The Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65 is a Cry Baby wah pedal. Close alternatives include the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Multi-Wah and the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby 95Q. It pairs well with the Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head and the Marshall JVM410H.

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65

Cry Baby · pedal

The Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65 is a premium wah pedal using dual inductors instead of the single inductor found in the standard GCB95 circuit, producing a wider, more complex wah sweep that covers more of the guitar's frequency range at once for a richer, more vocal character. It suits players who want a deeper, more textured wah voice than the standard Cry Baby sweep, in the same GCB65 chassis and control layout as Dunlop's other Cry Baby wahs.

What stands out

  • “Use-case wise it suits players who want a premium wah with enhanced frequency response for more expressive wah character in rock, funk, and blues”

    — from the community notes

  • “s frequency range at once for a richer”

    — from the listing

  • “The Custom Badass GCB65 delivers dual-inductor wah topology that produces a broader and more harmonically complex wah sweep than single-inductor designs, giving players a richer, more vocal wah character with wider frequency coverage”

    — from the community notes

  • “Its standout strength is the dual-inductor topology that delivers wider, richer wah sweep beyond single-inductor designs”

    — from the community notes

  • “more vocal character”

    — from the listing

Trade-offs

  • “Custom Badass circuit delivers enhanced tonal performance above the standard GCB95 platform”

    — from the reviews

  • “wider wah sweep may be more dramatic than players who want a subtle”

    — from the reviews

  • wah
  • frequency
  • expressive
  • vocal
  • complex
  • frequency response
  • harmonically complex
  • response

Genres the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65 is commonly used in

  • Rock
  • Blues
  • Funk
  • Soul
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65

Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head

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21% match
$1199via Reverb

Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal

Comes later in the signal chain

Marshall JVM410H

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20% match

Run mid-forward into Marshall JVM410H for more high gain on top

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Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II

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Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II for more high gain on top

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

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tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Hughes & Kettner Coreblade in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

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

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tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt for more high gain on top

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tonal match

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Run mid-forward into Friedman Small Box 50W EL34 Amp Head for more high gain on top

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Put Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

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Comes later in the signal chain

Friedman BE-Mini Head layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal

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Run mid-forward into Fjord Fuzz Odin for more fuzzy on top

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Put Cusack Music Tap-A-Fuzz in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

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Keeley Halo

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9% match
$249via Reverb

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

Put Keeley Halo after Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65 in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65 — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Echoplex EP-3

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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 Custom Badass GCB65 in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65 — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Death By Audio Destruction

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tonal match
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Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Death By Audio Destruction for more fuzzy on top

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tonal match
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Comes later in the signal chain

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Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Subdecay F-Bomb for more fuzzy on top

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tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into JHS Pedals JHS Cheeseball for more fuzzy on top

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Multi-Wah

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75% similarity

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65?+

The closest matches in character are the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Multi-Wah, the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby 95Q, the Dunlop CB95 Crybaby.

What pairs well with the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65?+

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 layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal.

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