Dunlop Clyde McCoy Cry Baby Wah Wah Pedal Review | Guitar Interactive Magazine

Woah dude. No, You mention the Crybaby documentary, but got all the facts wrong. Dunlop bought the Crybaby name and circuit from Thomas Organ in the early 80's. They weren't making it at the same time Thomas Organ was.

Here's how it all works, in 1966, Thomas Organ got a contract with Vox to produce amps and keyboards for the US market, but Thomas Organ was very cheap, anything they could do to make the amps and keyboards cheaper to produce they did it.

One thing was the Mid Range Boost switch on the Super Beatle. According to the man that accidentally invented the wah, Brad Plunkett, the switch cost $4 wholesale… In 1966. Super expensive. So he was tasked with modifying the circuit to use a cheap pot instead. He copied the circuit, put a pot on it, and bam, the wah wah.

Thomas Organ sort of pulled a fast one though, knowing that Vox would get most of any profit from the new pedal, and also to get the pedal into non vox stores, Thomas organ came up with "Crybaby", using the exact same circuit as the Vox wahs, and the circuits contained the exact same components. After a short time, the CEO of Thomas Organ, a man named Joe Benaron called up his Italian importer, Ennio Unchini about the new pedal, and after Ennio had some consultation with his people at Eko, who didn't want this new device, Joe and Ennio formed a new company, Jen. J for Joe, and En for Ennio, and production moved to Italy, once it got into Italy, the circuit ended up in LOADS of wah pedals, made by Jen for all sorts of different companies, they could do this because the patents had not been approved and wouldn't be approved until September 1970.

In the very early 80's Thomas Organ's parent company Whirlpool, decided to get rid of Thomas Organ. That's when Jim Dunlop came in, he bought the circuit, the Crybaby name, and the tooling and started making the Crybaby.

After Dunlop bought the circuit, they were actually making Vox branded wah pedals using the original circuit, but by the mid 90's they stopped, and Korg started having Vox branded wahs made in China using a circuit that is completely unlike the original both in topology and in sound.

6 thoughts on “Dunlop Clyde McCoy Cry Baby Wah Wah Pedal Review | Guitar Interactive Magazine”

@Bognerman19

at 3:56 am

Play it with some metal. It rocks for metal.
@fuzzface8252

at 3:56 am

Woah dude. No, You mention the Crybaby documentary, but got all the facts wrong. Dunlop bought the Crybaby name and circuit from Thomas Organ in the early 80's. They weren't making it at the same time Thomas Organ was.

Here's how it all works, in 1966, Thomas Organ got a contract with Vox to produce amps and keyboards for the US market, but Thomas Organ was very cheap, anything they could do to make the amps and keyboards cheaper to produce they did it.

One thing was the Mid Range Boost switch on the Super Beatle. According to the man that accidentally invented the wah, Brad Plunkett, the switch cost $4 wholesale… In 1966. Super expensive. So he was tasked with modifying the circuit to use a cheap pot instead. He copied the circuit, put a pot on it, and bam, the wah wah.

Thomas Organ sort of pulled a fast one though, knowing that Vox would get most of any profit from the new pedal, and also to get the pedal into non vox stores, Thomas organ came up with "Crybaby", using the exact same circuit as the Vox wahs, and the circuits contained the exact same components. After a short time, the CEO of Thomas Organ, a man named Joe Benaron called up his Italian importer, Ennio Unchini about the new pedal, and after Ennio had some consultation with his people at Eko, who didn't want this new device, Joe and Ennio formed a new company, Jen. J for Joe, and En for Ennio, and production moved to Italy, once it got into Italy, the circuit ended up in LOADS of wah pedals, made by Jen for all sorts of different companies, they could do this because the patents had not been approved and wouldn't be approved until September 1970.

In the very early 80's Thomas Organ's parent company Whirlpool, decided to get rid of Thomas Organ. That's when Jim Dunlop came in, he bought the circuit, the Crybaby name, and the tooling and started making the Crybaby.

After Dunlop bought the circuit, they were actually making Vox branded wah pedals using the original circuit, but by the mid 90's they stopped, and Korg started having Vox branded wahs made in China using a circuit that is completely unlike the original both in topology and in sound.
@davederlego6267

at 3:56 am

True bypass?
@DeKwal

at 3:56 am

Wass i the only one expecting voodoo child at the intro?
@GuitarInteractive

at 3:56 am

Looking for a new #wahpedal ? Does this Dunlop Cry Baby do the job for you?
@star82238

at 3:56 am

定番のWahですね＾＾