Cry Baby 535Q

The Cry Baby 535Q is considered to be the pedal that moved things forward in the evolution of the wah. This video explains how it came to be and why it is called the 535Q. There is also a demonstration of the 535Q's wide range of tonal characteristics.

[@longwhip]

I bought one of these brand new when they first came out...I will never use ANY other Wah out there. I cracked a battery plate on the bottom and they mailed me three for free just for asking and writing them a personal note. Jim Dunlop and staff are the most user friendly people and are so willing to help...How can you not like that??? Hats off to JD and ALL the great products they are repsonsible for!!!

[@btlnckr]

DITTO!

[@heikosteinweg]

That’s a cool and informative story about one of the most iconic pedals. Thanks for that. 🤙🏻

[@JakeLegault93]

this is the oldest piece of gear in my rig, never gonna get rid of it no wah even comes close to this, in my opinion

[@acledfloyd]

It is about time someone made a quality video about this wah.

[@VioletDeliriums]

"We just boosted the whole circuit, maaaaan." Far fuckin' out.

[@vac8846]

wild isn't it? i can hardly believe it.

[@123lowp]

I hope you guys have your QA together now. This is the BEST sounding wah out there. But I went through 3 of these within several months about 4 years ago. I had to give up on the product even though the sound was great.

[@ninesixtyfive]

Ordered mine yesterday! Very excited :D

[@guitarwhores753]

Best wah pedal to date. I like my gear versatile, and the 535Q is the mist versatile wah I know of.

[@ampersandmcvinegar5681]

Just got one and I have to say I'm surprised. I've been pickin' 22 years and have had all the gear. The older I get the simpler my rig becomes. This thing is FUN!!!

[@Scarecrow1302]

First Wah-Wah I've ever bought :) Only one I'll ever need.

[@CoolDaysEnd]

COOL! I just ordered one. Can't wait to use it on my new record.

[@jessewest2109]

Just got an old school 90s version of this with the q and boost on the back. Best wah pedal ever. Now just give me a diezel on channel 3

[@JACMUSTANGCAT]

My old 1994 GCB95 Crybaby has been making electrical noises a bit the last time I used it. After reading an email I got today, I got one today. I have not even tried it out yet but, I've read the documentation it came with. It is about time I got myself a new 535Q. A year ago I noticed I posted on here saying this would be my next wah. I have a good feeling about this one. I'm trying to get the Edgar Winter funk wah tone. I would also like the early Grand Funk wah tone.

[@snogglemonkey]

The one thing they could have done to make this wah outstanding was put a led -light on it to show when it is off or on - like all other stomp boxes etc.

[@kylecunningham5730]

John The Dimebag version has it.

[@btlnckr]

THE BEST! Had one before and soon to "Guit" another!

[@onesppiegel]

También lo tengo y está genial. Se lleva de maravilla con señal limpia y overdrives; con distorsiones high gain, mete un poco de ruido y hay que ecualizarlo bien para que no te coma los graves. Por cierto, además de los 5 rangos de wah, tiene control de tono (más que nada para los agudos), de volúmen y un boost.

[@NintendoSinceBirth1]

id go with the 535 bc the tone selector knob is amazing, soooo useful

[@FENDERCATUSA]

This will be my next one. I have a 1994 GCB-95 which works good after I took out a plastic washer from the inside. The 535Q sounds good. I appreciate being able to adjust the Q as well as the 15 db boost. I feel Dunlop did a good demo on these also.

[@smittywarbenjagermanjansen8475]

Plunkit best last name ever.

[@adielricci]

535mH, thanks for the hint!

[@toroleightenen7461]

I used to have one of these but I had to sell it. For some reason it made my 3rd string (6 string electric) totally over-powering (literally 2x as loud as the other strings). Any idea why it would do that? It did it on both my guitars. A cheap fender Squire Strat w/ 3 Single-Coils, and a cheap Epiphone w/ 2 Humbuckers.

[@RJiwatram]

The killer feature of this pedal is the Variable Q, as it's what gives a guitar player his/her choice of what the way will sound like. I found once I found there I wanted the Q, which was a little over half way between the flat and the narrow, the range selector was the next best feature. But even with the boost function, I still had that problem like the other dunlop wahs I have, which was the effect really was a middle part of the pedal sweep, and limited to what pickups I have selected, and where I played on the neck. My Vox Big Bad Wah, doesn't have that problem, anywhere along the sweep of the pedal, i'm good, and I can play almost everywhere on the guitar. But then the problem is I wish I had the variable Q and a greater range selector than the two options in Wah 2 mode of the Big Bad Wah. I think the best wah would be combining those two pedals, get the full physical sweep of the Vox pedal and the ability to change the Q and range selection of the Dunlop 535Q.

[@topografer]

Or buy a jam pedals wahcko!

[@VladjarK]

the best thing that happend to me in last 3 years haha 535Q in heart :D

[@andrewm380]

I bought one and I'd have to say it was a good purchase.

[@mykelc205]

Built like a tank.. I Got a lot of use out of this pup..then I moved on to a tunable color wah..but Dunlop was my first..

