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The Kustom Electronics device "The Bag"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filters.muziq.be/model/kustom/the_bag |title=Kustom Electronics The Bag |website=Effects Database |access-date=30 November 2018 }}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was the first mass market talk box and was housed in a decorative bag slung over the shoulder like a wine bottle. It used a 30-watt driver and was released to the mass music market in early 1969, two years before Bob Heil's talk box became widely available. The Bag is claimed to have been designed by Doug Forbes,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dougforbes1.googlepages.com/home |title=Doug Forbes |website=dougforbes1.googlepages.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mocheez.fr/I%20Play%20The%20Talkbox/Doug%20Forbes.html |title=Doug Forbes |website=mocheez.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903135021/http://www.mocheez.fr/I%20Play%20The%20Talkbox/Doug%20Forbes.html |archive-date=3 September 2007}}</ref> who states that exactly the same concept (speaker attached to a plastic tube and inserted into the mouth) had previously been patented as an artificial [[larynx]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/29larynx.html |title=AT&T Labs Fosters Innovative Technology – AT&T Labs |website=corp.att.com}}</ref>
[[Stevie Wonder]] gave the talk box its first national television prominence, performing a medley of The Carpenters' "[[(They Long To Be) Close To You]]" and The Jackson 5's "[[Never Can Say Goodbye]]", both via a Kustom Bag, live on the [[David Frost]] show in 1972. The performance was later sampled on Frank Ocean's "[[Blonde (Frank Ocean album)|Close To You]]". [[Mike Pinera]] from [[Iron Butterfly]] used it in 1970.<ref>https://youtube.com/-pkdlqqLAFk?si=066JHpZ4fgvCa59i&t=2726</ref>
[[Jeff Beck]] used a Kustom Bag talk box in May 1973 on "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]" at a Santa Monica concert.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZlvNO-HAHY|title = Beck, Bogert, & Appice - Superstition - Santa Monica May '73 stereo|website = [[YouTube]]| date=2 December 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwIJk0C0xY0|title = Beck, Bogart & Appice - Superstition -1973|website = [[YouTube]]| date=24 June 2014 }}</ref> He also used it on "[[She's a Woman]]" from his 1975 release ''[[Blow by Blow]]'', and was seen using it for the song on [[BBC]] television program ''Five Faces of the Guitar'' in 1974 in which he also explains its use to the host of the show.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCulley |first=Jerry |title=Rare Video – Jeff Beck Plays His '54 Oxblood Les Paul With Upp |url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/rare-jeff-beck-video-oxblood.aspx |work=Gibson.com |publisher=Gibson Guitar Corporation |access-date=2 May 2014}}</ref>
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In 1988, Heil sold the manufacturing rights to [[Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc.]], which built the Heil talk box to the exact standards that Heil designed in 1973. (Now out of production)<ref>{{cite web |title=HEIL TALK BOX - Dunlop |url=https://www.jimdunlop.com/heil-talk-box/ |website=Dunlop |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>
The classic rock artist [[Peter Frampton]] made extensive use of the talk box in his music. In an interview for the 1999 DVD ''Live in Detroit'', Frampton says he first heard the talk box in 1970 while sitting in on sessions for [[George Harrison]]'s ''[[All Things Must Pass]]''. While he sat next to Pete Drake in the album sessions at [[Abbey Road Studios]], he heard Drake using it with a pedal steel guitar. Frampton said in the same interview that the sound it produced reminded him of an audio effect he loved listening to on [[Radio Luxembourg]] in the later 1960s. Frampton acquired one as a Christmas present from Bob Heil in 1974. It was a hand-built talk box in a fiberglass box using a 100-watt high-powered driver. This was the Heil talk box used for the ''[[Frampton Comes Alive]]'' tour and album.<ref>Lux, Joanna. and David Dayen [http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/30669/Peter_Frampton_More_Alive_Than_Ever.html ''"Peter Frampton: More Alive Than Ever"''] – [[G4 Media (TV company)|G4 Media]] – Thursday, 13 June 2002</ref><ref>Green, Douglas. [http://www.calsharp.com/music/Pete.html ''"Pete Drake: everyone's favorite"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222147/http://www.calsharp.com/music/Pete.html |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>Baron, Josh.[http://www.relix.com/Content/Interview/I'm_In_You:_Peter_Frampton_Still_Feels_Like_We_Do_200410251555.html ''"I'm In You: Peter Frampton Still Feels Like We Do"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922110542/http://www.relix.com/Content/Interview/I'm_In_You:_Peter_Frampton_Still_Feels_Like_We_Do_200410251555.html |date=22 September 2007 }} – [[Relix]] – Monday, 25 October 2004</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=24 July 2009 |title=Peter Frampton & Bob Heil Reunite, Talk Past, Present & Future |publisher=ProSoundWeb |url=http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/peter_frampton_bob_heil_reunite_talk_past_present_future/ |access-date=21 January 2011}}</ref> He then promptly locked himself away in a practice space for two weeks, and came out with some mastery of it. The success of the albums ''Frampton'' and ''Frampton Comes Alive!'', and particularly the hit singles "[[Do You Feel Like We Do]]" and "[[Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton song)|Show Me the Way]]", made Frampton's music somewhat synonymous with the talk box.
Frampton also now sells his own line of custom-designed "Framptone" products, including a talk box.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frampton.com/framptone.html|title=Framptone product page|website=frampton.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713161422/http://www.frampton.com/framptone.html|archive-date=13 July 2006}}</ref>
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* "[[2021 (song)|2021]]" – [[Vampire Weekend]]
* "[[Around the World (Daft Punk song)|Around the World]]" – [[Daft Punk]]
* "[[24K Magic (song)|24K Magic]]" – [[Bruno Mars]]
* "[[Appetite for Destruction|Anything Goes]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]]
* "[[Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren|The Ballad [Denny & Jean]]]" – [[Todd Rundgren]]
* "[[Beekeeper's Daughter]]" - [[The All-American Rejects]]
* "[[Beverly Hills (Weezer song)|Beverly Hills]]" – [[Weezer]]
* "[[Shot to Hell|Blacked Out World]]" – [[Black Label Society]]
* "[[Black Man (song)|Black Man]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
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==Non-musical uses==
A talk box connected to an [[iPad]] running an effects program was used to create the voice of the character [[BB-8]] in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=
==See also==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021129150402/http://talkbox.org National Talkbox Association's Website]
* [http://gfworks.jp/talkbox/index.html GF Works Talkbox Index]
* [http://blamepro.com/talkbox.htm The Talkbox FAQ]
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