The talk box itself consists of a box, in which a speaker (often a compression driver) feeds into a plastic tube. The speaker connects to the speaker output on the instrument (guitar) amplifier, and reproduces the audio signal from the instrument. The player places the other end of the tube in his or her mouth.

Do you need a microphone to use a talkbox?

It still needs a mic, the benefit of the banshee is that you can run it without a head/cab setup and run it in line with your pedals. for anyone who doesn;t know how a ragular talkbox works, you need to run a speaker cable from the output of the head into the pedal, then from the output of the pedal into a cab.

Does Peter Frampton actually make his guitar talk?

Whether you’re a fan of classic rock or not, you’ve probably heard of some songs in which the artist actually makes a guitar “talk.” The technique became popular in the 1970s, thanks largely to Peter Frampton, a rocker who made his mark with the effect.