Do I sell my Wizard or take Boss to small claims court?

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glip22":34stbao5 said:
One thing I can tell you is Rick over fuses his amps. I pull the fuses immediately on the ones I had/have. I remember on my first one there was a 10 amp high heat ceramic in the mains. The voltage arc passed right through it and opened up my OT. All the others had high values too. I change them all to 4 amp mains and 1 amp HT with no issues.
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Why would an amp designer do that? To have a steady stream of repairs coming in and conveniently offering $2K "upgrades" while its there?
 
Unless your an EE or a certified amp tech, AND either have something from BOSS admitting their fault or can prove their fault you are going to have a fought time. If it did take out an OT, there is no way it did that much damage to the amp. The OT @500 is already anal rape. Ad a few resistors or diodes for the sake of humoring Rick and you are luck to add another few dollars and minutes of bench time.
 
thegame":2u2vxcex said:
glip22":2u2vxcex said:
One thing I can tell you is Rick over fuses his amps. I pull the fuses immediately on the ones I had/have. I remember on my first one there was a 10 amp high heat ceramic in the mains. The voltage arc passed right through it and opened up my OT. All the others had high values too. I change them all to 4 amp mains and 1 amp HT with no issues.
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Why would an amp designer do that? To have a steady stream of repairs coming in and conveniently offering $2K "upgrades" while its there?
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I was told the same when I had my Wizards and indeed they were much higher than your standard Marshall. Changed them to Marshall values.
 
thegame":8dto86u3 said:
Why would an amp designer do that? To have a steady stream of repairs coming in and conveniently offering $2K "upgrades" while its there?
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Sure sounds like it. The dude already charges insane assrape prices for his amps.....might as well fuck his customers even after the sale :lol: :LOL:
 
scottosan":38jo0iej said:
Unless your an EE or a certified amp tech, AND either have something from BOSS admitting their fault or can prove their fault you are going to have a fought time.
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That's why I think his best bet is the small claims court. Boss will have to send someone to court costing them an assload.

If the op can get a written letter from Rick stating the damages, and that the Boss gear likely caused it. I'd be willing to bet they will settle before going to court.
 
Devin":1zbqixf7 said:
thegame":1zbqixf7 said:
Why would an amp designer do that? To have a steady stream of repairs coming in and conveniently offering $2K "upgrades" while its there?
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Sure sounds like it. The dude already charges insane assrape prices for his amps.....might as well fuck his customers even after the sale :lol: :LOL:
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Ain’t that the truth. Sadly Rick isn’t even the worst guy for that...
 
Metlupass2":2ybu8173 said:
How are you going to be able to prove to them that you had it hooked up 100% correctly and it caused the damage?

Whatever happened sucks and I feel bad for you but IMO there's nothing you can do. Best of luck and definately update us on what happens.
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I was thinking the same thing. I read stories of people frying their waza's by hooking up the head's speaker out to the waza's headphones by mistake before but this sounds like something else. Good luck dude and def update this thread when things pan out.
 
Boss would have their Attorneys litigate you into the stone age and SW is a no-load company. Good luck with all that.
 
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I did use the Boss TAE with my Non Loop Wizard MC strictly to get me a way to add delay
in the TAE loop.
I cranked the bitch really loud and it never flinched.

Good luck with whatever direction you go.
 
Devin":3eph3ffp said:
thegame":3eph3ffp said:
Why would an amp designer do that? To have a steady stream of repairs coming in and conveniently offering $2K "upgrades" while its there?
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Sure sounds like it. The dude already charges insane assrape prices for his amps.....might as well fuck his customers even after the sale :lol: :LOL:
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Those magic orange drops are expensive :doh:
 
I’d list it for 2000 as-is and let the next person pickup whatever repairs they want, chuck the boss in the trash, and move on. It would be all I could do not to curse Rick out if he can’t explain exactly what is wrong and why the cost of bench time would be so high.

Based on his wizard circuits I’ve seen even my home brew 74 modded amplifier has more features than his line of products. I don’t know why anyone supports him anyway. Who fuses an amp with 10A fuses?

Hell if you were closer I’d fix it for free - you pay for the OT you want, all shipping, and any specialized parts. His amplifiers are not complicated to work on and PTP.
 
dead-pan":3rfzzjqi said:
I believe you are the second person I've heard had a Wizard blow with the TAE. I have the 50 watt mc and don't have any issues. Wonder if there is a incompatibility issue with the 100 watt Wizards and the TAE? I've ran around 40 heads through the TAE and had no problems. The the moment I hooked up the Bernie Marsden Marshall to the Fractal X-Load it blew it. That amp worked great with the TAE.

For what its worth i don't like the Wizard with the TAE, or the Komet. Most amps work good.
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What have you preferred for Wizards instead? I have a TAE and Modern Classic. The first night I got the used Wizard I blew the Mains fuse. Scared the sh!t out of me. Seemed to be just dead power tubes and a preamp tube was microphonic as well. Have not had any issues since replacing tubes, but seeing threads like this still give me some residual concerns. Would mind something that was cheaper, sounded better, and more trust worthy.
 
That's why I don't trust any attenuator/load boxes since 2001. Don't like the way they sound and don't trust them with any amp that has tube and it's hard to find or cost over $800.
I'm sorry to hear what happened to your amp, and that the Waza is Expanding your expenses and headache, instead of your amp tonal options.
 
Damn, I just played my MC through a TAE for an hour just now. Being in Japan, I'd be so screwed if this happened and I had to ship it to Canada and back. Can anyone explain the fuse thing? What's bad about a 10A fuse in there? Would different fuses have prevented the OT blowing in OP's case?
 
After reading this thread, I would take the easiest/cheapest way to be rid of any/all Wizard amps...for life. $1500 to repair and $2200 to bring it up to "the way he should have built it the first time" specs is pure ass rape. Dispicable.
 
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