Instant Cocked-wah Tones
Chasing a Schenker-esque cocked-wah tone? You’ve got two choices: you can either fiddle around with your wah-wah’s treadle to try to find the sweet spot, or get the Dunlop Cry Baby Q Zone. This compact stompbox gives you a fixed-wah sound without the hassle of the rocker. And best of all, it’s a genuine Cry Baby — the tried-and-true classic that’s found on a gazillion pedalboards. Setting up the Q Zone is a lot like using Dunlop’s Cry Baby 95Q pedal. Use the Volume control to boost your affected signal, Q Zone to tweak your bandpass shape, and Peak to determine your frequency center. The real beauty of the Cry Baby Q Zone is that you can set it and forget it. You don’t need to worry about bumping a treadle, and you’ll free up your full-sized pedal for real-time wah-wah effects. If a cocked wah is an important element of your tone, then you need Cry Baby Q Zone — it’s really that simple.
All the sound-shaping control you need
The Cry Baby Q Zone offers all the sound-shaping control you could ask for. Its Volume knob enables you to boost your affected signal, which is great for making your solos pop out of a busy mix. Its Q Zone knob adjusts the pedal’s bandpass shape from wide to narrow — a must for crafting a one-of-a-kind tone. And its Peak control serves the same function as the treadle on a full-blown wah-wah pedal, allowing you to set the frequency center of the effect. We love the Cry Baby Q Zone here at AJ’s Music & The Music Man. It delivers an instant fixed-wah tone — and it’s a genuine Cry Baby!
Tech Specs
- Fixed Wah
- 1 x 1/4″ (instrument)
- 1 x 1/4″
- Yes
- Buffered
- 9V DC power supply (sold separately)
- 4mA
- 1 x 9V
- 1.9″
- 2.5″
- 4.3″
- 0.55 lbs.
- QZ1
