Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah vs Vox Real McCoy
The Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah and the Vox Real McCoy are both pedals sharing dynamic, mid-forward. The Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah leans aggressive and bright. The Vox Real McCoy leans sustaining and smooth. Current prices: $200.20 vs $229.
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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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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- dynamic
- mid-forward
Vox Real McCoy
Vox · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$200.20via Reverb
$229via Reverb
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.
The Vox VRM-1 Real McCoy Wah is a faithful recreation of the legendary 1960s Clyde McCoy wah, the first wah pedal ever made, developed with input honoring the original creators. It is renowned for its iconic nasal voice and emphasized midrange, imparting a warm, melodic, vocal quality ideal for expressive lead guitar. Subtle modification of the inductor coils enables that classic nasal tone, and larger carbon film resistors with carefully selected capacitors deliver a warm, smooth sweep. It runs on battery with long life. Rather than a bright or aggressive modern wah, it captures vintage warmth and a singing midrange. It suits players chasing authentic 1960s wah tones, classic rock and blues lead expression, and a warm, melodic, vocal wah character in a vintage-styled pedal.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Heavy Metal
- Metal
- Hard Rock
- Classic Rock
- Blues
- aggressive
- bright
- sustaining
- smooth
- warm
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Busking