Dream Theater, the sweep
is reminiscent of the range
Clapton worked in when he
was with Cream.
A boost at 800 Hz offered
a gnarly, aggressive voicing
that was reminiscent of Mick
Ronson, and bringing up
the pot at 400 Hz I found
I took the base plate off
the traditional Cry Baby
and was greeted with six
trimpots affecting EQ bands midrange. Restoring the
at 3.2 KHz, 1.6 KHz, 800 Hz, trimpots to their original
400 Hz, 200 Hz and 100 Hz, positions and then rolling
as well as a pot to adjust the back 200 Hz, I found myself
able to approximate the
pedal’s output. I cranked
classic Cry Baby sweep
up the 3.2 KHz pot and
while avoiding the extremes
was immediately greeted
that Petrucci dialed out of
with the more extreme top
his own rig. Bottom line:
end I know and love from
whatever you play, if you
the stock Cry Baby model.
need a wah pedal, John
Interestingly, the leap to
that point in the sweep was Petrucci’s signature Cry
Baby has something to
more dramatic than what
offer you.
one finds in a traditional
Cry Baby. Playing lead, I
was able to get the highend response I expect when
playing a Cry Baby, but
when sweeping the pedal
quickly while playing chords,
the effect was almost like
a staccato tremolo due to
the crossover where the
high end dipped and then
suddenly peaked again.
Cool! Boosting at 1.6 KHz
evened out the sweep, but
it was clear that the JP95
can be dialed in to offer a
lot more than classic Cry
Baby tones.
WHAT WE LIKE
A variety of customizable
wah tones in a bomb-proof
enclosure.
CONCERNS
The inevitable rubber
feet—when will someone
invent a wah pedal that’s
pedalboard-friendly?!
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