The Dunlop 50th Anniversary Gold Cry Baby Wah is a wah pedal from Dunlop, built to mark fifty years of the Cry Baby. It is a Cry Baby wah in function, with the same foot-rocking filter sweep the design is known for, and it stands out for its finish: the enclosure is plated in 24k gold1.
Dunlop unveiled the pedal at NAMM 2017, where MusicRadar described it as "a 50th anniversary gold-plated Cry Baby wah" and called it "the most eye-catching" of the anniversary pieces shown1.
What it does
As a wah, it works like any Cry Baby: rocking the treadle sweeps a bandpass filter across the frequency range, producing the vocal "wah" effect heard across funk, rock and blues. What separates this edition from the standard Cry Baby is the presentation rather than the circuit. The 24k gold-plated enclosure makes it a collector-oriented anniversary piece rather than a working change to the pedal's sound or controls1.
"The most eye-catching is the 24k gold-plated wah"
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- NAMM 2017: Jim Dunlop unveils 50th anniversary gold-plated Cry Baby, MusicRadar, 2017-01-21
