The Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 is a Cry Baby wah pedal. Close alternatives include the Dunlop CB95 Crybaby and the Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah. It pairs well with the Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head and the Marshall JVM410H.

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95

Cry Baby · pedal

The Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 is a signature wah pedal built for blues legend Buddy Guy, based on the classic GCB95 Cry Baby circuit with voicing adjustments tailored to his highly expressive, vocal-like wah playing. It delivers the same throaty, midrange-focused sweep the standard Cry Baby is known for, tuned to respond well to slow, singing, conversational wah phrasing rather than the faster, more percussive wah style common in funk or rock. It suits blues players wanting an expressive, vocal wah character closely tied to one of the genre's most influential guitarists.

What stands out

  • “The BG95 delivers the wah character preferred by Buddy Guy for his expressive blues playing, with GCB95-based circuit modifications tailored to his highly vocal blues wah style”

    — from the community notes

  • “Use-case wise it suits blues players who want the expressive wah character associated with Buddy Guy's playing style”

    — from the community notes

  • “vocal-like wah playing”

    — from the listing

  • “It delivers the same throaty, midrange-focused sweep the standard Cry Baby is known for, tuned to respond well to slow, singing, conversational wah phrasing , more percussive wah style common in funk or rock”

    — from the listing

  • “Strengths: Signature modifications tailored to Buddy Guy's expressive blues wah style deliver a specifically voiced blues-oriented wah character”

    — from the reviews

Trade-offs

  • “gcb95-based circuit provides the reliable cry baby wah platform as the foundation”

    — from the reviews

  • wah
  • expressive
  • vocal
  • blues
  • throaty
  • signature character
  • singing
  • midrange

Genres the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 is commonly used in

Amps that pair well with the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95

Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head

Revv

21% match
$1199via Reverb

Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Comes later in the signal chain

Marshall JVM410H

Marshall

20% match

Put Marshall JVM410H in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Comes later in the signal chain

Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II

Mesa Boogie

tonal match
$1147.50via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt

Mesa Boogie

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Hughes & Kettner Coreblade for more high gain on top

Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H

Marshall

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H for more high gain on top

Friedman Small Box 50W EL34 Amp Head

Friedman

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Friedman Small Box 50W EL34 Amp Head in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Friedman BE-Mini Head

Friedman

tonal match
$196.01via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Friedman BE-Mini Head stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Pedals that stack with the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95

Cusack Music Tap-A-Fuzz

Cusack Music

24% match
$249via Reverb

Run mid-forward into Cusack Music Tap-A-Fuzz for more fuzzy on top

Comes later in the signal chain

Fjord Fuzz Odin

Fjord Fuzz

24% match
$199via Reverb

Put Fjord Fuzz Odin in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Comes later in the signal chain

Keeley Halo

Keeley

9% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95's dynamic voice out front: Keeley Halo goes after Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 in the signal chain so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Echoplex EP-3

Echoplex

8% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run Echoplex EP-3 after Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Death By Audio Destruction

Death By Audio

tonal match
$137.70via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Death By Audio Destruction in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2

Dr Scientist

tonal match
$203.84via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

Subdecay F-Bomb

Subdecay

tonal match
$229.95via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Subdecay F-Bomb in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Warm Audio Jet Phaser

Warm Audio

tonal match
$109.24via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Warm Audio Jet Phaser goes after Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95 — modulation reads clearest once the core tone is set

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Dunlop CB95 Crybaby

Dunlop

71% similarity
$117.71via Reverb

Shared character: blues players, wah, vocal

Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah

Dunlop

69% similarity
$200.29via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Halo Clyde McCoy Wah Replica Circuit Board (Populated)

Halo

67% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal

Vox Real McCoy

Vox

65% similarity
$229via Reverb

Shared character: blues players, wah, singing

Cry Baby Mini Wah

Cry Baby

64% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal

Vox WAH-V845

Vox

64% similarity
$49.27via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Park Wah

Park

63% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal

Dunlop EC95 Eric Clapton Cry Baby Wah

Dunlop

62% similarity
$428.21via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal, blues players

Vox V847A Wah

pedal

61% similarity

Shared character: blues players, wah, vocal

Real McCoy Custom RMC4 Picture Wah Pedal

Real Mccoy Custom

61% similarity
$165via Reverb

Shared character: genre, wah, vocal

Real McCoy Custom RMC4 Wah

Real Mccoy

60% similarity
$165via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Vox VRM-1

Vox

59% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95?+

The closest matches in character are the Dunlop CB95 Crybaby, the Dunlop Dimebag Cry Baby Wah, the Halo Clyde McCoy Wah Replica Circuit Board (Populated).

What pairs well with the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head, Marshall JVM410H, Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II — Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here.

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