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Talk Box For Bass? - Talkbox Megathread

#21
Hey man I understood like 75% of that lol :p like i said all this talk isnt quite my strong point... See im planning on using this quite alot and live, so would it work?

Also, so the mic and bass sounds would both go through fine to the amp when the effect is turned off??


Thanks,

~JB~
 
#22
A few years ago, I saw a band called the Sound Scientists. They were amazing to say the least. Their bass player, Eli, used what I thought at the time was a talk box. The effect was exactly that of a talk box (but with bass). So, I've been in the market for a talk box, but all the companies I've contacted have strongly urged me not to buy one of their boxes for use with bass. They all say I will be highly disappointed with the sound. So, does anyone out there know what I might be looking for? Someone suggested a vocoder, but that's not what I'm looking for. I want a peddle that can perform this function. Perhaps there is a talk box out there that can handle the transient spikes of bass tone? Anyone out there heard of such, or have any suggestions? :help: :confused:
 
#25
A talk box goes between your head and your cab and when activated bypasss your signal into an internal speaker (inside the talk box). This sound is then pumped up a tube which goes into your mouth then when you go near a mic the sound echoes around your mouth and goes through the pa. By opening and closing your mouth you can change the tone and make wah kind of sounds.

Next time you are brushing your teeth open and close your mouth and you will here the effect applied to the sound of your brushing!!

I messed around with a heli something? talk box by jim dunlop i think last week but it certainatly worked better on guitar than bass.

Hope this helps
 
#26
A Talk Box is essentially a high frequency horn driver that sends signal up a tube an you can change the 'envelope' of the sound by changing the shape and opening of your mouth. Some talk boxes have a built in amplifier or driver but the best ones are driven by a normal amp, usually about 100 watts or less. There are several reasons that it is not perfect for bass, bass amps are much more powerful than 100 watts and can easily destroy the driver and bass has frequencies that the horn driver cannot reproduce. The trick to using a talk box on bass is to get the right amplifier and mic combo and mix it with a regular bass signal. I use a mid 70's Dean Markley Talk Box 100 with a GK MLS guitar amp that is 100 watts, a Shure SM57 and still send signal to a bass amp for fundamental tone.
 
#27
I was directed to this thread via another talk box thread I found searching, and there's a bunch of good info here IMO. One question, though.... Does anyone know the effects Paul Raven of Prong used when recording "Whose Fist Is This Anyway" on Cleansing? At about the 2:50 mark it sounds a whole lot like a talk box to me. At least that's the sound I'd be looking for out of a bass and a talk box.
 
#28
I owned a Danelectro Free Speech for a while.
Due to the small size of the speaker, it only applies to higher frequencies. There must be a hi-pass filter around 500 or so.

The tone is also very fuzzy. Not bad but fuzzy. Mixing it with clean tone, I got really nice results but not much more than with the voice effect from my Korg. Not worth the hassle for me.
 

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