Guitar + Voice Box rendition of Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows”

Video Link. YouTuber electricpony made this awesome video using a Stratocaster + Guyatone Micro Octaver + SRB808 Overdrive + EHX Voice Box (Shure SM57 Mic) + Epiphone Valve Junior. Here’s more about the voice box gizmo, from Electro Harmonix — who we’ve covered previously in a Boing Boing video episode. (thanks, Scott Matthews!)

Related:
* BB Video: Inside Electro-Harmonix, guitar pedal engineers and vintage vacuum tubes
* “Golden Throat” talk box from the golden age

1. [strider_mt2k]

   Reminds me of Neil Young’s “Transformer Man”.

   Doubtless using different equipment it was so long ago, but it still shows you how for forward Neil was/is.

   Regardless, it’s impressive what that box can do in talented hands. Good stuff!

2. [Anonymous]

   @Strider — fwiw there’a actually another video of somebody doing “After the Goldrush” with the Voice Box:

   http://www.ehx.com/blog/voice-box-meets-neil-young-after-the-goldrush

3. [Anonymous]

   one rarely sees such a good idea executed in such a juvenile, hamfisted way.