Peter Frampton's Talk Box

[stiggz]

Hey

I was wondering would anyone have the know-how or the schematic of the Framptone talk box or the danelectro free speech talk box, cos id love to experiment with em, but i dont have the money to buy 1, so i though i might try to build 1. any help fellas?

thanks in advance

luke

[jamesj]

Hey

I was wondering would anyone have the know-how or the schematic of the Framptone talk box or the danelectro free speech talk box, cos id love to experiment with em, but i dont have the money to buy 1, so i though i might try to build 1.  any help fellas?

thanks in advance

luke

 

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To do it you need a "horn speaker compressor" I think its called, (the bottom the plastic horn part mounts to) also a practice amp, some 3/8 or 1/2" vinyl tubing. you wire your practice amps speaker output to the compressor, put it in a box, run the tube from the horn mount to your mouth and walla! its not very loud or band worthy without a mike /PA system.

I'm designing a better model myself but need a "mini amp" like the belt/ earphone size.... So I can use it without at PA system ....

[lovekraft]

It's basically a PA horn driver in a box with a switch - the original Heil took the signal from an amp's speaker out and switched it between a horn driver (with a tube on it's throat) with a big nonpolar electrolytic in series (as a "crossover") and an output jack that hooked up to the speaker cabinet with a simple SPDT switch. It took a pretty stout amp to drive it, especially at the stage volumes prevalent in the Frampton era, and you always felt like it was going to vibrate your fillings loose! Seems to me that we rigged up an old Altec 808 driver with a 22uF cap, but that's from waaay back in the mists of time, so don't count on it to be right!

Here's some more info from General Guitar Gadgets:

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/index....d=99&Itemid=127

[GregP]

Ah, the old triple-post. A classic!

[lovekraft]

And that's why it's always risky to make fun of a Mod!