little "thing" that Nels Cline uses...
 

There is a video I saw of Nels Cline with the NCS where he has this little box or something that he uses to basically sing into his guitar. I'd post a link to the vid if I could, but my work has blocked YouTube. Has anybody seen this and/or know what it is?Can you buy it, or is it something he made?

i know that vid. im pretty sure that he doesnt ctually sing into the guitar but sings into it like a mic and it has some kinda effect in it. and he also uses it at the same time to scratch the guitar strings to make noise.
thats my guess
im probably wrong though

Haven't seen the vid, but maybe it's just some contact mic'd box or some pickups in a box... or something...

Both sound like good possibilities. I wish I could link to the vid.

I also wish I knew something about the technical side of music...

I think it's a dickfor.

I've recorded vocals with a bass guitar before.

What is a... OH WAIT! YOU ALMOST GOT ME!

so he definatly is using it through the guitar
so im outta ideas

cyber-high-five!

pysche!

like Richie Sambora's thing that he used on the best Modern Rock song ever, "Its My Life"?

wow thats really nice.
I want that

It's probably the voicebit of a megaphone. In fact, I'm pretty certain that it's either that or something very much like that.

I (used to) do something similar with a clarinet, where I'd hum into the clarinet to produce two tones, both of which would sound through the pickup while vibrating the strings sympathetically and as a slide. I was meant to record some of it at some point, but I got bored of 'weird' guitar and learnt how to play.

Edit: not that Cline can't play - most people doing weird things can't, he can. Ok? Ok.

Ah! I bet you are right on with this one!

this thing is called MEGAMOUTH

I trust you, since you seem to be a big fan...

Presumably a contraction of 'megaphone' & 'mouthpiece'. We both win. E-high five.

Aw, now come on. I knew you were still right all along. The little fella just seemed so proud of his answer, I wanted to make him feel like he told me something new.