Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 vs Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone
The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 and the Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone are both pedals sharing transparent, mid-forward. The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 leans dynamic. The Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone leans smooth. Current prices: $85 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.41% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- mid-forward
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$85via Reverb
$93.50via Reverb
The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 is the legendary wah-wah pedal defined by a responsive sweep, musical response curve, and classic rock pedigree. Its simple single-pedal design provides expressive tone-shaping from funk quacks to soaring lead wails. The GCB-95 remains the standard wah pedal for rock, blues, and funk players worldwide.
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
- Classic Rock
- dynamic
- smooth