DB01 DIME BAG CRY BABY
®
WAH WAH
POWER
The Dime Bag Signature Cry Baby
®
Wah
Wah is powered by one 9-volt battery
(accessed via bottom of pedal), an AC
adapter such as the Dunlop ECB003/
ECB003E, or a DC Brick
™
power supply.
SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
•Runaninstrumentcablefromyour
guitartotheDB01’sINSTRUMENT
jack and another instrument cable
fromtheDB01’sAMPLIFIERjack
to your amplifier’s input.
•Toturnthepedalon/off,pushthetoeof
the pedal down until you feel a “click”.
•Setallcontrolstotheir
12 o’clock position.
•ToincreasetheDB01’soutput,engage
the BOOST switch and rotate the
VOLUMEcontrolclockwisetoincrease
volume of effect or counterclockwise
to decrease it.
•RotatetheVARIABLEQknob
clockwise for a narrower frequency
range to emphasize higher end
harmonics or counterclockwise
for a wider frequency range that
emphasizes lower end harmonics.
•RotatetheFINETUNEknobcontrol
clockwise to for a brighter toe-down
sound or counterclockwise for a darker
toe-down sound.
•Rockyourfootbackandforthonthe
pedal to hear the vocal, expressive tones
that the Cry Baby Wah Wah is famous for.
ADJUSTABLE ROCKER TENSION
Locatedundertherockerattheheelof
the pedal is an adjustable torque clutch
that allows the amount of resistance the
rocker has to being moved. Turn clockwise
to increase resistance or counterclockwise
to decrease resistance. (Wrench included).
See Diagram A
SWITCHABLE OUTPUT JACKS
TheDB01’sOUTPUT/INPUTjackworks
ineitherParallelModeorPassThrough
ModeusingtheinternalJP2switch(see
DiagramB).InthedefaultParallelMode
(JP2switchUP),boththeOUTPUTand
OUTPUT/INPUTjacksfunctionasparallel
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CONTROLS
•VOLUMEknobcontrolsamount
of gain added by BOOST switch
•VARIABLEQknobcontrolsthe
sharpness of the DB01’s bandpass
•FINETUNEknobshapestoneof
toe-down position
•BOOSTswitchincreasesoutputas
setbytheVOLUMEknob(indicated
byredLED)
•FOOTSWITCHtoggleseffecton/bypass
(greenLEDindicateson)
SPECIFICATIONS
Impedance
Input 1MΩ
Output <1 kΩ
Noise Floor* -102 dBV
Filter Center Freq. (f
c
)
Range Heel Down Toe Down**
1 440Hz 1.5kHzto2.2kHz
2 400Hz 1.3kHzto1.9kHz
3 375Hz 1.2kHzto1.8kHz
4 345Hz 1.0kHzto1.6kHz
5 295Hz 750Hzto1.4kHz
6 250Hz 1.2kHz
Max Gain at f
c
15dB
Boost Range 0.1 to 17 dB
Bypass Buffered
Current Draw 2.5mA
Power Supply 9 volts DC
*A-weighted
**Adjustable by fine tune control
VOLUME control sets
level of gain boost up
to 16dB
BOOST switch kicks in the
amount of boost set by
VOLUME control
RANGE SELECTOR
determines frequency
center of Wah Wah
VARIABLE Q control adjusts
frequency width
FINE TUNE control adjusts
TOE DOWN frequency
Diagram A
outputs, each receiving your affected
signal. This mode is useful for splitting
the DB01’s signal to two separate effects
chains.InPassThroughMode(JP2
switchDOWN),onlytheOUTPUTjack
receives the affected signal, while the
OUTPUT/INPUTjackreceivesyourclean,
unaffected signal. This is useful for send-
ing your dry signal to a tuner outside of
your effects chain.
Diagram B