The Jim Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal is a standard wah pedal that has been popularized by well-known guitar players like Jimi Hendrix. It has no knobs or anything to adjust its tone. Its just a basic wah pedal with an on/off toggle switch. The Crybaby has a rugged metal construction and can be operated with a battery or a power adaptor.
The battery compartment of the Jim Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal can be accessed by unscrewing the four rubber “feet” at the bottom of the pedal. This makes battery changing a bit a hard to do since you need to have a screw driver with you if you want
to change batteries, which is not good when playing live. I use a power adapter for my effects pedals anyway so this doesn’t really bother me.
I have used the Jim Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal heavily for about a year when I noticed that there was noise when operating the pedal. This is due to its use of a potentiometer which tends to get dirty in time as opposed to an electro-optical control found in other pedals. I tried cleaning the potentiometer but there are no service holes on it so you can’t really clean it using an electrical contact cleaner. This is what I don’t like about this pedal since ...
