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Dime Crybaby From Hell?

Oct 3, 2014
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Any thoughts on this wah? I heard it has extended sweep. I was considering getting a Morley because of the extended sweep range but this Crybaby seems to be on steroids (which I like the idea of). I don't mean for this to be a Morley Vs. Dunlop thread, because I'm just wondering if this works good on bass, but I just wanted to say that in was considering the Morley at first (Cliff Burton signature wah to be exact).
 
You could try one and find out. I suspect that it won't be all that great for bass and lose too much on the low end but I could be surprised. I've never played one through a bass rig, only guitar.

If the new Cliff wah has as much sweep as the old Power Wah Boost I'd be willing to bet that it has a decent amount more sweep than the Dime.
Just comparing a regular Crybaby or the Bass Crybaby my PWB has way more sweep range. Morley is known for having a lot of range.

The G-Lab Wowee Bass Wah has a switch to extend it's range but it's not as much as the PWB. It's a great wah though, and very intuitive to use. No clicking things, you just step on it to make it work and take your foot off to turn it off.

The Sonnus Wahoo can be programmed to pretty much whatever you want. I really dig the stock "bass wah" on it though.
 
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You could try one and find out. I suspect that it won't be all that great for bass and lose too much on the low end but I could be surprised. I've never played one through a bass rig, only guitar.

If the new Cliff wah has as much sweep as the old Power Wah Boost I'd be willing to bet that it has a decent amount more sweep than the Dime.
Just comparing a regular Crybaby or the Bass Crybaby my PWB has way more sweep range. Morley is known for having a lot of range.

The G-Lab Wowee Bass Wah has a switch to extend it's range but it's not as much as the PWB. It's a great wah though, and very intuitive to use. No clicking things, you just step on it to make it work and take your foot off to turn it off.

The Sonnus Wahoo can be programmed to pretty much whatever you want. I really dig the stock "bass wah" on it though.
I would love to try one but there isn't any in local stores.
 
The Dime actually has a pretty good sweep, it reaches more into the low range than a 535Q does. All of them do lose lows, though. If you want to maintain lows on bass, the 105Q or the Morley PBA's are the way to go (for the Morleys, I GREATLY prefer that original Blue PBA, if you can find one). I own the Cliff Wah and although it is the sound, there s a considerably low end loss on it. Remember, Cliff used it specifically for solo breaks and intro parts.
 
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The Dime actually has a pretty good sweep, it reaches more into the low range than a 535Q does. All of them do lose lows, though. If you want to maintain lows on bass, the 105Q or the Morley PBA's are the way to go (for the Morleys, I GREATLY prefer that original Blue PBA, if you can find one). I own the Cliff Wah and although it is the sound, there s a considerably low end loss on it. Remember, Cliff used it specifically for solo breaks and intro parts.
I actually tried a CFH yesterday and noticed low end loss. I prefer my 95Q which is also made for guitar and I noticed this dosen't lose as much low end oddly enough. I did see your video on the CB wah.
 
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