Wizard Modern Classic coming on Tuesday....

[ke2]

There ya have it.. harassing the amp tech.. any tech will get pissed! Not just Rick @ wizard.. Rick had two days to fix your amp and he did do it. Treat people with respect and not hound them with emails and calls.

Rick @ wizard has been super cool to me and others.

There is no good reason in the world for acting like a dickhead for any of the reasons listed in this thread.

Maybe they are not listed. With all due respect there are 2 sides to every coin.

Always. But having no techs other than himself doing work on the amp, added to the fact that he neglected to inform if the amp was going to be okay before he headed out again. That`s enough for putting me off. I don`t feel like getting myself another asshole ripped for calling or e-mailing any service department with questions about something that most likely is money from my wallet into the wallet of said ripper That`s not necessary for anyone. If you`re swamped with work, get a secretary and a CRM-system.

 

[johnnyjellybean]

I was going to stay out of this but at this point I feel that some things have to be brought out into the open.
I happen to know the seller who Glip22 bought the amp from 2nd hand and know for a fact that the seller is an honest standup guy and there is NO WAY he shipped that amp out with a blown OT. AND... everyone knows that Wizards are built like tanks and there is no way in hell that OT blew in transit The tranformers in those amps are designed so well that you can literally leave the amp on for a week and the tannies will be only slightly warm to the touch. As a matter of fact, one of my favorite parts of my demo at the amp shows is telling people to slip their hand through the side handles and to touch the tannies after they have been on all day. They are barely warm.
That being said, we all know how excited we get when we recieve an amp for the 1st time and how quickly we can plug it in (possibly wrong) to hear it. There is NO way that OT blew without being badly plugged. Possibly the poster didn't even know it was plugged wrong until it was too late but I VERY seriously doubt the amp arrived with a blown OT. Maybe that's what caused some apprehension.

 

[johnnyjellybean]

I was going to stay out of this but at this point I feel that some things have to be brought out into the open.
I happen to know the seller who Glip22 bought the amp from 2nd hand and know for a fact that he is an honest standup guy and there is NO WAY he shipped that amp out with a blown OT. AND... everyone knows that Wizards are built like tanks and there is no way in hell that OT blew in transit The tranformers in those amps are design so well that you can literally leave the amp on for a week and the tannies will be only slightly warm to the touch. As a matter of fact, one of my favorite parts of my demo at the amp shows is telling people to slip their hand through the side handles and to touch the tannies after they have been on all day. They are barely warm.
That being said, we all know how excited we get when we recieve an amp for the 1st time and how quickly we can plug it in (possibly wrong) to hear it. There is NO way that OT blew without being badly plugged. Possibly the OP didn't even know it was plugged wrong until it was too late but I seriously doubt the amp arrived with a blown OT. Maybe that is what set Rick off.

I don't work on amps .

That's obvious because if you did, you'd know that an OT doesn't just "blow up" Especially one on a Wizard which along with the PT are the strongest parts of the amp . I had a tube that arc'd in one of mine and blue sparks shot up a foot high out of the top. I found the tube, cleaned the carbon traces on the socket, replaced the tube and the amp was good to go. Those OT's are almost bullet proof. The amp had to be played disconnected for that to happen.
The poster said he recieved the amp like that and plugged it in to discover the OT was blown. He didn't say he blew it.

 

[johnnyjellybean]

I was going to stay out of this but at this point I feel that some things have to be brought out into the open.
I happen to know the seller who Glip22 bought the amp from 2nd hand and know for a fact that he is an honest standup guy and there is NO WAY he shipped that amp out with a blown OT. AND... everyone knows that Wizards are built like tanks and there is no way in hell that OT blew in transit The tranformers in those amps are design so well that you can literally leave the amp on for a week and the tannies will be only slightly warm to the touch. As a matter of fact, one of my favorite parts of my demo at the amp shows is telling people to slip their hand through the side handles and to touch the tannies after they have been on all day. They are barely warm.
That being said, we all know how excited we get when we recieve an amp for the 1st time and how quickly we can plug it in (possibly wrong) to hear it. There is NO way that OT blew without being badly plugged. Possibly the OP didn't even know it was plugged wrong until it was too late but I seriously doubt the amp arrived with a blown OT. Maybe that is what set Rick off.

