How did (does) Peter Frampton get that voice out of singing through what appears to be a garden hose?

Answer 1

The "garden hose" is a talk box.

The talk box guitar effect was created by Doug Forbes and made popular by Peter Frampton. The song most famous for it is maybe his "Show Me The Way".

How he uses it:

http://www.frampton.com/equipment.html

In the talk box effect, amplified sound is actually fed via a tube into the performer's mouth and is then shaped by the performer's lip, tongue, and mouth movements before being picked up by a microphone.

In contrast, a vocoder effect is produced entirely electronically. The background riff from "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi is a well-known example.

"California Love" by 2Pac and Roger Troutman is a more recent recording featuring a talk box fed with a synthesizer instead of guitar. The Zapp song "Computer Love" is another famous talk box example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HftQgBZ-Ou8&feature=related

The overuse of the "T-Pain effect" recently is NOT a talk box, however - that is actually a software-based pitch correction device.

Live video of Peter Frampton and his talk box in action together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9D-kUEp03c

Other examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gUerjwVcZ4

Answer 2

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How did (does) Peter Frampton get that voice out of singing through what appears to be a garden hose?

Answer 3

I believe Rufus's "Tell Me Something Good" and Lipps Inc.'s "Funkytown" also used the same effect. It was considered to be pretty cool for the time.

Answer 4

I have but would definitely for a slice of that homemade chocolate cake. I had done that for very short distances but it was too hot for the snakes & no bugs either.

Answer 5

Vocoder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqvvNcvenU

Answer 6

It's a synthesizer from a foot pedal at the base of the mic.

Answer 7

Bowser great answer except you mean "Do you feel like we do" for the song

Answer 8

pretty cool ehh?