RARE Guitar Amp Made by Kentucky HILLBILLIES - Will it Even Make Sound?! (Walco G150R Repair)

This is a rare and unusual vintage 1978 Walco G150R guitar amplifier made by fellow Kentucky hillbillies, in the eastern Kentucky Appalachian County of Harlan, in the town of Wallins Creek. I had never seen nor heard of this company before buying this amp. I did some online research and only found ONE other example being sold on Reverb. This one is solid state with Motorola output transistors, has a 10" Eminence speaker and an O. C. Electronics Folded Line Reverberation Tank, The sticker on it says "Manufactured by Beautiful Girls in Milton Wis. Under Controlled Atmospheric conditions." Has a nice clean tone, albeit with some remaining issues. Very Fender like clean tone with nice reverb. A very unusual piece of Kentucky history. You'll probably never see another one! This example came to me with some serious issues in the power supply and structurally in the cabinet. We will repair all the issues we see and demo the tone with a Fender Telecaster. Also includes a transformer disassembly and repair! Transformer was buzzing badly because it had loose laminations. I'll show how to fix this condition.