I don't work on amps .

That's obvious because if you did, you'd know that an OT doesn't just "blow up" Especially one on a Wizard which along with the PT are the strongest parts of the amp .
The poster said he recieved the amp like that and plugged it in to discover the OT was blown. He didn't say he blew it.

What diagnostic tests have you done on a Wizard PT and OT, are they not MM? If so, they claim they don't even want you to use attenuators with their transformers which doesn't sound so robust to me. It's obvious to you that I don't work on amps and it's obvious to me that you will not give the OP the satisfaction because he had a problem with a Wizard Amp. There is no reason, for whatever reason, for a manufacturer to be a dick to the guy.

First of all , Glip22 was not the OP.
Second of all , maybe if people took responsibilty for their mistakes, they would get treated with more respect. Yes the trannies are a proprietary design manufactured by MM. That should tell you something right away! I said it before and I'll say it again.......There is NO WAY that OT blew on it's own without a mistake being made by the operator.

 

[Rufus Leaking]

First of all , Glip22 was not the OP.
Second of all , maybe if people took responsibilty for their mistakes, they would get treated with more respect. Yes the trannies are a proprietary design manufactured by MM. That should tell you something right away! I said it before and I'll say it again.......There is NO WAY that OT blew on it's own without a mistake being made by the operator.

You're right, glip22 was not the OP, my bad.

glip22, did you blow up the MM transformer and not tell Mr. Wizard? Is that why he was a dick to you?

I don't know why but this post has me rolling

 

[ke2]

First of all , Glip22 was not the OP.
Second of all , maybe if people took responsibilty for their mistakes, they would get treated with more respect. Yes the trannies are a proprietary design manufactured by MM. That should tell you something right away! I said it before and I'll say it again.......There is NO WAY that OT blew on it's own without a mistake being made by the operator.

You're right, glip22 was not the OP, my bad.

glip22, did you blow up the MM transformer and not tell Mr. Wizard? Is that why he was a dick to you?

If I break something I paid for, should the mfg (if that is the only service source in the whole world) be a dick to me?
I`m assuming that the question from the owner of the amp was expressed in a civil manner.

I`ve played just about all of my amps without plugging in the speaker at one time (drunk, forgot, was in the last time I checked.) Granted, it was for a second or two all of the times, but I`ve never blown an OT.

If I did blow an OT, and admitted to it, is that still reason for the mfg to rip me a new one? Not in my view. And I`m from Northern Norway. We`re not exactly afraid of speaking in big letters, if the situation calls for it. This did not, even if it was user error

 

[johnnyjellybean]

First of all , Glip22 was not the OP.
Second of all , maybe if people took responsibilty for their mistakes, they would get treated with more respect. Yes the trannies are a proprietary design manufactured by MM. That should tell you something right away! I said it before and I'll say it again.......There is NO WAY that OT blew on it's own without a mistake being made by the operator.

You're right, glip22 was not the OP, my bad.

glip22, did you blow up the MM transformer and not tell Mr. Wizard? Is that why he was a dick to you?

If I break something I paid for, should the mfg (if that is the only service source in the whole world) be a dick to me?
I`m assuming that the question from the owner of the amp was expressed in a civil manner.

I`ve played just about all of my amps without plugging in the speaker at one time (drunk, forgot, was in the last time I checked.) Granted, it was for a second or two all of the times, but I`ve never blown an OT.

If I did blow an OT, and admitted to it, is that still reason for the mfg to rip me a new one? Not in my view. And I`m from Northern Norway. We`re not exactly afraid of speaking in big letters, if the situation calls for it. This did not, even if it was user error

Problem here is no one has admitted to anything and one thing for certain is it didn't "just happen". The poster is pretty much saying the amp was shipped that way and I happen to know for a fact that the seller who is a forum member here shipped the amp in perfect working order.

