Non-stompbox vintage effects

[vintagekiki]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoSbHKpRI4M
EBow Electronic Bow for Guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-8Bga3-Mj8
EBow instruction/tutorial animation

1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8xsvATckV4
Legacy - Bass Solo with EBow

[Helmholtz]

Fernandes Sustainer.

[vintagekiki]

http://web.archive.org/web/20090212122115/http://fernandesguitars.com/sustainer.html
Fernandes Sustainer

[vintagekiki]

https://www.fender.com/articles/gear/vintage-fender-effects-from-the-1950s-1980s

Vintage Fender Effects From the 1950s-1980s

[shortcircuit]

Neil Young's Whizzer (the unit with the drink setting on it) , lots of cool stuff in this pic

[tboy]

Sekova Model No. 99 Deluxe Alternado Fuzz Tone Expander Unit:

Looks a lot like a stompbox, but actually requires an external footswitch for activation.

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/sekova/99

[nosaj]

Sekova Model No. 99 Deluxe Alternado Fuzz Tone Expander Unit:

Looks a lot like a stompbox, but actually requires an external footswitch for activation.

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/sekova/99

Wonder if its similar to the expandora?
nosaj

[Chuck H]

I'm surprised I'm the first one bringing up the "talk box" offerings.

I guess everything was actuated by a pedal, pretty much. But I'm assuming this thread addresses effects that aren't self contained in a loop or their own box.

This is (said to be) Frampton's

[vintagekiki]

Wonder if its similar to the expandora?
nosaj

No, its similar to Univox U-250 Uni-Fuzz

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/1969_Univox_U_250_Uni_Fuzz

[vintagekiki]

I'm surprised I'm the first one bringing up the "talk box" offerings.

Vocoder in the beginning (analog)
A talkbox has a similar sound to a vocoder, but the effect is achieved in a different manner.

[Chuck H]

Vocoder in the beginning (analog)
A talkbox has a similar sound to a vocoder, but the effect is achieved in a different manner.

I'm not seeing it.?. And anyway, I think the range of products and their use in classic recordings earns the "talk box" stuff it's own mention.

When I was a kid, maybe fourteen or fifteen (I was already a nerd), I built my own talk box from parts I had around. The effects send on my amp went to a small amp that powered a speaker that I duct tapped into a funnel. A tube ran from the end of the funnel into my mouth. Then I plugged the mic into the effects return. Very rough version of the idea but I had some fun with it.

[vintagekiki]

Talk box vs vocoder. Although the principles are different, (sound) effect is similar.
At the end, it all depends down to the inventiveness of the performers who use the instrument.

[Leo_Gnardo]

This is (said to be) Frampton's

HAH! How did I miss this? It's one of a pair of talkbox enclosures made by Bob Heil for Peter Frampton I guess in the early 1970's. 1981 I was tasked with making them work again, and so they did until their owner started using and selling custom-made pyramid shaped talkboxes under the "Framptone" name. Biggest problem was threads that were supposed to mate with a screw-in hi frequency driver were totally skunked. A friend who did auto machine shop work suggested fitting them with copper plumbing pipe adapters and PC-7 epoxy. Worked perfectly well, that's what you're seeing in this photo. January 2005 I spotted one of them on display in the Hollywood Florida House of Blues.

[Leo_Gnardo]

The E-Bow got its mention, but that set off a nerve way back in my brain. Didn't I read about some gadget in the 1970's called the Gizmotron? Gizmo for short? Guitar Player covered it back then. Indeed, it got a mention on this website 14 Jun 2014 by the great waldo. https://music-electronics-forum.com/...ge2#post529398

Apparently Gizmotron is a motorized brush that fits on the guitar over the bridge. When the player switches it on, rotating bristles stroke the strings then it's a matter of hammering-on and palm-muting to get the chords & notes intended. 10cc's hit songwriting team Lol Creme and Kevin Godley are credited with having developed it in the mid 70's and there is a current version offered for sale.

Gizmotron website: https://www.gizmotron.com/aboutus

[Helmholtz]

Before electronic spring-reverb units, there were mechanical spring-reverb devices built into organ speaker cabinets. They were scary-looking things.

FWIW, Hammond necklace reverbs were not any more mechanical/less electronic than Accutronics/Gibbs etc. reverb pans. Principle is the same:
Electric motor excites a torsional wave that slowly propagates along the springs and induces a delayed signal voltage in the receiving generator. Multiple wave reflections add to reverb.