The Cry Baby Mini Wah is a Cry Baby wah pedal. Close alternatives include the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior and the Xotic XW-2. 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 Mini Wah

Cry Baby · pedal

The Dunlop Cry Baby Mini Wah packs the classic Cry Baby's midrange-focused, vocal wah sweep into the smallest Cry Baby enclosure made, preserving the same responsive sweep and musical response curve as the standard-size pedals rather than a scaled-down or simplified voicing. It suits players who want the familiar Cry Baby wah character, from funk quacks to soaring lead sweeps, on boards with limited space.

What stands out

  • “The Cry Baby Mini Wah delivers standard Cry Baby wah in the smallest possible Cry Baby format, making wah available to players with”

    — from the community notes

  • “The Dunlop Cry Baby Mini Wah packs the classic Cry Baby's midrange-focused, vocal wah sweep into the smallest Cry Baby enclosure made, preserving the same responsive sweep and musical response curve as the standard-size pedals”

    — from the listing

  • “Its standout strength is the miniaturized format preserving the classic Cry Baby wah character”

    — from the community notes

  • “Classic Cry Baby wah voice suits players who want familiar Cry Baby tone”

    — from the reviews

  • “It suits players who want the familiar Cry Baby wah character, from funk quacks to soaring lead sweeps, on boards with”

    — from the listing

  • wah
  • familiar cry baby tone
  • funk
  • vocal
  • quack
  • musical
  • responsive
  • lead

Genres the Cry Baby Mini Wah is commonly used in

  • Funk

Amps that pair well with the Cry Baby Mini Wah

Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head

Revv

21% match
$1199via Reverb

Put Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

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 stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H

Marshall

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II

Mesa Boogie

tonal match
$1147.50via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Friedman BE-Mini Head

Friedman

tonal match
$195.67via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Friedman BE-Mini Head in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Hughes & Kettner Warp 7

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match
$901.54via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 for more high gain on top

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Egnater Tourmaster Combo 4212

Egnater

tonal match
$380via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Egnater Tourmaster Combo 4212 stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Pedals that stack with the Cry Baby Mini Wah

Fjord Fuzz Odin

Fjord Fuzz

24% match
$199via Reverb

Fjord Fuzz Odin stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Comes later in the signal chain

EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter

EarthQuaker Devices

24% match
$179via Reverb

Run mid-forward into EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter for more fuzzy on top

Comes later in the signal chain

Keeley Halo

Keeley

7% 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.

Run Keeley Halo after Cry Baby Mini Wah in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Cry Baby Mini Wah — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Electro-Harmonix Canyon

Electro-Harmonix

7% 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 Mini Wah's mid-forward voice out front: Electro-Harmonix Canyon goes after Cry Baby Mini Wah in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it — 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 layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2

Dr Scientist

tonal match
$204.36via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Subdecay F-Bomb

Subdecay

tonal match
$229.95via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Subdecay F-Bomb stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Warm Audio Jet Phaser

Warm Audio

tonal match
$109.01via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Warm Audio Jet Phaser after Cry Baby Mini Wah: modulation reads clearest once the core tone is set

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior

Cry Baby

72% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal

Xotic XW-2

Xotic

72% similarity
$220via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Dunlop Colored Crybaby Tread

Dunlop

67% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal, response

The Next Sound CH-07 Wah Tone

The Next Sound

67% similarity
$66.08via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal

Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95

Dunlop

65% similarity
$85via Reverb

Shared character: wah, response, lead

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass GCB65

Cry Baby

65% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal, response

Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby BG95

Cry Baby

64% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal

Vox WAH-V845

Vox

62% similarity
$49.17via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal, lead

Rocktron Classic Wah

Rocktron

61% similarity

Shared character: wah

Jam Pedals Wahcko

Jam Pedals

60% similarity

Shared character: wah, vocal, response

Modtone MT-Wah

Modtone

59% similarity
$99.99via Reverb

Shared character: wah

Real McCoy Custom RMC4 Picture Wah Pedal

Real Mccoy Custom

59% similarity
$165via Reverb

Shared character: wah, vocal, lead

See all alternatives to the Cry Baby Mini Wah (cheaper + boutique) →

Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Cry Baby Mini Wah?+

The closest matches in character are the Cry Baby Dunlop Cry Baby Junior, the Xotic XW-2, the Dunlop Colored Crybaby Tread.

What pairs well with the Cry Baby Mini Wah?+

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 — Put Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain.

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