Members DylanWilde Posted April 22, 2006 Members Share Posted April 22, 2006 Both are $70, who takes the win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AmpliFIRE Posted April 22, 2006 Members Share Posted April 22, 2006 Neither. Get the new version of the Whine-O-Wah and thank me later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeHateMe Posted April 22, 2006 Members Share Posted April 22, 2006 Me wantie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sense_of_henry Posted April 22, 2006 Members Share Posted April 22, 2006 Original GCB-95 Crybaby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimH Posted April 22, 2006 Members Share Posted April 22, 2006 spend the extra few dollars and get the crybaby classic. Best bang for the buck in wah's today IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ScreamCage Posted April 22, 2006 Members Share Posted April 22, 2006 Don't get the Cry baby. It doesn't have true bypass, so it's a real tone sucker when it's off. Between the two, I'd go with the Wonder Wah, but I would probably save up and get one of the more expensive Sarling Dos or Crybaby. There's the Crybaby Classic (much better than the standard), and then there's the 535Q, which is better than both. The more expensive Snarling Dogs are really awsome too (like the aforementioned Whine-O-Wah). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DylanWilde Posted April 22, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2006 I'm not a huge tone purist freak, I think all of my pedals suck my tone, but I dont' really care. I am looking for the one that is the smoothest, most expressive, and is more reliable. I will pretty much never be using it clean, since my tone goes from either tube driven dirt to fuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DylanWilde Posted April 23, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 Anyone else have experience with these two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freeridstylee Posted April 23, 2006 Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 I have the ww2. Great pedal in my opinion. Sounds much deeper then the crybaby lot wider sweep. That said, it does boost your tone a bit, and can be harsh clean, but if your playing dirty it'll work very well. The whey you get to the top (toe end) part of the sweep it gets pretty sensative, but other then that its very comfertable to use. Apparently they had some issues with their earlier pedals, but have fixed them up since then. I havn't had any issues with mine, have had it for 6 months. Can't beat the price for truebypass + light up eyes! got it for $59 shipped~b stock, but I didn't see a thing wrong with it. http://store.guitarcore.com/sdpwwdw2.html They also have the whino for $99. Some great picks, and I picked up the arion power supply for 9.99, increadable value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted April 23, 2006 Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 crybaby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members p90teleman Posted April 23, 2006 Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 Originally posted by TimH spend the extra few dollars and get the crybaby classic. Best bang for the buck in wah's today IMHO. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DylanWilde Posted April 23, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 It seems like the limited response has been in favor of the Wonder Wah. For any Crybaby users, what's the advantage of going with the regular Crybaby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members db123 Posted April 23, 2006 Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 Another vote for the Whine-o-Wah. I have one of the original Dunlop Crybaby's and can't recommend it, or any Dunlop pedal. I find Dunlop products to be of low quality in general--I think all their stuff is made in China, as is the Whine-o-Wah; but the build quality of my Whine-o-Wah is noticeably better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DylanWilde Posted April 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freeridstylee Posted April 24, 2006 Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 - SD is made in china too. The main gripe I have with my wonder wah is the toe down position is way to sensitive and harsh. The gripe I had with my cry baby was that it wasn't dynamic enough with higher gain. Would have been better with a wider sweep. You might want to consider saving up to get a used dime bag wah or the whino wah. I'm sure u could find a used whino for about 60 or 70, but u'd be much better off getting the new one with improved reliability + a preamp volume knob, so you could turn the thing down a bit. I really wish the wonder wah had a volume pot, as it does boost the signal and i think thats where a lot of the harshness comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members db123 Posted April 24, 2006 Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 I forgot to mention that the WW2 is basically the scaled down version of the Whine-O Wah, with only one mode instead of three (the more classical voicing). http://snarlingdogs.com/ If you mostly run through a distortion pedal, you may have trouble with a loss of sweep/sensitivity using a classic-type wah pedal, such as the Crybaby, which does not have the level boost feature in the Whine-O Wah. (I believe the WW2 has this boost knob, too.) http://foxroxelectronics.com/Wah%20retrofit%201.html My biggest gripe with the Whine-O Wah is that the last bit of the pedal's sweep, towards the toe down position , is very sensitive. I still like the pedal better than the original Crybaby, however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freeridstylee Posted April 24, 2006 Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 Yea you can get the whin-o for $99 shipped, i don't see any reason not to do that. As for the sensitivity in the toe position i was thinking maybe a new pot would fix that? maybe one of the fulltone ones or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members db123 Posted April 24, 2006 Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 Yeah, I was thinking of putting another pot in with a different taper value. But it hasn't really bothered me enough to do it yet. But I agree, that would be an easy fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hendrix95 Posted April 24, 2006 Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 I don't know what the other one sounds like, but I'd not recommend getting the Crybaby unless you're willing to mod it. Its definitley worth the extra $$$ to get one with true bypass. Wahs such WAY more tone than most regular pedals. It also sounds really harsh when pressed all the way down. This can be corrected by adjusting the tone pot inside. I don't see why they ship them in the position they do. There's also a few other things you can easily mod inside to change the sound, but you might as well just buy something better to begin with. Overall, it sounds pretty decent once you adjust the pot, but add in the expense of buying a true bypass switch and suddenly you could have just bought something better for the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uma Floresta Posted April 24, 2006 Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 I had two different snarling dogs wahs, and on both of them died on me ... unless their reliability has changed for the better in the last few years, I wouldn't recommend them -- they do sound awesome though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DylanWilde Posted April 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 I think the buil quality has improve dramatically from what I have read, and it seems as if most people are recommending the Wonder Wah over the Crybaby. So I guess the Snarling Dog comes out on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amoodymule Posted April 25, 2006 Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 The Dog has been on my board for 2 yrs and it will stay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uma Floresta Posted April 25, 2006 Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 Originally posted by ZepFuzz05 I think the buil quality has improve dramatically from what I have read, and it seems as if most people are recommending the Wonder Wah over the Crybaby. So I guess the Snarling Dog comes out on top. Yeah, if they're reliable, I'd get one -- I had the the super bawl whine-o wah, with three tone selections and a boost -- the mid tone selection sans boost was freakin awesome... till it broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members db123 Posted April 25, 2006 Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 The Snarling dogs have a 1 year warranty now, by the way. FWIW, the only pedal I've ever had fail on me, besides the original Dunlop Crybaby, was a very expensive boutique pedal (I won't name names because the builder rectified the situation). All things mechanical are subject to failure--it's part of the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members db123 Posted April 25, 2006 Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 I didn't mean that post to sound smart-ass. Just saying that {censored} happens, although having two pedals of the same make crap out on you is not an acceptable failure rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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