talkbox

[tous]

morning...
recently i've trying to play Bon Jovi songs with my band, but I found a problem i can't solve...
In the new song (It's my life) and in Living on a prayer sambora uses a talkbox...does anyone have an idea how to make one? (or where to get one, cause the guitarshops in my town don't sell them!)
How does it work? I mean, do you sing into it, or do just use your mouth to make the sound?
I haven't got the slightest clue...So please help me...
l8r

[jake sommers]

are you talking about the thing Pete Frampton uses, they usually only cost like a $100 or so i beileive the products name is "Heil Talk" or something close to that if they don't have it in any guitar stores(probally cause it would be kinda pushing it if a person used it all the time) ask them if they can order it for you, most guitar stores i know will do that. i think the notes that you sing take on the sound the guitar makes, i had a freind who had one i didn't try it out cause that's a personal item like a jock strap or something. ok

peace out,

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Jake Sommers

[jake sommers]

yo, you can learn more about how it works under the equipment section at www.frampton.com (http://www.frampton.com)

it usually costs $150(my mistake) you can probally find it easier on the net than you can at stores.

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Jake Sommers

[tous]

thanx for your efforts, but I already found a tutorial how to make one...(so that's what I'm gonna try, hope it'll work out).

[AtomicMassUnit]

Hey man, talkboxes are easy to make, if you need one. Buy a really really cheap microphone and plug it into you amp's output so that all your sound is coming out of the mic. I know this sounds strange, but trust me. put the mic on a stand where you can play your guitar. move your mouth around to make different sounds. you'll have to use another microphone to amplify the sound, because it's very quiet. if you want, you can put a plastic tube around the 1st mic to put inside your mouth. the vocal effect is more pronounced like this. hope that helped. i've had to do this the simple way in a pinch.

Atomic

[tous]

THANX, Atomic...
That's the kind of reply I was hoping for!
thanx for the advice, I'm gonna try it right away

[Raskolnikov]

Hey, I've wanted a talk box lately... anyone heard how they work w/ a bass? and is the one that you can find in Musician's Friend any good?

[Jon Broderick]

From reading the description at musician's friend it seems you need

1. an amp
2. a mic
3. an amp for the mic (a P.A.)

It seems that the talkbox sends the guitar sound into your mouth, you get your mouth next to the mic, the mic sends the sound into the P.A., and then you get that talkbox effect.

Is this right?

Sounds too complex for me...

[josh_underwood]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Times, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tous:
morning...
recently i've trying to play Bon Jovi songs with my band, but I found a problem i can't solve...
In the new song (It's my life) and in Living on a prayer sambora uses a talkbox...does anyone have an idea how to make one? (or where to get one, cause the guitarshops in my town don't sell them!)
How does it work? I mean, do you sing into it, or do just use your mouth to make the sound?
I haven't got the slightest clue...So please help me...
l8r<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

hey man go to this web sitehttp://www.ampage.org/guitareffectsprojects/ it tells you how to make one.

[Fender1165]

In case anyone cares about exact prices. The current Musician's Friend says it retails for $229 and they are selling it for $139.
http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/smile.gif

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-ejd

email:
Fender1165@aol.com
Guitarbiz@hotmail.com

[zeews]

OK....this is kind of tounge and cheek...so bear with me.
Joe perry use to use a home-made talk-box. He took a air-tight leather sac filled with air, ran a tube from it to his mouth. Now this part takes some talent. you have to manually squeez the sack with your elbow against the side of your body. You have to do this while strumming/picking you guitar (in other words, you have to squeez the air-bag and play your guitar at the same time). While doing that put you mouth up to a microphone. By squeezing the air into your lungs, you adjust the sound by moving you lips in variouse directions.
I have tried this before, but not with a mic. If I had a Mic. I think it would work.

I hope I was of some help. And I hope this dont confuse ya to much, if anyone else can explain this better, be my guest!!
Thankyou

[Edited by zeews on 02-14-2001 at 10:50 PM]

[jake sommers]

Sounds like bagpipes man, lol. that sounds really cool.

[zeews]

LOL.....But I'm seriouse.

[Edited by zeews on 02-15-2001 at 12:15 AM]