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Topic: talking steel guitar |
Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 21 Feb 2009 2:34 pm |
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| i was really wondering if a talking steel guitar is especially made for talking or if you just plug it into all the equipment |
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Bryan Daste
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2009 2:37 pm
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| I think it's just a regular steel through a Talk Box, Digitech Talker, vocoder, or the like. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 22 Feb 2009 5:54 am
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| It's basically just a small speaker in a sealed box with a hose attached. You hook the speaker up to an amp, and place the hose in your mouth, and then you "mouth" the words as you play. The first one was reputed to be little more than a speaker in a coffee can. |
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Doug Palmer
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2009 6:28 am
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Daniel, I sell the Heil talk box. Pete Drake did it way back. Hello Walls! You still need a microphone because the sound comes out of your mouth. $200.
Danelecro has anewer type. Never tried it but it is an inline stomp box. It is on page 123. $129.
Her is the link
www.musicorp.com
Doug Palmer
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2009 7:37 am
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| I made a talkbox in the late '60s. It was a driver from a Voice Of The Theater horn, with surgical tube fastened to it. Stuck the tube in the corner of my mouth and "sang" into a mic. Worked fine! No box required. |
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Tommy Shown
From:
Denham Springs, La.
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 7:16 pm
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| Pete Drake, later sold that unit to Peter Frampton in the mid 70's |
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John Gould
From:
Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 8:29 pm Talking Steel
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If you going to talk about the talking steel guitar you have to mention Alvino Rey . He had the steel talking way back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Z_sERhBw8
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Ken Mizell
From:
Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 8:58 pm
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I could never stomach the sound of this talk box thing on steel guitar. That's one effect that I wish would go extinct. I liked Pete Drakes playing, but not with the talk box.
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 10:28 pm
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 6:26 am
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| there was a talkbox for sale here on the forum not long ago. EH golden throat. nice vintage talkbox. I wanted it but knew I'd NEVER use it. nice collectors item tho. |
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