What happened to the Folk Forum?

[Hulakatt]

it looks like it was fairly active for awhile then died. It looks like months in between posts at this point. All the big players just busy?

[Donner]

yeah that was an experiment that yielded some fun results - but would need some new projects and takers to rev it up again...

[Hulakatt]

I was reading through a lot of the threads and was getting pretty excited until I saw the dates of the posts. I know I'd be in on anything that went down in that area!

[musicsoma]

I would definitely be down, as I wasn't involved on the forum when the previous projects were going on. My top three picks would be the following:

1. Folk Delay
2. Folk Reverb (similar to delay)
3. Folk Drive (light overdrive since there is already a Fuzz)

Let's rally, and see if we can get this going. Anyone else interested?

[Your name here]

I'd be down to participate as well....

[amp boy]

I'm in for a folk fuzz or drive.
delay i would think would be rather more difficult = less likely to happen.

wouldn't the model G fit for a "folk" pedal....?
it's got the era.

[Your name here]

wouldn't the model G fit for a "folk" pedal....?
it's got the era.

I'm totally cool with that idea. Or a Bearfoot MG. Or really ANY Model G. that doesn't cost a zillion dollars...

Let's have a "Stimulate the crappy economy! Model G re-release!" project, or something.

[musicsoma]

From what I recall it is the parts that are the expensive part of the Model G. I seem to remember reading the build cost was on par with the HBOD Deluxe. How about an experimental Sparkling Yellow v1.5?

[Joeleo]

Man, every single idea that has been thrown around in this thread is making me

[musicsoma]

I know after reading through the SYOD threads it seemed everyone thought a blend of v1 and v2 would be just about perfect. The original Folk project was not to build an already existing pedal from the line but something new and fun. A hybrid SYOD would probably also gain participation from those who already have one or both versions of the original research project.

Donner asked about participation in a light overdrive research project a few months back that seemed to get put on hold due to all the other incredible things that have taken priority over the past few months. Maybe this would be a way to incorporate the two projects together while giving a wider group of researchers an opportunity to participate.

Obviously we would need buy-in from BJ, Donner, and possibly some other helpers as well. Didn't Fromel help with the last project?