features glow-in-the-dark artwork on the tread, front badge, and bottom plate—an aesthetic nod to Cantrell's 2021 solo album Brighten.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Psychedelic Rock
- Metal
- Classic Rock
- Blues Rock
- Funk
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Grunge
- dynamic
- tight
- crunchy