Advice on Dunlop Crybaby

[BoomerLZ]

I have dunlop crybaby and it sounds too thin. Any suggestion on what i can do to make it "sing"?

Boomer

[Eddy Current]

This is what I'd do:


Try placing it in different positions in your signal chain. (If you're using only a Wah, then that rules that option out)

You might see a huge difference.


Or:


Sell it and get a Thomas Organ Cry-Baby off of Ebay for $50.00

Look for the ones that are made in Chicago and have the "Stack of Dimes" inductor.

[BoomerLZ]

thanx for the advice eddy. so it sounds like i just made a mistake getting it.

[Bob Onit]

Hers a great site for wah mods but unfortunately all the pics on the site are down

Maybe its only temporary, try the link in a few days and see if the pics are back up.

These mods will make a Dunlop cry baby sound great

http://www.green-fuz.freeserve.co.uk/wah.html

[Homer]

if you know a few basics of the wah circuit and can handle a soldering iron you can make it sounds better with a few component alterations.

If it's a rather new CryBaby don't bother even thinking about a true bypass mod. The new CryBabies have an input buffer that works quite well, and it's not worth the hassle of cutting PCB traces and such for a TB mod.

this link will thell you everything you want to know about the wah and explain which component change makes what difference.

Enjoy it!

[OneL]

Originally posted by BoomerLZ
I have dunlop crybaby and it sounds too thin....

I usually feed mine a couple of cheeseburgers and a shake....;)

[grito]

I'd buy a VOx wah 'cause fatta is betta.

[grito]

Oh yeah, you might also want to open the bad buy up and adjust the pot. This at least got rid of my ice pick treble...

[CocoTone]

A Vox with a few simple mods, and a bypass switch are all thats needed for killer wah tones,,,

CT.