CRY BABY® Q ZONE™ FIXED WAH
Get the rich, resonant vocality of a fixed-position Cry Baby Wah in a standard pedal box with this reissue of the Cry Baby Q Zone Fixed Wah.
This pedal can be powered by a 9-volt battery, a Dunlop ECB003 9-volt adapter, or the DC Brick™, Iso-Brick™, and Mini Iso-Brick™ power supplies (not included).
- Gives you a fixed-wah sound without the hassle of a treadle
- Frees up your full-sized pedal for real-time wah-wah effects
- Volume knob enables you to boost your affected signal — makes your solos pop out of a busy mix
- Q Zone knob adjusts the pedal’s bandpass shape from wide to narrow
- Peak replaces the treadle on a full-blown wah-wah pedal, allowing you to set your frequency center
- Based on the tried-and-true classic that’s found on a gazillion pedalboards
THE LONG STORY
Now you can get the rich, resonant vocality of a fixed-position Cry Baby Wah in a standard pedal box. With this reissue of the Cry Baby Q Zone Fixed Wah, there’s no need to mess around with the rocker and try to listen for the sweet spot every time you go onstage. Like the Cry Baby 95Q Wah, this pedal allows you to boost your effect signal and adjust the bandpass shape from wide to narrow with the Volume and Q Zone controls respectively. The Peak control acts like the rocker pot of a wah pedal, setting the frequency center of the effect exactly where you want it so that you don’t have worry about bumping the rocker and losing your position. Find your sweet spot and start jamming.
CONTROLS
- VOLUME knob sets output level of effect
- Q ZONE knob adjusts bandpass shape from wide to narrow
- PEAK knob sets frequency center of effect
- FOOTSWITCH toggles effect on/bypass (red LED indicates on)
OPERATION
- Run an instrument cable from your guitar to the QZ1’s INSTRUMENT jack and another instrument cable from the QZ1’s AMPLIFIER jack into your amplifier’s input.
- Start with VOLUME, Q ZONE, and PEAK controls at 12 o’clock.
- Turn effect on by depressing footswitch.
- Rotate VOLUME knob clockwise to increase overall output of effect or counterclockwise to decrease it.
- Rotate Q ZONE knob clockwise for a narrower bandpass to emphasize higher end harmonics or counterclockwise for a wider bandpass that emphasizes lower end harmonics.
- Rotate PEAK knob clockwise for a brighter frequency center or counterclockwise for a lower frequency center
SPECIFICATIONS
- Input Impedance 1 MΩ
- Output Impedance < 2.2 KΩ
- Peak Range 380 – 2000 Hz
- Max Gain @ Center Freq +16 dBV*
- Volume 0 dBV to 20 dBv
- Bypass True Hardwire
- Noise Floor -91 dBV**
- Power Supply 9 volts DC
- Current Draw 4 mA
