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Offered Here: Zeke Clark Talk Box Model HT-1L With COA
Item Details: Channel your inner arena rock star with this Dunlop Talk Box Model HT-1L, coming straight from the unlocked vault of legendary guitar tech Zeke Clark. If you want to make your guitar truly speak, this classic effect is practically brand new and looks like it barely left the vault. While the unit itself is untested and offered completely as-is, it comes beautifully preserved inside its original factory box, which features Zeke's bold signature right on the outside. The package comes complete with the original paperwork, a red tip, and an included plastic hose, though a fresh replacement hose is highly recommended before you start framing your own classic riffs. With a Certificate of Authenticity, this pristine unit offers a wonderfully fun and nostalgic chance to own a legendary rock effect with an undisputed insider pedigree.
Provenance/Authenticity: Randall "Zeke" Clark is a renowned luthier and legendary guitar/amp technician who got his start in the San Francisco music scene in the 70s, working with various A-list artists until moving to LA in the 80s, where he worked for Eddie Van Halen.
From 1985 to 1993, he served as Edward Van Halen’s lead guitar and amp tech, transitioning to the crew with Sammy Hagar to maintain the band's gear through the monumental 5150, OU812, and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge eras.
Beyond his historic tenure as the custodian of Eddie's tone, Clark's elite five-decade career includes building, repairing, and maintaining specialized gear for iconic artists such as Prince, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Heart, Poison, and others. This curated selection of items offers collectors a unique and direct connection to rock history through the hands of a master craftsman who shaped the sound of guitar royalty.
This item was personally handled, vetted, and released by Zeke Clark, ensuring its authenticity and rock-history provenance. Zeke Clark utilizes an Official Personal Signature Stamp to validate and inventory documents and artifacts released directly from his private estate. This item comes with his personal ink-imprinted signature stamp on the certificate of authenticity, which serves as his legally binding, authorized mark of verification and carries the full weight of a hand-signed signature.
The talk box routes a guitar's sound through a plastic tube into the player's mouth, letting the musician shape notes into vowel and consonant sounds, and it became a defining effect of 1970s rock through Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" and Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive! Eddie Van Halen, whose gear Zeke Clark maintained for nearly a decade, changed rock guitar from the band's 1978 debut onward with his two-handed tapping technique on "Eruption," his homemade "Frankenstrat" guitars and his relentless tinkering with amplifiers and effects. His approach shaped the sound of hard rock and metal guitar through the 1980s and beyond, and Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Condition: Very good, untested, sold as-is.
SKU: RZC2136