 

[ke2]

First of all , Glip22 was not the OP.
Second of all , maybe if people took responsibilty for their mistakes, they would get treated with more respect. Yes the trannies are a proprietary design manufactured by MM. That should tell you something right away! I said it before and I'll say it again.......There is NO WAY that OT blew on it's own without a mistake being made by the operator.

You're right, glip22 was not the OP, my bad.

glip22, did you blow up the MM transformer and not tell Mr. Wizard? Is that why he was a dick to you?

If I break something I paid for, should the mfg (if that is the only service source in the whole world) be a dick to me?
I`m assuming that the question from the owner of the amp was expressed in a civil manner.

I`ve played just about all of my amps without plugging in the speaker at one time (drunk, forgot, was in the last time I checked.) Granted, it was for a second or two all of the times, but I`ve never blown an OT.

If I did blow an OT, and admitted to it, is that still reason for the mfg to rip me a new one? Not in my view. And I`m from Northern Norway. We`re not exactly afraid of speaking in big letters, if the situation calls for it. This did not, even if it was user error

Problem here is no one has admitted to anything and one thing for certain is it didn't "just happen". The poster is pretty much saying the amp was shipped that way and I happen to know for a fact that the seller who is a forum member here shipped the amp in perfect working order.

I agree with you, man It`s just the behavior, no matter what caused the malfunction. It`s not important. It ceased to be the manufacturer`s amp the moment he got paid for it. If someone wants to use it as a doorstop, and needs a re-tolex after a year or two, it`s in their right to do so

 

[johnnyjellybean]

First of all , Glip22 was not the OP.
Second of all , maybe if people took responsibilty for their mistakes, they would get treated with more respect. Yes the trannies are a proprietary design manufactured by MM. That should tell you something right away! I said it before and I'll say it again.......There is NO WAY that OT blew on it's own without a mistake being made by the operator.

You're right, glip22 was not the OP, my bad.

glip22, did you blow up the MM transformer and not tell Mr. Wizard? Is that why he was a dick to you?

If I break something I paid for, should the mfg (if that is the only service source in the whole world) be a dick to me?
I`m assuming that the question from the owner of the amp was expressed in a civil manner.

I`ve played just about all of my amps without plugging in the speaker at one time (drunk, forgot, was in the last time I checked.) Granted, it was for a second or two all of the times, but I`ve never blown an OT.

If I did blow an OT, and admitted to it, is that still reason for the mfg to rip me a new one? Not in my view. And I`m from Northern Norway. We`re not exactly afraid of speaking in big letters, if the situation calls for it. This did not, even if it was user error

Problem here is no one has admitted to anything and one thing for certain is it didn't "just happen". The poster is pretty much saying the amp was shipped that way and I happen to know for a fact that the seller who is a forum member here shipped the amp in perfect working order.

I agree with you, man It`s just the behavior, no matter what caused the malfunction. It`s not important. It ceased to be the manufacturer`s amp the moment he got paid for it. If someone wants to use it as a doorstop, and needs a re-tolex after a year or two, it`s in their right to do so

Understood but it is easy to grow short on patience with someone when all the cards are not put on the table. I myself got multiple emails about this amp with the blown OT "that was recieved like that" and found myself getting short on patience (and I'm a patient guy!) because the seller was being accused of shipping the amp like that which I KNOW wasn't the case. Understand my point?

 

[glip22]

