Check out this superb and close on mint condition 60s Cry Baby and original pouch. This rare find, has barely been out of its original pouch.
Its a rare Cry Baby from 1967-68 and features the famed 'trash can' inductor, made famous by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, SRV and Hendrix. Featuring what I think to be an early vox circuit, this fine example has been cherished and is in unbelievably, almost unused condition and even comes with its original pouch.
This is one of the most sought after Wah pedals of all time and this particular one has that pure, retro 60s Wah sound! The back plate indicates 'Cry Baby' only, so it was before they created the V846 model name. Just a lovely old piece of rock ‘n’ roll history ????
Having finalized a licensing agreement with JMI in 1965, Thomas Organ Company took control of the manufacturing of Vox products in the US and set about creating a line of modular, solid state amplifiers to streamline production. In October of the same year, during a visit by Lead Engineer Dick Denney, Thomas revealed one of their latest innovations, the Mid Range Resonant Boost or MRB. As the name suggests, this offered a boost in the mid range in three selectable frequencies 500Hz, 700 Hz and 1000 Hz. During testing, Stan Cutler (head engineer at Thomas Organ) noted a wah-wah effect when switching between two positions. To keep manufacturing costs down, Brad Plunkett was given the task of redesigning the circuit with a rotary potentiometer. Brad called over his colleague John McGlennon with his guitar to test the circuit. The results were surprising and exciting. Installing the circuit in a Vox volume pedal, the rest is history…
The Crybaby first came into production in 1967 alongside the Vox branded version.
Classic pedal, what more can we say? Grab it before it gets away…