MXR talk box?

[Myaccount876]

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I've heard that the wahhh wahh wah part in Man In A Box was double tracked. One with a wah, the other with a talk box.

It seems like it in the full mix, but when it's stripped down to the guitars, there's a dry take blended with a talk box take up front (worth mentioning - the tone on these takes is very "sculpted". Jerry Cantrell has been known to send his signal to multiple amps - like the "Snorkler" JCM800, an AC30, Bogner Fish, Orange amps etc. and blend them together to create a layered sound). The only wah on the studio recording is during the solo.

[PFDarkside]

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I've heard that the wahhh wahh wah part in Man In A Box was double tracked. One with a wah, the other with a talk box.

For some reason I thought that as well.

[Lampy H]

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I've heard that the wahhh wahh wah part in Man In A Box was double tracked. One with a wah, the other with a talk box.

[Myaccount876]

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Here's the studio tracks. You can hear him doing the multi-tracking he always uses. Ex: For the verses, there's one dry guitar track blended with the talk box track, and they sound like different takes. But during the solo, it starts out with a guitar that is probably a Les Paul through a wah-wah instead of a talk box, but is then spliced to a single coil neck pickup on what sounds like a G&L ASAT. The wah was used live instead of a talk box until only recently because he said that it was a ***** to set up correctly, but since AIC uses iso-cabs now with a big enough road crew they can have the talk box set up every night and have it sound consistently good.

[Johnny the Kid]

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Recorded with a talk box, performed live mostly with a wah, more recently performed with a talk box.

Gotcha.


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[GilmourD]

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I'm not so sure about that. I've heard it was a wah pedal and I've heard it was a talk box. Part of the effect is that Layne Staley sang the guitar melody. Jerry Cantrell is known for using an exceptionally thick/ vocal sounding wah pedal.

Recorded with a talk box, performed live mostly with a wah, more recently performed with a talk box.

[Johnny the Kid]

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Ok. I thougt it was wah and talk-box part was the last uhu wah wah uhu wah wah waaaaah. I know Dimebag used wah pedal regularly. Alice in Chains Man In The Box had definately had talk-box in it.

I'm not so sure about that. I've heard it was a wah pedal and I've heard it was a talk box. Part of the effect is that Layne Staley sang the guitar melody. Jerry Cantrell is known for using an exceptionally thick/ vocal sounding wah pedal.

[Lovegun]

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I believe that is a wah pedal. He was well known for using one.

Ok. I thougt it was wah and talk-box part was the last uhu wah wah uhu wah wah waaaaah. I know Dimebag used wah pedal regularly. Alice in Chains Man In The Box had definately had talk-box in it.

[Johnny the Kid]

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Wasn't there talk-box part on Pantera's This Love rigth about 3:40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tymWpEU8wpM

I believe that is a wah pedal. He was well known for using one.

[Lovegun]

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Wasn't there talk-box part on Pantera's This Love rigth about 3:40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tymWpEU8wpM

[GilmourD]

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[HALENisking]

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Here's one of my favorite uses for a talk box I've ever heard.

Way too cool... It kills with the sustain of the lap steel

Daft punk use Talk box w/ keys all the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-fA1O8Ba0

My fav is the keyboard solo on "Fragments of Time" with the talkbox

[Matt42]

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Here's one of my favorite uses for a talk box I've ever heard.

[Lucy Diamond]

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This is actually my favorite use for the talk box:

[blueman335]

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There are some songs that you just need it:

Frampton

As cool a song as 'Do you Feel' is, I turn it off before the talk box part, as that's gotten old a long time ago. The solos before that are infinitely more interesting. If I were to hear a band do a cover of it, it would be a blessing if they didn't use a talk box.