Richie's Special Mike! - What is it?

wotashot

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16 Jan 2007 - 11:20 PM

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Its bothered me for ages has this one, In "Living On A Prayer" richie sambora does the wo woooa wooa woa wo woa bit with a funny looking mike which sits alongside his regular one, what is it? Its got a bit that goes into his mouth an looks strange.

Can anyone shed any light on it?

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stevenj

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16 Jan 2007 - 11:38 PM

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It's a talkbox. It lets you 'shape' the sound of an instrument (guitar) like a vocoder. Gilmour did indeed use them with the Floyd.

I'm sure someone will back me up and go further!

digicammad (e2 Member)

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17 Jan 2007 - 8:25 AM

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Nobody could forget the awful record Cher made using one, but does anybody remember Frampton Comes Alive?

Ian

Ewan

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17 Jan 2007 - 12:30 PM

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Quote: Its bothered me for ages has this one

You're not kidding; it's been out for 20 years

jeanie (e2 Member)

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17 Jan 2007 - 12:32 PM

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LOL it's older than Jamie!

66tricky

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17 Jan 2007 - 3:25 PM

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IIRC the work by taking the guitar signal and amplifying it in the box into a small, high power speaker. The sound then travels from the speaker up the tube into the player's mouth. Movements of the mouth then mould the guitar sound and it is picked up by the microphone that the player was using for singing. Old ones carried the risk of the player's saliva running down the tube, shorting the circuit and giving them a shock back up the tube.

Here's one: http://www.activemusician.com/item--EM.BANSHEE