Would you consider this "ahead of its time"?
Pete Drake and his steel talking guitar from 1964
https://youtu.be/_R9an8AU3No Inspiration for Peter Frampton?
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Tommymc
In the sense that he was ahead of Peter Frampton, yes.....but Alvino Rey gets the credit for being the first. He was using a talk box as early as 1939. Alvino Rey and Talking Steel were synonymous during the 50's. Here's a 1944 recording of him and his "talking steel". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hzDbJHLUK8 Read more about the history of talk boxes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFgciQDQfes
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