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- From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers.guitar
- Subject: Re: Cry Baby or Hendrix Wah?
- Message-ID: <Bxz3FE.3r0@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 17:04:25 GMT
- References: <mike.4@vm1.mcgill.ca> <1992Nov18.225313.26292@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com> <1992Nov19.000757.13744@reed.edu>
- Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.
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- jkiparsk@reed.edu (Jonathan Kiparsky) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov18.225313.26292@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com> fredh@cv.hp.com (Fred Handloser) writes:
- >>I've seen CryBaby pedals that say "The Original" but they are
- >>made by Duncan or some such company. The CryBaby I bought
- >>in 1971 or 1972 says "Thomas Organ Company" on the bottom
- >>plate. Is this the model Hendrix used?
-
- The original Cry Baby was made by Vox in England. This is one that Hendrix
- used.
- The Thomas Organ Company had a licsence deal with Vox to build AC30s in the
- US - they built transistor amps, put them in AC30 boxes and claimed them the
- real thing. Everyone wondered why US AC30s sounded crap - that's why.
-
- Given that the Thomas Organ Company were also distributers for imported Vox
- equipment, I really can't say whether they merely imported the Cry Baby and
- stuck their own badge on it or actually built them in the US, but if it was
- the latter, I'd be pretty wary of a copy of one of these given Thomas Organ's
- track record in scamming the US public.
-
- They're almost certainly NOT going to be the original Vox version although
- they may be pretty close, since the original pot core assemblies were made by
- a company in Italy as was the pedal and are no longer available.
-
- They also had a very weird sized pot spindle which made changing a noisy pot
- a *real* pain - or expensive since Vox themselves was the only source .
-
- Me? I *hated* them, mainly because of the short pedal throw.
-
- Dave
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