The Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior is a Cry Baby wah pedal. Close alternatives include the Dunlop Cry Baby Mini 535 Auto-Return Wah and the Cry Baby Mini Wah. It pairs well with the Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head and the Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt.

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior

Cry Baby · pedal

The Dunlop Cry Baby Junior is a compact, smaller-format wah pedal built on the same core Cry Baby wah circuit as the standard-size models, delivering the familiar vocal wah sweep in a smaller, more pedalboard-efficient enclosure. It suits players who want the traditional Cry Baby wah voicing without the footprint of a full-size wah, ideal for travel rigs or space-constrained boards.

What stands out

  • “In the signal chain wah is typically placed first before drive pedals”

    — from the community notes

  • “The Dunlop Cry Baby Junior is a compact, smaller-format wah pedal built on the same core Cry Baby wah circuit as the standard-size models, delivering the familiar vocal wah sweep in a smaller, more pedalboard-efficient enclosure”

    — from the listing

  • “It suits players who want the traditional Cry Baby wah voicing , ideal for travel rigs or space-constrained boards”

    — from the listing

  • “The Cry Baby Junior delivers standard Cry Baby wah character in a smaller, more compact enclosure suited for players who need a wah on a tight pedalboard”

    — from the community notes

  • “Suited for travel rigs and space-constrained pedalboards”

    — from the reviews

  • wah
  • vocal
  • full
  • compact
  • travel rigs

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

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

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

Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head

Revv

21% match
$1199via Reverb

Run mid-forward into Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head for more high gain on top

Comes later in the signal chain

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

Mesa Boogie

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal

Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H

Marshall

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal

Friedman BE-Mini Head

Friedman

tonal match
$196.01via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Friedman BE-Mini Head for more high gain on top

Hughes & Kettner Warp 7

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Egnater Tourmaster Combo 4212

Egnater

tonal match
$380via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Egnater Tourmaster Combo 4212 layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal

Synergy Friedman DS Module

Synergy

tonal match
$399.99via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Synergy Friedman DS Module for more high gain on top

Pedals that stack with the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior

Fjord Fuzz Odin

Fjord Fuzz

24% match
$199via Reverb

Fjord Fuzz Odin layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

Comes later in the signal chain

EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter

EarthQuaker Devices

23% match
$179via Reverb

Put EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Comes later in the signal chain

Roland SDE-3000D

Roland

7% match

Keep Roland SDE-3000D after Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Boss DD-2 Digital Delay

Boss

7% match
$125via 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 Boss DD-2 Digital Delay after Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior — 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

Death By Audio Destruction stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2

Dr Scientist

tonal match
$203.84via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 for more fuzzy on top

Subdecay F-Bomb

Subdecay

tonal match
$229.95via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Subdecay F-Bomb layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

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 Junior — modulation reads clearest once the core tone is set

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Dunlop Cry Baby Mini 535 Auto-Return Wah

Dunlop

73% similarity
$189.99via Reverb

Shared character: wah, compact, full

Cry Baby Mini Wah

Cry Baby

72% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Multi-Wah

Cry Baby

71% similarity

“Single fixed wah voicing without the adjustable parameters of the 535Q or other multi-parameter models”

Dunlop CB95 Crybaby

Dunlop

71% similarity
$117.71via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Modtone MT-Wah

Modtone

70% similarity
$99.99via Reverb

Shared character: wah

The Next Sound CH-07 Wah Tone

The Next Sound

70% similarity
$66.08via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Rocktron Classic Wah

Rocktron

70% similarity

Shared character: wah

Vox V863-CA Wah

Vox

68% similarity
$179.99via Reverb

Shared character: wah

Dunlop EC95 Eric Clapton Cry Baby Wah

Dunlop

68% similarity
$428.21via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

SAE Effects Colossal

Sae Effects

68% similarity
$139via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Mooer Wahter

Mooer

67% similarity
$96.74via Reverb

Shared character: wah

Dunlop GCB65 Cry Baby Custom Badass Dual-Inductor

Dunlop

67% similarity
$169.99via Reverb

Shared character: wah

See all alternatives to the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior (cheaper + boutique) →

Questions people ask

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

The closest matches in character are the Dunlop Cry Baby Mini 535 Auto-Return Wah, the Cry Baby Mini Wah, the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Multi-Wah.

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

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head, Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt, Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H — Run mid-forward into Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head for more high gain on top.

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