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• Looks like this hip hop guy made a talkbox:
  http://www.headcrack.com/page.php?id=14
  Page is kind of a mess though. Still, I might try it, they go for like $120-$140 commercially.

  Posted by: jordan314 on December 15, 2006 at 9:00 AM

• Wow, that page on headcrack says that Roger Troutman used a talkbox, I always thought he was modulating his voice through a Moog, electronically.

  Posted by: ehrichweiss on December 15, 2006 at 9:45 AM

• Frampton used a Heil Talk Box, I think Dunlop owns them now...I believe he inserted a clear vinyl tube into his mouth and clenched it in his teeth as he sang during the solo-probably a simple circuit, they have been around for a long time.

  Here's the Wikipedia entry on the Talk Box:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box

  Posted by: suburbanjunkyard on December 15, 2006 at 10:53 AM

• That Whizzer the Taking Airplane record was featured on
  Kiddie Records Weekly this year. I think it's still available for download.

  Posted by: thebillionaire on December 15, 2006 at 11:39 AM

• I built one of these when I was a teenager.

  Parts:
  Cheap radio shack horn tweeter, plastic barbed pipe nipple, length of clear plastic tubing, amplifier to drive the tweeter.

  Proceedure:
  Leaving an inch or so of length to protect the tweeter element inside, cut the plastic horn off with a hacksaw. Glue the pipe nipple where the horn used to be. Insert tubing and fix so it doesn't hit the tweeter element. I got the best results Frampton style by taping the tube to a mic stand with the end near the mic itsself.

  Comments:
  I found that a mixer made this task a lot easier since one could control which instruments were going into the talkbox as well as notch out trouble frequencies. Also, the tubing got pretty gross if you didn't clean it after use.

  Posted by: hammerthumb on December 16, 2006 at 6:06 AM

• I also made one a few years back. My biggest problem was that most speakers put out too much sound to be isolated properly. I solved the issue by using a little belt-clip style amp --- one of those .5 watt mini jobs from fender or marshall. I taped a plastic funnel over the speaker and fit clear tubing on the funnel. plug your guit into the lil amp, stick the tube in your pie-hole, and start "talking" into the mic. It cost a total of about $15, took 10 minutes to put together, and worked pretty well.

  Posted by: ArtistWeekly.com on December 22, 2006 at 11:51 AM

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