Widgetfreak explains how he built a “ghetto talk box”, using a toilet plunger, an old speaker, some tube and a cheap-ass synth keyboard.

Here’s mootbooxie’s take on making a ghetto talk box:

What can you do with a ghetto talk box, once you’ve taped together all your old junk?

Well, you can make a talk box version of Soulja Boy and put it on YouTube, for one thing:

Or a remix of Chocolate Rain:

OK – I’ve got to go stick pencils in my ears. But you get the idea – the ghetto talk boxes sound surprisingly good and can give you a cool effect for pretty much no money.