Dunlop AT95 Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah vs Vox VFZ-1
The Dunlop AT95 Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah and the Vox VFZ-1 are both pedals sharing dynamic, sustaining. The Dunlop AT95 Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah leans saturated and high gain. The Vox VFZ-1 leans fuzzy and warm. Current prices: $150.68 vs $147.86.
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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.42% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Classic Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- dynamic
- sustaining
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$150.68via Reverb
$147.86via Reverb
The Dunlop AT95 Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah is a signature pedal for Akira Takasaki, guitarist of Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It combines a Cry Baby wah circuit with a switchable onboard fuzz, custom-voiced for a low-frequency sweep tailored to Takasaki's fast, aggressive playing style. Auto-return switching engages the wah only when the pedal is depressed, and LED indicators show the active status of fuzz and wah independently. Designed for heavy metal, shred, and high-gain lead playing.
The Vox VFZ-1 is a fuzz pedal delivering the character of the influential late-1960s two-transistor circuit associated with the celebrated Mk 1.5 design, reworked by Vox as a modern silicon-driven interpretation. It keeps the warmth, harmonic richness and touch responsiveness of classic fuzz -- thick, saturated and singing at high settings, breaking into a raw, garage-flavoured splat lower down -- while adding stability and reliability. Volume and Fuzz controls are joined by a Tone Cut switch that rolls off high frequencies at the output for a darker, rounder voice, and a Bass Cut switch setting how much low end reaches the gain stages, tightening the fuzz for chord work. Unusually for a vintage-style fuzz, the VFZ-1 has high input impedance, preserving the guitar's natural harmonics and staying compatible with buffered pedals and wahs placed in front of it. Well suited to classic rock, garage and expressive lead fuzz.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Metal
- Blues
- saturated
- high gain
- mid-forward
- fuzzy
- warm
- gritty