Suddenly,... 4 years later.....Great vid. I just found a horn similar to the one in the video ....for $5 at the flea market. The 1/2" tube fits snugly and it works. For testing, I just took the wires off the speaker of my Honeytone mini-amp and connected it to the driver. Thanks, man!
One of the best "Presentations" DIYs I have seen todate. I think that comes with Maturity and discipline ! Well Done.... please keep on contributing...
Very very cool. I just heard of a talk box recently. I'm a weekend bedroom producer and had only heard of a vocoder, the talk box is a neat concept Great video!
Absolutely brilliant. My 1970s Heil recently died and have been looking at modern talk boxes. Only thing I'm going to do differently is route the guitar signal to my guitar rig when the talk box is off. Thanks.
I had a Jim Bean Voice Box back in the 70's. Now I'm playing in a covers band we added "Show me the Way" into the set and I rued the day I sold it. So I'm off down my mates workshop to see what second hand amps he has, I'll try and get a driver off him too. I like your concept a whole lot more than the Voice box I had, where you had to run a speaker lead to the box and a return to the amp. Great stuff!!
I really love your stuff. Your solution for Db-25 is going to save me a lot of carrying my 8 channel, 15 mtr multikabel.I have a old Korg DRM-1 with those 6-sided 'simmons' pads. At that time I unscrewed them and what wonder....., simple piezo's glued to the multiplex board. If I knew then what I see now on your video, it would have saved me also many times of dirty hands. Your design for the talk back is going to boost the sound of my fretless Bassgitar. Really nice work, love it
Beautiful Tutorial and Build! I built on of these out of a cheap Marshall 10 watt practice amp and an Eminence Horn Driver, but I then made my Talkbox 'modular', by making jacks for the I/O, so it could work for any amp with Speaker out. As an after thought, I used it in my 8th grade science project about sound! The teacher said that the Talkbox was a really creative addition, and gave me an 100%! :D Anyways, nice tutorial, and it would've been a great help if it was made before I made mine!
Thank you very much for your speedy reply and thorough explaination of how to wire the toggle switch! I had a feeling that that was the correct way to wire it but I wanted to make sure. Yours seems to work flawlessly, so I am sure that this will be a breeze to install. Thanks to your description, I'm confident that I won't need a fire extinguisher and the phone number of the local burn center!!
Hi! I know ten years have passed since you left this comment, but, could you please explain me how to wire the switch? I'd like to build this thing, too
Awesome video. I cudda used this about 2 years ago when I also tried tobuild a talk box. I'll have to show you what I built. IT is VERY similar to yours. I also used a small amp, Horn Driver. Except I actually bought a brand new driver for about 50 bucks. Mine works the same exact way. I also added a footswitch to bypass the talk box and run direct to my big amp. Aswesome vid!
Vid production 10. Explanation of project information 10. Sound 10. Effectiveness of finished talk box 10.......You obviously no longer have kids in the house....if you do.....can you please make your next video about how you manage them and get time to produce such a great video. That my friend will get you the worldwide adoration of millions, sinthood and possibly the key to most of the capital cities of Europe. Excellent.
I did the exact same thing to my Peavy Envoy 110 combo about 4 years ago! I though I was being original. I didn't drill a hole in the side though. I just leave everything tucked into the back. I hooked the whole thing up to a two way switch so i can go between the two.
I plan to use this method to create a talk box for my band but I think I'm going to add some barbed hose adapters laced into each other on the amp wall between the internal tubing... and the active or "up to the microphone" tubing to make for a firmer seal... I figure that way my guitarist will be able to cap the barbed piece sticking out with a barbcap to keep dust/dirt out for transporting... do you notice, on yours, does much sound escape where your tubes slid together?
Great video and explanation. I just pieced together my talkbox today and have a few questions. When I plug the end of the tube with my thumb, should I be able to hear sound coming from the driver? Perhaps I do not have a good enough seal. Does it need to be absolutely airtight? Also, I know I am brand new at this, but I expected to get clearer wording coming out, but like your video, I couldn't get understandable words; have you found tips for this? Thanks Again : )
ok great friend !!! Now I have a big question as I connect the driver with respect to the speaker amp to run both at the same time and the talk box effect sound from the speaker amplifier. from already thank you
hey awesome video, i just got a couple of questions if you don't mind me asking. 1. the horn driver is wired pretty much like its the speaker right? 2. does the amp need to have an over drive or distortion setting to sound like yours?
Great project. I like it because this project avoid to use a by pass switch and a power supply to feed the system. I´m trying to make a similar talk box project, using a 3 watts speaker on place a horn driver (I dont has one available), connecting it in parallel with a 20 watts speaker of my little amplifier. I think that a resistor is needed to reduce the signal for do not damage the 3 watts speaker (calculating a 20 Ohms resistor). Do You think that it can work well?