Just want to clear this up and put ALL of the cards on the table. I only asked the member I purchased the amp from for $125.00 toward the repair in a show of good faith. He declined to pay me , and I did not file a dispute. He wanted to put a claim in with Fedex However the outside of the box had no damage.One more thing to note, I purchased the amp as "mint and brand new condition" In his eyes the amp was mint and brand new condition. When I looked at the amp the outside of the chassis was scratched up pretty badly. The seller said he was not aware of it and I believe him. Rick confirmed that this amp was a special order "relic'd chassis". He said it's not an issue and I will not be making it one, meaning Rick. If I knew this, I would not have purchased the amp. When I received the amp and plugged it in, it powered up and went dead. I immediately checked the fuses and the mains was blown. I replaced the power tubes, fuses, and rebiased. What I found odd was that there was an 8 amp fuse in the mains when the amp calls for four. This had me suspect. It powered up but definitely had issues. Notes cutting off and not sustaining, bad feedback, etc. The amp could have been dropped by Fedex. One of of the tubes probably shorted and blew the fuse. I have no idea how a winding should have opened in the OT if that is what happened. It happened very quickly(seconds). Usually it takes a little more than that. There was not even any popping noise. It was a difficult transaction. I was not blaming the seller. I was just relaying exactly what I went through with the builder. I did say he took care of me in the end and that he would probably be very cool to talk to on different terms. I can also say I am keeping the amp now that I found out one of the best amp techs around is not to far from me and the awesome guys at Mercury have me covered if I ever need another transformer. They cannot give me a Wizard transformer, but let's just say they can get me very close. I am very carefull with tubes and impedences so chances are I will never need another one. The amp was also not packed very well. It was original packing but the styrofoam was all broken(maybe from the drop) and the amp was not wrapped in the usual plastic Wizard uses(I know this because Rick sent it back completely repacked). The small pieces of styro found there way inside the amp. Maybe the static caused the issues. I really have no idea what exactly happened. I am very happy it is now fixed. It could have been much worse. This is exactly what transpired. I was looking to a couple of forum members for advice. What would you have done???? I could have been a dick and just filed a PayPal dispute which I probably would have one based on the badly scratched up chassis alone. I am 42 ad not a kid nor a pain in the ass. I run my own business and have hundreds of customers who like me alot! I treat people how I would want to be treated and my whole deal with the amp was a far cry from that.

 

[johnnyjellybean]

I myself got multiple emails about this amp with the blown OT "that was recieved like that" and found myself getting short on patience (and I'm a patient guy!) because the seller was being accused of shipping the amp like that which I KNOW wasn't the case. Understand my point?

Do you work with/for Mr. Wizard?

No.. I am an endorsee and demo the amps at Namm and the amp shows.

 

[Superunknown]

So about the Modern Classic.....

I received the amp on Wednesday (power tubes are JJEL34L & Pre-amp tubes are now EH) and have been playing it through my EBMM Rosewood Axis and Bloomfield Les Paul through two cabs 1) Bogner w/Scumback M75 & 2) EVH w/Weber 1225. This amp is truly unlike any other amp I have ever played. One word to describe it would be "Huge"! The vintage channel is perfect....a very nice, beautiful, chrystal clean tone with a great boost to get you into a mild breakup. The gain channel is just fucking phenomenal. Chords are huge, very defined, organic, articulate, and musical. The EQ is very good. With minimal tweaking it can really shift your tone and get you to where you want to go. Angus, Gibbons, & EVH are tones that come to mind. The Wizard is not your typical pre-amp saturation modern style amp, rather it has lots of power amp gain with minimal compression. I am really looking forward to tracking with it this weekend. This one is a definite keeper

Now if Rick will sell me a gold plexi wizard headshell for it i'll be all set.....

 

[johnnyjellybean]

So about the Modern Classic.....

I received the amp on Wednesday (power tubes are JJEL34L & Pre-amp tubes are now EH) and have been playing it through my EBMM Rosewood Axis and Bloomfield Les Paul through two cabs 1) Bogner w/Scumback M75 & 2) EVH w/Weber 1225. This amp is truly unlike any other amp I have ever played. One word to describe it would be "Huge"! The vintage channel is perfect....a very nice, beautiful, chrystal clean tone with a great boost to get you into a mild breakup. The gain channel is just fucking phenomenal. Chords are huge, very defined, organic, articulate, and musical. The EQ is very good. With minimal tweaking it can really shift your tone and get you to where you want to go. Angus, Gibbons, & EVH are tones that come to mind. The Wizard is not your typical pre-amp saturation modern style amp, rather it has lots of power amp gain with minimal compression. I am really looking forward to tracking with it this weekend. This one is a definite keeper

Now if Rick will sell me a gold plexi wizard headshell for it i'll be all set.....

