Post by purplefowler on Oct 25, 2012 18:04:35 GMT -5
Thought I'd better say hello seeing as I've a feeling ill be round here quite abit 
I've always loved that amazing combo sound and about a week ago I came home to a very excited boyfriend who very proudly showed me what he had found for me on eBay. He knows I'm a sucker for anything musical and he also knows that I've always fancied something that makes that cool '60s sound so he presents me with a listing for a welson president. I'd heard of their guitars but knew nothing of their organs and at first I totally rejected the idea of getting it. We only have a small house and it is already full of jukeboxes/pinball/drums/kids/dogs etc, but everytime I looked at it I fell in love a little bit more. It said it basically worked ok, just a couple on minor issues (the vibrato switch had come apart from the switch and another switch was missing), nothing to worry about as my OH is an engineer and loves to fix old machinery. All the jukeboxes came to us in sorry states but he soon brought them back to life. Fast forward a week and I am now the very proud owner of my first combo. It is in worse shape than I was expecting, but that's eBay for you and it is massive, my puny temporary amp doesn't like it and my OH is working away for another 2 weeks and half of me is thinking OMG what have I done!!! Once I'd managed to get the behemoth on to its stand and upright I plugged it in and it made a funky noise but then the vibrato switch fell off completely, showing some well aged brown glue residue so god only knows what the rest is like inside-wish me luck! If anyone knows anything about these welsons, I'd love to hear about it (and find out what the missing switch is!) and let me know if I've messed up big time and bought a dog or if I've done ok for my first step into the crazy world of combos! I'll stop rambling now, I'm just abit over excited 
I've always loved that amazing combo sound and about a week ago I came home to a very excited boyfriend who very proudly showed me what he had found for me on eBay. He knows I'm a sucker for anything musical and he also knows that I've always fancied something that makes that cool '60s sound so he presents me with a listing for a welson president. I'd heard of their guitars but knew nothing of their organs and at first I totally rejected the idea of getting it. We only have a small house and it is already full of jukeboxes/pinball/drums/kids/dogs etc, but everytime I looked at it I fell in love a little bit more. It said it basically worked ok, just a couple on minor issues (the vibrato switch had come apart from the switch and another switch was missing), nothing to worry about as my OH is an engineer and loves to fix old machinery. All the jukeboxes came to us in sorry states but he soon brought them back to life. Fast forward a week and I am now the very proud owner of my first combo. It is in worse shape than I was expecting, but that's eBay for you and it is massive, my puny temporary amp doesn't like it and my OH is working away for another 2 weeks and half of me is thinking OMG what have I done!!! Once I'd managed to get the behemoth on to its stand and upright I plugged it in and it made a funky noise but then the vibrato switch fell off completely, showing some well aged brown glue residue so god only knows what the rest is like inside-wish me luck! If anyone knows anything about these welsons, I'd love to hear about it (and find out what the missing switch is!) and let me know if I've messed up big time and bought a dog or if I've done ok for my first step into the crazy world of combos! I'll stop rambling now, I'm just abit over excited 