Ademas de ser un amplificador normal es un talkbox! Economico! Genial! y Practico! Exelente! ojala hubiese visto este video hace tiempo! Te felicito! Eres GENIAL!
Sorry for the double post, but I had a question. Would you be willing to do a tutorial on making a 'Leslie' rotating speaker cab? I've been looking in on them, and I think it would be awesome to have one!
Now I'm understanding what you said. You're right. Music is an universal language and really the more beautiful human language. You're welcome. I'm glad for your explanation video. Thanks for respect and speack in my brazilian portuguese language.
Great project! Has anyone tried to build an input for a channel foot switch that would change the output from the main speaker to the horn driver? Any ideas how to do that?
I built one if these years ago using an older peavey rage 158, I did the same thing with the switch thinking it would be awesome to have a spare practice amp. how ever I've been thinking out the bypass switching to kick it back to regular guitar lol.. I bought a danelectro self contained inline talk box, all I got from it was a bunch of feedback so I sold it and build one of these which are way better sounding
I have seen the light...! So what if I use a bigger amp (that I already have) for this hack? lets say an 80 watts Peavey bandit, do i need to add a resistor to the driver? what kind of voice speaker should I need to look for? This is a great video
i think is great the fact that you can built your own....my question is.... i have a 120wtts line six amp....can i use a diferent small amp.....( I have a couple of them....) and use them simultaneusly?
How did you solder the components? I see the line from the other speaker cone but how did you connect it in and add the switch? I really want to do this but would like to clarify that up a bit :)
also, my guitarist has a footswich tuner, (which I HIGHLY recommend to any gigging guitarist) it has 2 outputs on it... I figure he can send that extra output to the talk-box rig
My one question is: Could you show the schematics for wiring in the switch? I plan on doing the same concept except make an external button. So i can step to activate/deactivate it. Thanks!
Would it be possibe to use a main amp for playing at a gig and switch over to the small amp with the voicebox in to be able to use and then switch back to the main amp for playing the music again...thank you, Andre
ok first great idea.. i saw this and proceeded to build mine .. but i have an issue i used a new compression - horn- driver and i'm running it through a 25 watt amp but i cant get the volume that you are getting out of my tube .. yes there is sound coming out but very little ... any ideas??? the driver was rated at 250 peak watts and is a mid range frequency
Can I use a roland cube with the talkbox? Ive seen Joe Walsh and Adam Jones used a Roland Cube 60 for the talkbox. How can I use it since the roland has only an Ext Speaker out? how do I place the talkbox in between of the amp and speaker?
Not sure I’ll get a response, but I’d appreciate it. What is the brand and model number of the speaker horn? I bought everything else. Might need a new switch as mine is close. Horns are hard to find. Appreciate it.
Suddenly,... 4 years later.....Great vid. I just found a horn similar to the one in the video ....for $5 at the flea market. The 1/2" tube fits snugly and it works. For testing, I just took the wires off the speaker of my Honeytone mini-amp and connected it to the driver. Thanks, man!
this is incredible not what i expected
You did a excellent job explaining the concept of the talk box and how it works and how you made yours. 5 Stars man!
Of all Talk Box videos out there this is about the only one explicitly explain how it works. Great video. Thanks.
Very cool project and beautifully presented too. I love it.
Awesome Video! Thanks for spending the time to teach us.
Simplu Fantastic Video. Clear and absolutly flexible idea. Thank you sir.
thanks man this helped us put together our own...we started out a little different..but u gave us what we needed to bring it all together
Brilliant idea! I have a couple of small practice amps that I am going to convert.
One of the best
"Presentations" DIYs I have seen todate.
I think that comes with Maturity and discipline !
Well Done.... please keep on contributing...
I always thought about that idea... but never done! Perfectly... congrats mate! 👏👏👏
Fantastic video! Your graphics, sense of humor, and presentation were very slick. Nice job, and great licks on the axe. Cheers!
Great job on such a professional video.
Very very cool. I just heard of a talk box recently. I'm a weekend bedroom producer and had only heard of a vocoder, the talk box is a neat concept Great video!
Perfect for me, i will to one in my future. Thanks for this information.
Really great video production - thanks fort the information!
I love all your videos. Thanks for this.
Awesome demo and playing bro
Absolutely brilliant. My 1970s Heil recently died and have been looking at modern talk boxes. Only thing I'm going to do differently is route the guitar signal to my guitar rig when the talk box is off. Thanks.
I had a Jim Bean Voice Box back in the 70's.
Now I'm playing in a covers band we added "Show me the Way" into the set and I rued the day I sold it. So I'm off down my mates workshop to see what second hand amps he has, I'll try and get a driver off him too. I like your concept a whole lot more than the Voice box I had, where you had to run a speaker lead to the box and a return to the amp. Great stuff!!
