| |
View Poll Results: Is this pedal.... | |
good
|    | 19 | 39.58% | |
bad
|    | 6 | 12.50% | |
****
|    | 6 | 12.50% | |
mega ****
|    | 17 | 35.42% |
 | | 
03-01-2013, 01:39 PM
| | | | Dunlop Crybaby original
I recently picked up one of these for $20 from a garage sale. Pretty reasonable. It's the guitar version so it doesn't sound great with bass. I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a significant difference in quality with the original and the newer dunlop crybabys?  |
03-01-2013, 11:28 PM
|  | Neo Maxi Zoom Dweebie | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SATX by way of NOLA | | | Ummm, try plugging it in and see if you like it.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by gigslut  I said, Sarah, could you play an "E" there? She screamed "DON'T TELL ME LETTERS! SHOW ME WHERE TO PUT MY FINGERS!" | Quote:
Originally Posted by Immigrant I still think it would work, but I'm really, REALLY wrong about most things. | |
03-01-2013, 11:39 PM
| | | | That wasn't the question but thanks genius |
03-01-2013, 11:48 PM
| | Neo Maxi Zoom Dweebie | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SATX by way of NOLA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Precision345 That wasn't the question but thanks genius | Welcome to TB!
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by gigslut I said, Sarah, could you play an "E" there? She screamed "DON'T TELL ME LETTERS! SHOW ME WHERE TO PUT MY FINGERS!" | Quote:
Originally Posted by Immigrant I still think it would work, but I'm really, REALLY wrong about most things. | |
03-02-2013, 09:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Madison,Wisconsin | | | carrots
__________________
Wisconsin Bassists Club #65
|
03-02-2013, 11:44 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Precision345 ...I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a significant difference in quality with the original and the newer dunlop crybabys? | Are you asking about sound quality? Or construction quality?
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. | |
03-02-2013, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maui, HI | | | There are definitely differences in the circuit... one of the parts (can't remember which one right now without looking it up, but it's the 'heart' of it) in the modern versions sounds more brittle and less funky to me.
I have one of the originals and modded it by put making it true bypass, bypassing the toe switch and installing another under the heel so it turns on whenever the pedal is rocked forward. A spring in place of the original toeswitch keeps it turned off all other times. Fun stuff.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by BullHorn Guitars should pew pew pew on top while the bass is boom boom booming on the bottom. | |
03-02-2013, 12:43 PM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Systolic carrots | yissssssssssssss |
03-02-2013, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Seattle, WA | | | As a rule, older is better; most stuff these days is made in China (i. e. shite)....
__________________
'91 Fender MIJ P bass (white), Kramer Striker 700st
'87 GK 400RB, 2 15" Marshall JCM800 cabs, Kustom B100, Fender Bassman member # 75
|
03-02-2013, 04:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | | I don't have any experience between new vs. old, my Crybaby is from the 90's if it helps.
I like them just fine on guitar but it's not too great on bass as you mention.
__________________
Sadowsky Club #259|Gallien Krueger Club #922
EBMM Club #70|Modulus Mob #8
Effects Addict #14|Mesa Boogie Club #33
|
03-02-2013, 08:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | | I have a Crybaby Classic (with the fasel inductor) and I like the way it sounds with my Fender Strat, but I haven't tried it with bass. I'm not sure it would handle the bass too well.
Dunlop makes a bass wah pedal. You might want to take a look at that one if you're looking for a wah to use specifically on bass.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. |
Last edited by totallyfrozen : 03-02-2013 at 08:36 PM.
|
03-02-2013, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maui, HI | | | Ah yes, FASEL INDUCTOR is the part I couldn't remember! Thanks.
Dunlop's 105Q pedal seems to be the way to go for bass...it:s not a wah pedal in the traditional sense, but instead a digital (?) pedal-controlled envelope filter.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by BullHorn Guitars should pew pew pew on top while the bass is boom boom booming on the bottom. | |
03-03-2013, 07:28 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bethel CT | | | I prefer the regular crybaby over the bass version. I didnt like the sweep range on the bass version no matter how I dialed it it. Im now using a Vox. I dont really use it in a band setting though.
__________________ Spector Rex Pro - Specter SN 4CRFM - GK 800RB - Ampeg 810E
Into The Coven
Spector Club #401
Thunderbird Club 201
Gallien-Krueger Club 843 |
03-03-2013, 09:46 AM
| | | | The main difference between earlier versions of the Crybaby and more recent ones: the newer ones have a buffer that helps negate some of the "tone suck" these pedals are known for. The buffered version has 3 transistors instead of 2 like the vintage ones.
__________________
"I have no actual information, just what the salesman told me."
|
03-03-2013, 10:49 AM
| | | | Ok so the one I have is the Dunlop crybaby gcb 90 which is apparently the lowest model of the crybaby series. It's an okay wah pedal I guess but it does suck a lot of tone out of my bass. I'm sure it would be much better being used on guitar. Apparently you can mod some of the older ones so that they are true bypass and don't suck your tone so bad.
Another question I have (I know this thread has been played to death as well as this question has) ..... Does the wah hurt my speakers because the frequency response is meant for guitar? My drummer was saying I should be careful with it because it could damage the cones on my speakers. I think it would be fine but????? |
03-03-2013, 11:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maui, HI | | | I don't think so. the REVERSE would screw them up: playing bass through guitar speakers.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by BullHorn Guitars should pew pew pew on top while the bass is boom boom booming on the bottom. | |
03-03-2013, 11:53 AM
| | | | Ok, that's what I thought because a lot of dudes play guitar thru bass amplifiers
Thanks! |
03-03-2013, 04:17 PM
|  | This green ^ led is unreliable. | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: 6.7 m (22 ft) BSL | | Bass speakers won't even notice that tiny screams from guitars. 
I tried a Behringer Hell Babe, which we normally use for guitar. I wasn't impressed at all.
__________________
Just a cover of a real bassist
Beaten and beaten up by time |
03-03-2013, 06:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Precision345 Ok, that's what I thought because a lot of dudes play guitar thru bass amplifiers
Thanks! | The Fender Bassman, originally introduced around 1952, was intended as a bass amplifier. It has been used as a guitar amplifier for decades. 
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. | |
03-03-2013, 07:53 PM
| | | | I've never been impressed with any Dunlop Crybaby Wah, quality-wise. The toe switches always crap out, tone pot gets super noisy.. I also find them lacking tone-wise, except for the 105Q. The only wah I've kept around is the Boss PW-10, sold my first one, regretted it, and bought a second one nearly a year ago. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
