Jim Dunlop HT1 Heil Talkbox

You've heard this famous effect in hits and live concerts, popularised by Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh, Slash, Aerosmith, Alice In Chains and others. The Dunlop HT1 Heil TalkBox is a sturdy metal casing houses a phenolic diaphragm speaker, powered by your amplifiers external speaker jack. (Place it in line with your external, speaker, which can remain connected).

A 6 1/2 foot surgical tube carries the diaphragm speakers sound to your mouth. The tube end is placed near a voice microphone. By shaping sounds (or even "words") with your mouth, you immediately achieve startling vocal-like sounds that you can manipulate into incredible organic tones. The effect's blended signal is the output of your voice microphone.

Controls: Footswitch toggles unit active/inactive • Surgical quality plastic tubing allows natural "voice" modulation of played notes.