TH-camrs chingones, de esos que ya casi no hay, de esos que no se la pasan quejndose y hasta se dan el tiempo de enseñar con video bien hecho. 💪🏽
I really love your stuff. Your solution for Db-25 is going to save me a lot of carrying my 8 channel, 15 mtr multikabel.I have a old Korg DRM-1 with those 6-sided 'simmons' pads.
At that time I unscrewed them and what wonder....., simple piezo's glued to the multiplex board. If I knew then what I see now on your video, it would have saved me also many times of dirty hands. Your design for the talk back is going to boost the sound of my fretless
Bassgitar. Really nice work, love it
Excellent video!
That's a great idea. I was thinking about modding my practice amp in interesting ways.
Beautiful Tutorial and Build!
I built on of these out of a cheap Marshall 10 watt practice amp and an Eminence Horn Driver, but I then made my Talkbox 'modular', by making jacks for the I/O, so it could work for any amp with Speaker out.
As an after thought, I used it in my 8th grade science project about sound! The teacher said that the Talkbox was a really creative addition, and gave me an 100%! :D
Anyways, nice tutorial, and it would've been a great help if it was made before I made mine!
This is one of the better made "howto make a talk box videos" out here. The sound is good the video is good and the content is well planned.
sweet set up for cheap... Im thinking about some zapp and roger type sound for a hip hop track.
nice job man, this was well though out
very nice demo....
u helped me out more then any others youtubers did
thanks for sharing dude.
Awesome project! Thank you. :)
Great video - wonderful instrutions. Saw your video after I made my talkbox, but passed your video onto a buddy who is building his talkbox. -jim
Thank you very much for your speedy reply and thorough explaination of how to wire the toggle switch! I had a feeling that that was the correct way to wire it but I wanted to make sure. Yours seems to work flawlessly, so I am sure that this will be a breeze to install.
Thanks to your description, I'm confident that I won't need a fire extinguisher and the phone number of the local burn center!!
Hi! I know ten years have passed since you left this comment, but, could you please explain me how to wire the switch? I'd like to build this thing, too
Awesome video. I cudda used this about 2 years ago when I also tried tobuild a talk box. I'll have to show you what I built. IT is VERY similar to yours. I also used a small amp, Horn Driver. Except I actually bought a brand new driver for about 50 bucks. Mine works the same exact way. I also added a footswitch to bypass the talk box and run direct to my big amp. Aswesome vid!
back in 2010, when videos were on point. Thank you
This is the best homemade one I’ve seen
Nice thanks for explaining !!
Very goooood job man
This is the best home made talk-box I've seen.
Amazing man !
Great idea! I have a small Marshall practice amp that would be perfect for such a project! BTW: love the "weak" end productions - very clever!
Vid production 10. Explanation of project information 10. Sound 10. Effectiveness of finished talk box 10.......You obviously no longer have kids in the house....if you do.....can you please make your next video about how you manage them and get time to produce such a great video. That my friend will get you the worldwide adoration of millions, sinthood and possibly the key to most of the capital cities of Europe. Excellent.
nice thanxx im gonna make mine play both sounds also
Where do you hook the switch to a wireing tutorial would be awesome pretty dang cool
great stuff u must a great guitar teacher
Pretty neat indeed!!!
I did the exact same thing to my Peavy Envoy 110 combo about 4 years ago! I though I was being original. I didn't drill a hole in the side though. I just leave everything tucked into the back. I hooked the whole thing up to a two way switch so i can go between the two.
awesome, great idea.
thank you very much ... very cool video, well done ... keep on, happy new year ... ok
I plan to use this method to create a talk box for my band but I think I'm going to add some barbed hose adapters laced into each other on the amp wall between the internal tubing... and the active or "up to the microphone" tubing to make for a firmer seal... I figure that way my guitarist will be able to cap the barbed piece sticking out with a barbcap to keep dust/dirt out for transporting... do you notice, on yours, does much sound escape where your tubes slid together?
Awesome idea.
Cool I'll have try to try to build one someday. Can you try do a full cover livin on a prayer.
Awesome video!!!! thanks a lot
Nice video and excellent playing and backing music. Nice studio too. :-)
Great video and explanation. I just pieced together my talkbox today and have a few questions. When I plug the end of the tube with my thumb, should I be able to hear sound coming from the driver? Perhaps I do not have a good enough seal. Does it need to be absolutely airtight?
Also, I know I am brand new at this, but I expected to get clearer wording coming out, but like your video, I couldn't get understandable words; have you found tips for this?
Thanks Again : )
ok great friend !!! Now I have a big question as I connect the driver with respect to the speaker amp to run both at the same time and the talk box effect sound from the speaker amplifier. from already thank you
Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat JOB thankyou,, i practice one so urgent, thankyou again... congratulation...
