Vox Real McCoy vs Wylde Audio Cry Baby Wah
The Vox Real McCoy and the Wylde Audio Cry Baby Wah are both pedals sharing mid-forward, aggressive. The Vox Real McCoy leans dynamic and sustaining. The Wylde Audio Cry Baby Wah leans bright and high gain.
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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.49% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- aggressive
Vox Real McCoy
Vox · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$245.44via Reverb
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.
The Wylde Audio Cry Baby is Zakk Wylde's signature wah pedal, a Dunlop Cry Baby variant voiced for aggressive, vocal high-gain leads with a wide, pronounced sweep. Built for metal and hard rock, it delivers a sharp, cutting wah that stands out under heavy distortion, favored by players chasing Zakk Wylde's screaming Black Label lead tone.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Classic Rock
- Blues
- Hard Rock
- Metal
- dynamic
- sustaining
- warm
- bright
- high gain
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Busking