Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 vs Zvex Super Seek Wah

The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 and the Zvex Super Seek Wah are both pedals. The Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 leans transparent and dynamic. Current prices: $85 vs $290.

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.

35% — somewhat different

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Price

$85via Reverb

$290via Reverb

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 Zvex Super Seek Wah is an 8-step sequencer wah pedal from Z.Vex Effects (Minneapolis, Minnesota), using eight individual frequency-setting knobs (one per sequencer step) to program rhythmic wah sweep patterns that cycle at a speed set by a Time control. It is the wah-voice companion to the Seek Trem, enabling complex auto-wah patterns with programmable frequency steps across 4/6/8 step lengths.

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