Dunlop Cry Baby Wah vs Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah

The Dunlop Cry Baby Wah and the Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah are both pedals sharing mid-forward, dynamic. The Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah leans aggressive and bright. Current prices: $85 vs $209.99.

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.

44% somewhat different

Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • mid-forward
  • dynamic
Citation fame
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Price

$85via Reverb

$209.99via Reverb

Description

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.

The Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby From Hell is a custom-tuned wah pedal featuring an extra-wide frequency range designed around Dimebag Darrell's aggressive playing style. The pedal delivers everything from throaty growl to all-out screaming highs, with a broader sweep than standard wah pedals enabling greater expressive range at both frequency extremes. The six-way tone control shifts the frequency range up or down to adapt the wah character to different tunings, pickups, and tonal contexts. The pedal features true bypass with fasel inductors to avoid tone-sucking, and dual LEDs indicate pedal and boost-function engagement.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Funk
  • Rock
  • Blues
  • Heavy Metal
  • Metal
  • Hard Rock
Tonal lean
  • aggressive
  • bright

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