Change a Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Pedal's Tone With Just a Screwdriver

[WalyB]

My ears needed this. The tone of my wah down has killed 5 dogs by suicide.

[timrichter]

Just a thought.  Don't roll off highs or lows too much because if you turn the pot too much so that the pot "bottoms out" or hits one side before the full travel of the foot pedal, you can strip the parts or break something.   It would be like trying to force a pot past 10 except that you are doing it with your feet and have access to a lot more pressure/torque 

[yumadapaka]

I did this mod to my 95q wah. It's fantastic! Plus I took off the two rubber pads under the toe end of the pedal. This allowed the toe down position to go further. Now my wah has a much wider range and a much bigger rocketing sweep.

[HarryPetDoc]

I had stopped using my Cry Baby Originial because the highs were just too harsh.  This helped immensely...thanks!

[rexterrocks]

I was one of those kids who always took toys apart to see how they worked and I'm still the same. The first Wah I got I I did this immediately. You have people who keep things mint so it holds its resale value then you have people like me who change parts, do modifications. My guitars are for playing. Things aren't always made the way you want them.

[xxNailFirexx]

Hey, it's Bryan Cranston and Jimmy Fallon at the same time!

[markushalfmad]

I changed my wife`s tone by hiring a lawyer - it`s not as cheap as a screw driver but it`s amazingly effective.... :-)

[EclecticTV]

Thank you so much for this, you can't believe how it made a world of difference in the tone. The default range comes with harsh higs.

[jlegasp]

Great video. Did this mod some days ago and sounds great. It sounded pretty good before but now that I reduced the amount of the high frequencies and transferred that space of movement to the lower side now I can use the lows more effectively and my crybaby has more of a creamy soft and balanced sound than the all out raw tone. The raw tone was nice but for the style of music that I use this pedal for the more controlled and round tone works better for me.

[bonedaddyrocks]

I just did this to my Snarling Dogs Blues Bawl wah, and it sounds totally amazing!!!! The pot had quite a bit of sweep not being used. Now this thing wails and squawks like a mother! It has three wah settings, and now this pedal will cover just about any wah sound you could want. It's also true bypass with built in Blue Doo distortion that sounds really good for blues and rock. I just wanted to say thanks a lot for the tip. Great videos.

[whynottalklikeapirat]

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[Vanadeo]

This works with Vox V847.. just done it with mine.. now im a happy man. Thanks for the tip!.

[alfalfasprout]

This is a great tip you get you out of a jam real quick, however its more of a temporary fix as what you have essentially done is shortened the range/sweep, I better option would be to replace the input capacitor.

[milesmayhem]

very cool . . . just bought a gcb 95, was expecting great things, but nowhere near as impressed with it straight out of the box as I thought I would be, starting thinking maybe I should have got a VOX instead, or that I would have to do some complicated mod to it, but so far this easy fix seems to have worked quite the charm . . .so far so good !!!

[bobbarcus]

that made my pedal sound good again...I had it back to far thanks

[michaelallard]

Had to thank you for this vid. My wah was for sale but now I'm loving it !

[allenreynolds]

Had no idea that you can open your Wah pedal and change the tone. Wow pretty neat. YA learn something new everyday. I'll have to give it a go.

[bayouboyarts]

What I ran into was I took it apart, moved that plastic out of the way, turned the wheel, and put the lever back. What I didn't notice was that the pedal was in a different position than when I started (it was in my lap and not being controlled well). When reassembled, I got very very little wah effect. I then made the adjustments to fix it.

[sandman]

I make this setup for every New pedal, vox or crybaby. Is a phsycal mod. The crybaby 535q can be adjusted with a toggle.

[Ston]

Yup. Learned how to do this back in the 70's. I shouldn't have sold my old Crybaby :(