Description of a Dunlop CryBaby with Thomas Organ parts
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A "transition" CryBaby
Description of a "transition" Dunlop wah owned by calambres@pisotones.com. What follows is a collection of photos and a "Description Sheet" I sent to AnalogMike some time ago for his wah-wah records.
- BRAND: Jim Dunlop
- MODEL NAME: Original Crybaby
- MODEL NUMBER: GCB-95
- SERIAL NUMBER: CB063004
- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S.A.
Assorted decriptions:
- PEDAL BASE: Thin aluminum plate with: "Original Crybaby Model GCB-95. Jim Dunlop (Benicia CA USA)
- FRONT LOGO: "Original Crybaby". Aluminum plate with aluminum lettering on black background
- ROCKER PEDAL: Usual Crybaby with rubber: "Instrument - Amplifier"
- PEDAL TREAD: black plastic 14 tooth pinion and black plastic rack.
- ROCKER PIN: Approx. 5mm diameter.
Descriptions of electronic components:
- C1-C4 .01uF: Yes: Green "no name" Polys: 103K100V
- C2 4uF Non-Polar: 4.7uF Electrolytic labeled "TAIWAN" and "ZAMCO" over a world globe logo.
- C3-C5 .22uF: yes: Big Green "no name" Polys: 224K100V
- R1 100k: yes
- R2 68k: yes
- R3 1.5k: yes
- R4-R7 470k: yes
- R5 470 ohm: yes
- R6 22k: yes
- R8 100k POT: Clarostat HotPotz 100K Type EJ
- R9 1k: yes
- R10 10k: yes
- R12 33k or100k: 33K
- All resistors seem to be 1/4W Carbon comp.
- INDUCTOR: "03" Stack of dimes.
- TRANSISTORS: 2 x 5117 with a small logo: something like a "2" or a "Z" in a small circle. 5117 is supposed to be a Thomas Organ internal part number, believed to be 2N2925
- PC BOARD SHAPE: Rectangular with a vintage-script capital "T" logo all around (Thomas?)
- NUMBER ON BOTTOM OF PC BOARD: "25.5500" and "2BT" (the "B" is like a greek capital "Beta")
- NUMBER ON TOP OF PC BOARD: none
Other:
- RUBBER/FELT TOE STOPS: 2 rubber (one missing), 1 Felt for the switch
- RUBBER/FELT HEEL STOPS: 1 rubber
- Carling SPDT switch. A previous owner installed (neatly) an external power jack, oddly with center positive, contrary to the almost universal BOSS trend.
- Both in/out jacks are labeled "TAIWAN" on the larger flange.
- The case has a number "021-005078-01" number cast inside, and a small logo that looks like the letters "dcp" inside an oblique rectalgle that's itself atop another "lined" rectangle.
- On the metallic case of the pot you can read:
- A-B (inside an octagon logo)
- HOTPOTZ - 1
- 100K-OHM 862
- TYPE EJ
- EXTRA LIFE
- MEXICO
- One of the rubber feet, 'though identical in shape, is a coupla millimeters taller than the other three.... replacement?...
'Though it's indeed a Jim Dunlop wah it seems to be a "transition" model with Thomas parts.
Received as a present from a guy who received it as a present as well from a Canadian guy that was dismantling a professional recording studio in southern Spain back in '87. Been in a drawer since then.
Sounds fantastic. Very classy. In very good shape.
Now, some more detailed photos of the innards:
Note the DPDT Carling switch for true-bypass added by me
and the external power jack added by a previous owner
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by Calambres