Folk Driver Tourbox

[Bobby D]

HEY !!!!

Bobby, what happened to your guitars funky paintjob !?!?!? it looks to normal now and all the multicolored plastic !?!?!?!?

gonna redo it again this week


i miss the multicolor plastic too

[cabo]

Alright,, Folk Driver in the house!! first impression and can already hear the influence.

[Bobby D]

Alright,, Folk Driver in the house!! first impression and can already hear the influence.

yeah! safe shipping is always good

enjoy the folk driver, it is a worthy box for sure, i liked it a LOT.....especially in front of SHOD. like that tone control too....pretty damn elegant little box. AND it made me money. so what's not to like?

[soulsonic]

AND it made me money....

That's what it's all about! I design stuff with the intention that it will be used by a professional musician to make money with.

[cabo]

ill try to get a nice write up soon. it has been alot of fun trying this one out,,a really good stacker with bjfs. The Driver name is very accurate. thanks for the tryout.

so where is this heading to next??

[Bobby D]

AND it made me money....

That's what it's all about! I design stuff with the intention that it will be used by a professional musician to make money with.

soulsonic -- you did a GREAT job -- the bandleader that nite complimented my tone after i used the folk driver for the whole first set. so not only did i like it, but so did my BOSS

[Donner]

So cabo what do you think......?


Ready to move it on ?

[huckleboogie]

hi, just found out there's another thread bout this pedal, this is what i just posted in the "HB CHALLENGE" thread, maybe it belongs here:

Hello ,

hope it's ok if i chime in here!

saturday i received the Folk Driver from Bjorn, this being the first european station of the tourbox.
i picked it up from the post office on the way to soundcheck of a bigger festival and plugged the pedal in. here's a pic i took at soundcheck:-)



really liked the pedal at soundcheck and ended up using it on the gig for some solo work and some "tasty fills".

i asked Bjorn to be part of the tourbox mostly on account of Slim's vid, where he compares it to the SHOD. there i noticed a very musical, vocal-like thing bout the Folk Driver - and found this very likeable characteristic to come thru with my own rig as well. i used my Vinetto Strat into my prosonic.

since i didnt have a lot of time for tweakin, i left the timbre control a little left of noon- in order to achieve a rather neutral EQ- and then just worked with what the pedal had to offer. with good results. its a very subtle pedal, more like an "amp-enhancer". no drastic amount of gain, just added sweetness and sparkle. i dig the simple control layout, but have yet to find out how versatile the unit gets.

i have to spend time to find out more bout the unit, but what i heard was very usable and fun to play. tomorrow i will do an extensive test. i can say already that there's less gain available than in a HB, and less saturation (like Donner said, the pedal's characteristic would maybe fall between the HB and the SHOD).

i think the main point is that i instantly felt comfortable and very inspired by the sound....more tomorrow!

[Bobby D]

those folk drivers are getting around

[cabo]

So cabo what do you think......?


Ready to move it on ?

hey there Donner, email sent to ya.

so this thing was quite impressive as I found it to be like a cross between the HB and SHOD.

it gives you that warm, saggy, 'loose', feel of HB,,and sort of the tone control of th SHOD.

far left on Tone was bringing out a lower freq. drive,,and far right was upper freq,, Noon position seemed to be no change in eq of driven signal, almost working as a clean boost at noon. Very nice options to have on one knob.

also like the SHOD, it was great use straight with a 2 channel amp,,using same settings to drive each channel.
It really liked driving alot of pedals too,,I think it worked well with everyone that I had tried(DRD,LGW,BBOD,and even the HBOD).
I also like it after fuzzes and distortion boxes that are a little too compressed, it really opens them up and throws it in your face.

i guess my only issue would be lack of gain knob. I didnt see it as a huge problem at all since the pedal performed great, but it would have been nice to get a little more out of it if and when needed. other than that its a great sounding Driver that was easy to dial in and very versitile.

Very cool to see this creation come about. thanks again!