I have the Cock Fight Plus pedal, not the Cock Fight. I agree that if you don’t use the expression pedal with the Cock Fight you’re missing out. The Cock Fight with Expression Pedal has one nice feature that the Cock Fight Plus is missing. That is, you can change the Fuzz Off setting to a Fuzz Through with an internal DIP switch. That’s handy, but make sure that if you want to be able to use the Cock Fight without the internal fuzz that you have the switch set to “Off” instead of “Through”.

Selecting TALK on the CRY/TALK switch is all it takes, but it does take quite a bit of practice. To me it sounds like heel down is an “ooh”. Toe down is an “eee”. In the middle is an “aah”.

Ooh->Aah->Eee

The throw is very short. To go from “aah” to “eee” is a movement of about half an inch or so on my Cock Fight Plus. It’s very sensitive. Also, the intensity and timbre of the TALK setting is highly dependent on its relationship to the drive, distortion, or fuzz being used. I’ve noticed that the CRY works will before or after the fuzz. It sounds very different, but it’s useable in either position. It also changes its intensity and timbre depending on the OD/Dist/Fuzz being used. But, the TALK setting is practically unusable in some settings with the built in fuzz. With the built in fuzz in PRE, it works well. With the built in fuzz in POST, you can barely hear the formants in high gain settings. It’s the same for external fuzz, but different depending on the exact OD/Dist/fuzz.

You should experiment with the position of your pedal around any dirt.