Cool! Now that you own a REAL killer, you can unload some of those Camerons and get rich!

PS: It records exceptionally well!

 

[Hacksaw]

Just want to clear this up. I only asked the member I purchased the amp from for $125.00 toward the repair in a show of good faith. He declined to pay me , and I did not file a dispute. He wanted to put a claim in with Fedex However the outside of the box had no damage.One more thing to note, I purchased the amp as "mint and brand new condition" In his eyes the amp was mint and brand new condition. When I looked at the amp the outside of the chassis was scratched up pretty badly. The seller said he was not aware of it and I believe him. Rick confirmed that this amp was a special order "relic'd chassis". He said it's not an issue and I will not be making it one, meaning Rick. If I knew this, I would not have purchased the amp. When I received the amp and plugged it in, it powered up and went dead. I immediately checked the fuses and the mains was blown. I replaced the power tubes, fuses, and rebiased. What I found odd was that there was an 8 amp fuse in the mains when the amp calls for four. This had me suspect. It powered up but definitely had issues. Notes cutting off and not sustaining, bad feedback, etc. The amp could have been dropped by Fedex. One of of the tubes probably shorted and blew the fuse. I have no idea how a winding should have opened in the OT if that is what happened. It happened very quickly(seconds). Usually it takes a little more than that. There was not even any popping noise. It was a difficult transaction. I was not blaming the seller. I was just relaying exactly what I went through with the builder. I did say he took care of me in the end and that he would probably be very cool to talk to on different terms. I can also say I am keeping the amp now that I found out one of the best amp techs around is not to far from me and the awesome guys at Mercury have me covered if I ever need another transformer. They cannot give me a Wizard transformer, but let's just say they can get me very close. I am very carefull with tubes and impedences so chances are I will never need another one. The amp was also not packed very well. It was original packing but the styrofoam was all broken(maybe from the drop) and the amp was not wrapped in the usual plastic Wizard uses(I know this because Rick sent it back completely repacked). The small pieces of styro found there way inside the amp. Maybe the static caused the issues. I really have no idea what exactly happened. I am very happy it is now fixed. It could have been much worse.

There is no way a Wizard MM OT could have blown, there is a guy who is an endorsee and demos the amps at Namm and the amp shows who knows the seller of that amp you bought and says he is a stand up guy.

OK.. I know the amp.. I heard the amp and know the unit before it shipped. The amp was never taken apart here in Tulsa, the amp has marking on it that are routing bit dragged across for machining at the factory.. it is NOT scratched up. We do have pictures YOU sent glip22. Please do not make assumptions and post these things accusing people indirectly or directly when it is NOT true. NOT COOL.

You have hassled Rick @ wizard repeately.. Just like in this post you still claim you have done nothing to the amp, but you are the first person to open it up and get inside. I know the amp left working,. no blown fuses. perfectly.

edit: your not clearing anything up with this post. you want to drag the seller here into this about the cost of the repair and this person not paying. I don't blame him.

he has nothing to pay for. he offered to do the insurance thing.. you said there was no damage to the box and yet you say the packing was broken.. That is damage and you should have done the shipping company claim.

 

[johnnyjellybean]

