Dunlop Cry Baby vs Vox VRM-1

The Dunlop Cry Baby and the Vox VRM-1 are both pedals sharing mid-forward. The Dunlop Cry Baby leans dynamic and transparent.

Similarity
citedBlended 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

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Classic Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • mid-forward

Vox VRM-1

Vox · pedal

Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
79%
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Price

$85via Reverb

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Description

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 Vox VRM-1 Real McCoy is a meticulous recreation of the 1967 Vox wah circuit from Vox (Korg Japan), designed to reproduce the exact inductor-based wah character of the most iconic Vox wah design — the legendary "Real McCoy" original that defined the wah sound heard on countless late-1960s recordings. It captures the distinctive nasal midrange tone and vocal cry that established the wah pedal as a standard guitar effect.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Psychedelic Rock
  • Metal
  • Blues Rock
  • Funk
  • Blues
  • Rock
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Tonal lean
  • dynamic
  • transparent
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