The Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah is a Cry Baby wah pedal. Close alternatives include the Dunlop IM95K Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby and the Dunlop "Dimebag" Signature Wah Crybaby. It pairs well with the Magnatone 280 and the Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp.
Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah
Cry Baby · pedal
The Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah is a signature model built with Japanese metal guitarist Akira Takasaki of Loudness, combining a classic Cry Baby wah sweep with an onboard fuzz that can be engaged or disengaged from the circuit, for aggressive, fuzzy wah tones in one pedal. A side-mounted low-frequency sweep control shapes the wah's frequency range, and auto-return switching lets players snap instantly between dry and effected tone mid-performance without a separate bypass action. Built around Takasaki's decades of heavy metal lead playing, it suits players wanting an all-out, aggressive combination of fuzz and wah rather than a subtle, clean wah voice.
What stands out
“The Akira Takasaki Fuzz Wah combines fuzz and wah in one integrated pedal designed to replicate the fuzz-into-wah sound of Loudness guitarist Akira Takasaki, delivering the heavy, expressive lead wah tones of Japanese hard rock from one com…”
— from the community notes
“Its standout strength is the integrated fuzz-and-wah design optimized for rock and metal lead playing”
— from the community notes
“The Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah is a signature model built with Japanese metal guitarist Akira Takasaki of Loudness, combining a classic Cry Baby wah sweep with an onboard fuzz that can be engaged or disengaged from the circuit,…”
— from the listing
“Built around Takasaki's decades of heavy metal lead playing, it suits players wanting an all-out, aggressive combination of fuzz and wah , clean wah voice”
— from the listing
“Use-case wise it suits rock and metal players who want fuzz and wah in one pedal for heavy lead expression”
— from the community notes
- wah
- fuzz
- lead
- hard rock
- rock
- takasaki signature character
- metal
- aggressive
Genres the Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah is commonly used in
- Hard Rock
- Rock
- Metal
- Funk
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Heavy Metal
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Amps that pair well with the Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah
Magnatone 280
Magnatone
22% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → modulated)
What Magnatone 280 brings here leans toward modulated — that's worth building a pairing around
Comes later in the signal chain
Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp
Gibson
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp goes after Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah in the chain
Magnatone 510
Magnatone
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Magnatone 510 goes after Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah in the chain
Pedals that stack with the Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah
Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition
Walrus Audio
24% matchWalrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition leans toward clean boost, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes later in the signal chain
Walrus Audio Ages
Walrus Audio
24% matchWhat Walrus Audio Ages brings here leans toward clean boost — that's worth building a pairing around
Comes later in the signal chain
Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay V1
Walrus Audio
16% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → modulated)
Keep Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay V1 after Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Walrus Audio Melee Wall of Noise Black
Walrus Audio
16% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)
Run Walrus Audio Melee Wall of Noise Black after Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Subdecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator Synthesizer
Subdecay
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Put Subdecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator Synthesizer after Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah: pitch tracking is cleanest before anything colours the note
MXR Poly Blue Octave
MXR
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Put MXR Poly Blue Octave after Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah
EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things
EarthQuaker Devices
EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp
EarthQuaker Devices
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp goes after Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah in the chain
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Dunlop IM95K Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby
Dunlop
70% similarityShared character: wah, metal, hard rock
Dunlop "Dimebag" Signature Wah Crybaby
Dunlop
68% similarityShared character: wah, metal, hard rock
Dunlop Cry Baby Mini 535 Auto-Return Wah
Dunlop
61% similarityShared character: wah
Morley 20/20 Wah Boost
Morley
58% similarityShared character: countless rock and metal players, wah, metal
Wylde Audio Cry Baby Wah
Wylde Audio
58% similarityShared character: wah, metal, hard rock
Dunlop DB1B Dimebag Crybaby From Hell Wah
Dunlop
58% similarityShared character: wah, metal, fuzz
MXR WA90
MXR
54% similarityShared character: wah, hard rock
Morley Wah
Morley
52% similarityShared character: countless rock and metal players, wah, metal
Friedman Gold-72 Wah
Friedman
52% similarityShared character: wah
Shins Music Shin's Music Delicious Vintage Wah
Shins Music
52% similarityShared character: wah
Vox V846HW Wah
pedal
49% similarityShared character: wah, middle, fuzz
Electro-Harmonix Wailer Wah
Electro-Harmonix
48% similarityShared character: wah, middle, lead
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah?+
The closest matches in character are the Dunlop IM95K Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby, the Dunlop "Dimebag" Signature Wah Crybaby, the Dunlop Cry Baby Mini 535 Auto-Return Wah.
What pairs well with the Cry Baby Dunlop Akira Takasaki Cry Baby Fuzz Wah?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Magnatone 280, Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp, Magnatone 510 — What Magnatone 280 brings here leans toward modulated — that's worth building a pairing around.