What effect is used in this intro by the Willis Brothers?

[CornbredRed]

Hey guys, I'm really digging this intro in the song Truck Stop Cutie by the Willis Brothers, it has a great effect on it. I'm assuming it's played on guitar but not sure tho. Here is a link to YouTube and Spotify, if anyone has any idea of the effect(s) used in the intro and throughout the song I would greatly appreciate.
Cheers Jeroen

 

[Mr. St. Paul]

Sounds like a talk box to my ears.

 

[brookdalebill]

An auto-wah might get you kind of close.

 

[StrangerNY]

An auto-wah might get you kind of close.

Right. A Mu-Tron equivalent. Same as the solo in this song by Weezer.



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[effzee]

Right. A Mu-Tron equivalent. Same as the solo in this song by Weezer.


First time I heard that Weezer song, I immediately thought of Stinkfoot.. it's not the same but just as stinky

 

[nickmm]

 

[Peegoo]

A voltage-triggered envelope filter. Pick softly, and the 'wah' effect is very small. Dig in, and the wah opens up more.

Used in the solo for this tune:



They could've spent about 10 minutes clearing out that warehouse to make load-in and load-out a bit easier.

..

 

[nickmm]

Seems The Willis Brothers and Pete Drake were a thing.
I find Pete a bit creepy in a Tarantino kinda way.

 

[Chester P Squier]

Sounds like a talk box to my ears.

First thing that came to my mind.

An auto-wah might get you kind of close.

Second thing that came to my mind. Being a bedroom player, I have a modeling amp with built-in effects, and it did remind me of the auto-wah that it comes with.

A voltage-triggered envelope filter. Pick softly, and the 'wah' effect is very small. Dig in, and the wah opens up more.

Used in the solo for this tune:



They could've spent about 10 minutes clearing out that warehouse to make load-in and load-out a bit easier.

..

One thing I have noticed with my modeling amp is that all the built-in effects seem to be intensified with harder picking.

Or maybe I can just hear them better with more volume.

 

[loopfinding]

too early for an auto wah. the mu-tron was the first commercially available one, in 72.

the talkbox might be a thing if there is a pete drake connection.

 

[jaxjaxon]

Auto Wah. or a envelope filter.

 

[CornbredRed]

Thanks for all the replies, I'm gonna do some listening to the song u guys shared. And see if i can get my hand on any of these effects. Cheers

 

[nickmm]

Thanks for all the replies, I'm gonna do some listening to the song u guys shared. And see if i can get my hand on any of these effects. Cheers

Living on a Prayer... Just watch your fillings

 

[CCK1]

Envelope filter/Auto-Wah. I have a Electro Harmonix Queen Triggered wah circa 1975 or so that would very accurately reproduce that sound. Similar to the sound at about 6:18 in this video.

 

[Skyhook]

Hey guys, I'm really digging this intro in the song Truck Stop Cutie by the Willis Brothers, it has a great effect on it. I'm assuming it's played on guitar but not sure tho. Here is a link to YouTube and Spotify, if anyone has any idea of the effect(s) used in the intro and throughout the song I would greatly appreciate.
Cheers Jeroen

Might be a few things. My guesses would be 1) Auto Wah 2) Envelope filter 3) Some phaser.

 

[Chester P Squier]

I do remember "Pete Drake and His Talking Steel Guitar" from the early 1960s. He had a hit with a cover version of the Brenda Lee song "I'm Sorry."

IF the recording was from the first half of the 1960s, then my money is on talkbox.