Babies & Cry Babies

It's Birthday Time again! Can you guess who this adorable little package grew up to be?

If you can, feel free to come down and tease him about getting old. He loves it! :P

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We've been in a history kind of mood for the past few weeks, so let's have a look at the evolution of one of our favourite effects pedals: the Crybaby, or Wah Wah.

Last year, Dunlop celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Cry Baby Wah. The first wah pedal was released in 1967 by the Thomas Organ Company, and the machinery was acquired by Dunlop in 1982 to manufacture their own Cry Baby Wah, which they have been perfecting ever since.

1982 saw Dunlop's first version, the GCB95. It reflected the changes in the music scene since the sixties, and provided 80s musicians with a more up front and aggressive sound. It also heralded the standardisation of the Cry Baby Wah, as previously different models had different styles to suit differing tastes.

In 1994 Dunlop introduced the 535Q Multi Wah - the "Swiss army knife" of wah pedals. To reflect the 90s trend of personalising your sound, the 535Q offered players much more control. In 1999 the Bass world was given its own Wah pedal in the form of the Cry Baby 105Q; 2000 saw the release of the 95Q, which combines the aggressive tones and greater player control; 2003 brought us the reimagined classic, the GCB95F; 2014 honoured its roots with the CM95 Clyde McCoy ; and 2015 brought in a mini version, the CBM95 Cry Baby Mini Wah. As you can see, Dunlop has the market cornered, and isn't the whole guitaring world the better for it!

Today the Dunlop Cry Baby is one of our most popular pedals, and you can get your own right here.

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As well as Dunlop's CryBaby, we also love their MXR pedals, like these babies right here:

First up here we have the Double Double Overdrive, which serves up two classic overdrives in one casing. In the middle is the Custom Badass Modified Overdrive, which is a classic overdrive circuit with modern modifications for improved versatility. On the end, we have our MXR Micro Chorus, which delivers an amazing range of rich chorus textures through old school BBD technology.

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And our apologies, but it's that time again - our Friday Funny:

It kind of sounds like I don't hear a lot these days, doesn't it? Anyways, I'll keep my ear to the ground and you go have a great weekend. Catch you next week!