Cool stuff!
hey awesome video, i just got a couple of questions if you don't mind me asking.
1. the horn driver is wired pretty much like its the speaker right?
2. does the amp need to have an over drive or distortion setting to sound like yours?
genius video!!!!!!
Very cool video
I have a 10 yamaha ga 10, how many watts should be the horn driver ???
Excellent video my friend
Great project. I like it because this project avoid to use a by pass switch and a power supply to feed the system. I´m trying to make a similar talk box project, using a 3 watts speaker on place a horn driver (I dont has one available), connecting it in parallel with a 20 watts speaker of my little amplifier. I think that a resistor is needed to reduce the signal for do not damage the 3 watts speaker (calculating a 20 Ohms resistor). Do You think that it can work well?
I did this project today. Many thanks for the great idea ! Total cost for me: 10,00 Euro
Ademas de ser un amplificador normal es un talkbox! Economico! Genial! y Practico! Exelente! ojala hubiese visto este video hace tiempo! Te felicito! Eres GENIAL!
Sorry for the double post, but I had a question. Would you be willing to do a tutorial on making a 'Leslie' rotating speaker cab?
I've been looking in on them, and I think it would be awesome to have one!
nice vid dude
pretty cool, thanks
I wonder if you can use those horns in a PA application. Great vid I will try this.
Now I'm understanding what you said. You're right. Music is an universal language and really the more beautiful human language. You're welcome. I'm glad for your explanation video. Thanks for respect and speack in my brazilian portuguese language.
Exelente,gracias amigo
Great project! Has anyone tried to build an input for a channel foot switch that would change the output from the main speaker to the horn driver? Any ideas how to do that?
LOVE THAT DISCLAIMER........GREAT VIDEO
I built one if these years ago using an older peavey rage 158, I did the same thing with the switch thinking it would be awesome to have a spare practice amp. how ever I've been thinking out the bypass switching to kick it back to regular guitar lol.. I bought a danelectro self contained inline talk box, all I got from it was a bunch of feedback so I sold it and build one of these which are way better sounding
I have seen the light...! So what if I use a bigger amp (that I already have) for this hack?
lets say an 80 watts Peavey bandit, do i need to add a resistor to the driver? what kind of voice speaker should I need to look for? This is a great video
informative and you get to use the tone controls of the amp.
This is great, considering that I have that exact same amp. Thanks! (:
Thank you so much
Super Intro!
i think is great the fact that you can built your own....my question is.... i have a 120wtts line six amp....can i use a diferent small amp.....( I have a couple of them....) and use them simultaneusly?
Ótimo diy vídeo. Gostaria de saber como ficam as conexões
thanks man !
Awesome video, what was that song at the beginning?
How do you wire the switch? And btw, I like the hand gestures ala Vanna White :)
How did you solder the components? I see the line from the other speaker cone but how did you connect it in and add the switch? I really want to do this but would like to clarify that up a bit :)
Great video! Your disclaimer made me laugh my head off. Great!!
Genius !
also, my guitarist has a footswich tuner, (which I HIGHLY recommend to any gigging guitarist) it has 2 outputs on it... I figure he can send that extra output to the talk-box rig
My one question is: Could you show the schematics for wiring in the switch? I plan on doing the same concept except make an external button. So i can step to activate/deactivate it. Thanks!
Would it be possibe to use a main amp for playing at a gig and switch over to the small amp with the voicebox in to be able to use and then switch back to the main amp for playing the music again...thank you, Andre
I want to connect the talkbox up to my computer, so how would I connect the horn driver to the speaker, and how do I hook it all up to my computer?
The graphics are a hoot! Did you use some type of crossover for the driver?
ok first great idea.. i saw this and proceeded to build mine .. but i have an issue i used a new compression - horn- driver and i'm running it through a 25 watt amp but i cant get the volume that you are getting out of my tube .. yes there is sound coming out but very little ... any ideas??? the driver was rated at 250 peak watts and is a mid range frequency
That's nice, thanks. How do I do this with a $20 amp I already own??
Made one, and it's time for making dubstep!
@JimiBLong Hi you didnt show how to wire the switch is it very complicated
to wire in
Can I use a roland cube with the talkbox? Ive seen Joe Walsh and Adam Jones used a Roland Cube 60 for the talkbox. How can I use it since the roland has only an Ext Speaker out? how do I place the talkbox in between of the amp and speaker?
Not sure I’ll get a response, but I’d appreciate it. What is the brand and model number of the speaker horn? I bought everything else. Might need a new switch as mine is close. Horns are hard to find. Appreciate it.
I notice it is a 10w guitar amp,
what power is the horn driver
Andy