[@arkie74]

I traded mine with my BC Rich platinum and an old school rocktech distortion pedal for a Epiphone LP standard pro. it didnt a have a scratch on it, it was like someone bought it and just put it in the closet and never played it! the pawn shop owner didnt know what he had, he looked at me funny and asked " you want to trade all this for that one guitar"? I said yep! he had it priced for $225 and I looked it up and they were going for around $5-600. and so I jumped on it! I felt kinda bad because he didnt know what he had. and I took advantage of it. but I love it! its my no. 1 guitar. next to my BC Rich bronze.

[@Mikee535]

my review: good wah sound my only issue, is when this is next to my pedal power supply the wah has a nasty hum when engaged. took me awhile to figure it out, other pedals do not have this issue. the wah has to be about 6 inches away from the pedal psu to not hum. my supply is located under the pedal board, the wah was almost right on top of the supply, off to the right side. so either the wah or the supply could be shielded better. They both are in metal enclosures.

[@18266609]

Yeah i just ended up buying a modded gcb 95 and sold my 535. sounds wayyy better and is true bypass. Thanks for the post.

[@ncrealtor911]

I'm thinking about buying the 95Q just because it doesnt have a switch, automatically turns on with your foot, which I think is very useful. Any suggestions?

[@brunoribeiroguitar]

Is it possible to use the boost with the way pedal off? I mean just to replace a general boost pedal as well so it would be 2 in 1.

[@JR-sj2yv]

I had a problem. I bought this pedal without adapter itself. What type of adapter can use for this?

[@nickkalisz]

@ncrealtor911 it's a good feature but unfortunatly with that pedal you wouldn't be able to use it in a stationary position to filter your tone

[@laez___]

How do I get Adam Jones’s wah tone?

[@ondzin]

this may sound stupid, but are wah pedals digital or analog thingies? or can they be both? so could some one name good examples of each one.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Would this be suited with a Fender Rhodes Piano, please?

[@bigfranchise]

Why is the physical sweep on this so short? Am I the only one who feels like the angle sweep is too short?

[@lucasvarela9632]

Belethor yes

[@18266609]

Mine seems to be a bit of a tone robber. Anyone else have the same issue? any quick fix or mods??????

[@MrPerfectfeet]

I'm sure it's not true bypass but I had mine modified so mine is. This is by far the best wah around and I use mine at every gig well done Dunlop down side should of made it True Bypass

[@cyberdel]

I'm really lookin into getting one. But is the range wider than a standard Cry Baby or is the "range" on max just like a standard ?

[@TheRealcdawg22]

The RANGE is adjustable from minimum to maximum but the max is probably the same or similar to the max on a standard Cry Baby. It depends on if they both use the same inductor or not.

[@joemorenobosque-hl9jp]

Muchas gracias🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@pwng132]

I don't get it, why would you buy a jimi hendrix or jerry cantrell siignature wah, if this one has both jimi hendrix and jerry cantrell settings.

[@iann8733]

Sneekus Could be that they like the design of the pedal itself. The color on the outside, the artists name on it etc... Personally I just ordered this model today because I believe it to be the flagship crybaby

I didn't know that 535Q offers the possibility to shape the tone in a way that we can get Hendrix's tone as well as Cantrell's. Now I'm torn apart between buying this, Jerry Cantrell Signature Wah, Dimebag Darrell Signature Wah or TC Electronic's Gull which operates on a different logic but equally shapeable :/

[@trujogrunge]

which is the life span of the potentiometer? I have a 4 years ago and has problems .. leaves almost working and a beep sounds. happened to anyone? :/ will be the pot?

[@mydarklife666]

535q which country is made it?

[@joeabrenica4467]

Used this 535Q heavily on gigs and studio!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jaymkultra]

Jimmy and Jim Dunlop. Sweet.

[@MigelMeUp]

@RockYoWorld SAME! I got an ordinary cry baby, it's really awesome, but I'd definitely prefer this :( ah well. Some time later.

[@gino82marrone]

best wah ever

[@jackoo666]

is it true bypass?

[@giovannipasiniminichiello9302]

BLIND GUARDIAN!!! \m/

[@nickkalisz]

i think it's a common problem from what i hear. and unfortunately i don't think you can put a true bypass switch in on the 535. the new mcae 404 looks good and is supposed to have true bypass

[@vanessajazp6341]

Milli-henri? Is that the same as kilohertz?

[@aphextwin6]

How to repair heel position

[@Azwel]

is this like a biography

[@motorhead1995able]

what is the difference between this and the dime signature wah?

[@grahamt19781]

Jack Jefferson I think the dime has a wider range but also led lights to indicate on/off and adjustable tension in the rocker too. Apart from that they are basically the same. the dime is basically a suped up version of the 535q. I have one 😀

[@fmneruda5129]

Perhaps anyone of you good people can advise on an issue I've been having with this thing. Just bought the 535Q, tried it out, worked perfectly fine. Then tried it again a day later and for some reason, when it's not engaged, it completely cuts the signal to the amp so can't hear anything and when it's engaged, the signal is turned on but it won't wah at all, tried the various knobs but nothing works. Any ideas?

