Dunlop Crybaby Classic GCB95F Wah Guitar Effect Pedal

I got this because it said it was true bypass and I was hoping it would avoid tone suckage if I wanted to just use it and my tube amp. Well, its alot better than a normal crybaby at avoiding tone sucking and it sounds as good as any Crybaby I've played, but there is still fairly significant tone suckage.

You can never get the "plugged straight into the amp sound" without doing just that, but I was hoping for better results. I would recommend using a buffer with it or forcing a good tube modeled clean tone with a digital processor and it seems to sound alot better, especially if its going into a nice tube amp. Theres something about that digitally modified signal that gets through several pedals without much tone sucking.

After listening to a lot of Terry Kath's guitar playing on the early Chicago albums, I decided it was time to purchase a wah pedal. After doing some research, I purchased the CB Classic because it easy to upgrade. I purchased one pedal which I intend to mod with the Whipple kit (also on eBay). This will be an easy upgrade, and my plan is to use this pedal for rhythm playing. I also purchased a second CB Classic which I want to use for lead playing. This is a more recent pedal: revision "I" which has a red Fasel inductor. The only modification I intend to make is to replace the stock switch with a DPDT switch (true bypass). Having two pedals will offer a great deal of flexibility. But I do want to keep one pedal relatively "stock" to preserve that classic CryBaby sound.

dunlop set the standard for wah wahs and allways kept on top not to be reproduced for its excellence in tone ... there's only one dunlop crababy !!!!

The Dunlop CryBaby wah wah is the sound of the sixties and seventies. Hendrix, Page, Trower and the list goes on. The guitar sound that made rock gods has to be attributed to the crybaby wah wah. With it's human like crying sound it carved out a niche in the sound that became stadium rock. There are so many songs from that era that would not have worked without this sound effect and yes it was also very strong in the disco era as well. The crybaby wah wah is responsible for so many of the classic rock songs that so many of us grew up on. Adding it all up equals "rock on"

This wah wah is fine. It is not a 1970's wah no matter what Dunlop says. This is the 2004 surface mount design and like all the GCBF fasels it is difficult to customize. If I could not mod electronics, this one would have been fine as it was. But because I can mod stuff, I mod stuff.
This wah wah as built by Dunlop has been gutted. I removed its red fasel to a 1994 GCB95 that I have modified. The entire electronics of the 2004 will be replaced with the Mojo wah wah kit $55 using the yellow fasel. So this purchase will become a 1970's wah wah while the 94 will be a cool 90's wah wah. I'll keep the 2004 board around to repair any wah wah I may buy in the future.
The 2004 sounded ok but I like modifying stuff to suit me. If this had been a 1960's or 70's wah I would not mod it at all but ... it ain't, so I am.
My advice to any guitarist is learn to solder and then start modifying your stuff for your sound. There are suggestions all over the internet. Some you will like and others you will hate. Just try it.