Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 vs Vox V846 Vintage

The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 and the Vox V846 Vintage are both pedals sharing bright, mid-forward. The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 leans transparent and dynamic. The Vox V846 Vintage leans aggressive.

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.

43% — somewhat different

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

$85via Reverb

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Description

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 Vox V846 Vintage is a faithful recreation of the legendary 1966-1968 Vox V846 wah pedal from Vox (Korg Japan), capturing the aggressive, wider sweep and pronounced high-end of the original Italian-made inductor-based wah used by Jimi Hendrix and early Eric Clapton. Considered the second iconic Vox wah after the V847, it delivers the nasal, forward midrange cry of classic psychedelic rock.

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

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