[@fmneruda5129]

@Blaine Webster I figured it out myself eventually, can't remember the details but it was something really stupid, to do with how I had this setup in the chain. The pedal was fine. Thanks for the reply though.

[@Slevinlobell]

I just got this pedal, used, but like brand new, still has plastic covering film over the bottom and it's doing this. I don't want to return it because it was used for half the price of a new one and they're out of the new ones there too. So, I'm upset and rode in freezing weather 2 hrs to Guitar Center and back for it too any ideas on how to fix this? Doing EXACTLY what u say here to me too

[@fmneruda5129]

@@Slevinlobell Hey Daryl, in my case it was real simple, basically, the way I had it set up on my board, it wasn't getting any power at all so I guess what I would do in your case is just make sure it is getting power (batteries or adapter). If it's a more complex chain see if it works on its own with just a guitar and an amp. Good luck, hope it helps!

[@Ungrowing]

What's the difference between 535Q black, and 535Q chrome?

[@SpieroMusic]

one is black. THe other is chrome.

[@Slevinlobell]

@@SpieroMusic 🤣🤣

[@electricritual4197]

Jim Dunlop looks like an old Conor McGregor

[@rizkytacahya4213]

I have several types of crybaby wah. the sound is amazing but the quality of the battery cover is very bad😢😢

[@ivanpcoronado]

The Best One, I have one, El mejor yo lo tengo...

[@pleximanic]

Is this pedal true bypass? I often have my Wha Whas before my Fuzzes so they MUST be true bypass! Thanks in advance!

[@SwingingCreeper]

Yes and no. It does have a DPDT switch but there are 2 resistors, one on the input and one on the output. They are designated R41 and R42. Some folks yank one or both. They are there so you don't get a "pop" when you engage the pedal. If your concerned about "fuzz" friendly wahs check Wilson Effects or RMC wahs since they have a "fuzz friendly" buffer already built in so the wah and fuzz pedal (specifically germanium based fuzz) will interact better.

[@pleximanic]

SwingingCreeper Thank you! I just ordered a Wilson Vintage Tunable Colorful Clone.

[@SwingingCreeper]

That's the one I have. Very well put together and a great wah. Kevin is very easy to deal with as well so if should have a problem he will make it right. Congrats

[@markferguson3745]

Not fuzz friendly,- BAD Achilles Heel for a wah, and an issue Dunlop really need to address.That this is obviously not a big hindrance to sales is perplexing,- and prob assures they never will pursue the inexpensive solution.Pity,- otherwise sounds great.

[@leachim66]

what cool guys

[@MrRoxoff]

3 letters, 1 satisfaction: R M C !

[@aidanfl]

So it has a red fasel inductor? Or whatv

[@aidanfl]

What?*

[@bumblefritz]

Yeah, FUCKIN' correct.

[@kieranflemingify]

wish i had gotten this instead of my kirk hammet

[@phenixreturns]

so it has a FASEL INSIDE

[@andrewclemons8619]

Did I hear him say leave the boost on

[@CTROCK]

i just bought this wah in chrome man it is bad ass ! i bought the custom audio electronics mc 404 and return the pedal; is not that good of a wah! but the 535q is bad ass!

[@MAD1A1N]

what power supply on the chrome one, I got a brand new one, I have a Truetone CS12 isolated power?

[@andrewlevistermma]

RIP Jim Dunlop.

[@ElisandroDeLeon]

I'll take 5!

[@brunofelixmusic]

Is this pedal true bypass or not?

[@Alexhangman]

Yes and no. It does have a DPDT switch but there are 2 resistors, one on the input and one on the output. They are designated R41 and R42. Some folks yank one or both. They are there so you don't get a "pop" when you engage the pedal. If your concerned about "fuzz" friendly wahs check Wilson Effects or RMC wahs since they have a "fuzz friendly" buffer already built in so the wah and fuzz pedal (specifically germanium based fuzz) will interact better.

[@phenixreturns]

i don't find the same sound that i had with the original wah.This pedal must be played a lot of hours to have our sounds, i prefer the original

[@joshludge]

Milli what?

[@dacrowster]

It is a revelation this pedal, tweaking to your own taste. I wouldnt bought it if I heard this Jimmy Dunlop guy talk though :)

[@jcpenny2177]

good pedal by dunlop.

[@Strings-jg2to]

I just bought mine practically brand new for $70.

[@MrMethadrine]

i bought this back in 2005 wtf they promoting it in 2011?

[@luckyfamilyman]

WAH A H WAH A H

[@2399Rafael]

JOHN FRUSCIANTE

[@leomartell111]

He used it?

[@SpieroMusic]

No, but there is a John Frusciante-esque setting you can use

[@illmatic702]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAH WAH WAH WAH WA WA WA WA AAA WAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@ChrisGalinato]

That 1 guy who does he think he is Jimi Hendrix

[@RandyFricke]

I'd buy one if it was true bypass.

[@juztinking8813]

They are true bypass

[@mishasumi6827]

I can't stand self-important sales pitches

[@mckay91095]

geez the wah isnt THAT great.