Just want to clear this up. I only asked the member I purchased the amp from for $125.00 toward the repair in a show of good faith. He declined to pay me , and I did not file a dispute. He wanted to put a claim in with Fedex However the outside of the box had no damage.One more thing to note, I purchased the amp as "mint and brand new condition" In his eyes the amp was mint and brand new condition. When I looked at the amp the outside of the chassis was scratched up pretty badly. The seller said he was not aware of it and I believe him. Rick confirmed that this amp was a special order "relic'd chassis". He said it's not an issue and I will not be making it one, meaning Rick. If I knew this, I would not have purchased the amp. When I received the amp and plugged it in, it powered up and went dead. I immediately checked the fuses and the mains was blown. I replaced the power tubes, fuses, and rebiased. What I found odd was that there was an 8 amp fuse in the mains when the amp calls for four. This had me suspect. It powered up but definitely had issues. Notes cutting off and not sustaining, bad feedback, etc. The amp could have been dropped by Fedex. One of of the tubes probably shorted and blew the fuse. I have no idea how a winding should have opened in the OT if that is what happened. It happened very quickly(seconds). Usually it takes a little more than that. There was not even any popping noise. It was a difficult transaction. I was not blaming the seller. I was just relaying exactly what I went through with the builder. I did say he took care of me in the end and that he would probably be very cool to talk to on different terms. I can also say I am keeping the amp now that I found out one of the best amp techs around is not to far from me and the awesome guys at Mercury have me covered if I ever need another transformer. They cannot give me a Wizard transformer, but let's just say they can get me very close. I am very carefull with tubes and impedences so chances are I will never need another one. The amp was also not packed very well. It was original packing but the styrofoam was all broken(maybe from the drop) and the amp was not wrapped in the usual plastic Wizard uses(I know this because Rick sent it back completely repacked). The small pieces of styro found there way inside the amp. Maybe the static caused the issues. I really have no idea what exactly happened. I am very happy it is now fixed. It could have been much worse.

There is no way a Wizard MM OT could have blown, there is a guy who is an endorsee and demos the amps at Namm and the amp shows who knows the seller of that amp you bought and says he is a stand up guy.

OK.. I know the amp.. I heard the amp and know the unit before it shipped. The amp was never taken apart here in Tulsa, the amp has marking on it that are routing bit dragged across for machining at the factory.. it is NOT scratched up. We do have pictures YOU sent glip22. Please do not make assumptions and post these things accusing people indirectly or directly when it is NOT true. NOT COOL.

You have hassled Rick @ wizard repeately.. Just like in this post you still claim you have done nothing to the amp, but you are the first person to open it up and get inside. I know the amp left working,. no blown fuses. perfectly.

Maybe the Fed Ex guys pulled it out and were playing it into a 4 ohm cab on the 16 ohm setting!
OR maybe they plugged the speaker into the dual footswitch input and didn't realize it!

 

[johnnyjellybean]

OK.. I know the amp.. I heard the amp and know the unit before it shipped. The amp was never taken apart here in Tulsa, the amp has marking on it that are routing bit dragged across for machining at the factory.. it is NOT scratched up. We do have pictures YOU sent glip22. Please do not make assumptions and post these things accusing people indirectly or directly when it is NOT true. NOT COOL.

You have hassled Rick @ wizard repeately.. Just like in this post you still claim you have done nothing to the amp, but you are the first person to open it up and get inside. I know the amp left working,. no blown fuses. perfectly.

There is no way a Wizard MM OT could have blown, there is a guy who is an endorsee and demos the amps at Namm and the amp shows who knows the seller of that amp you bought and says he is a stand up guy.

Thanks for sharing that....again.
Good to see you've FINALLY come to your senses.

 

[Hacksaw]

Just want to clear this up. I only asked the member I purchased the amp from for $125.00 toward the repair in a show of good faith. He declined to pay me , and I did not file a dispute. He wanted to put a claim in with Fedex However the outside of the box had no damage.One more thing to note, I purchased the amp as "mint and brand new condition" In his eyes the amp was mint and brand new condition. When I looked at the amp the outside of the chassis was scratched up pretty badly. The seller said he was not aware of it and I believe him. Rick confirmed that this amp was a special order "relic'd chassis". He said it's not an issue and I will not be making it one, meaning Rick. If I knew this, I would not have purchased the amp. When I received the amp and plugged it in, it powered up and went dead. I immediately checked the fuses and the mains was blown. I replaced the power tubes, fuses, and rebiased. What I found odd was that there was an 8 amp fuse in the mains when the amp calls for four. This had me suspect. It powered up but definitely had issues. Notes cutting off and not sustaining, bad feedback, etc. The amp could have been dropped by Fedex. One of of the tubes probably shorted and blew the fuse. I have no idea how a winding should have opened in the OT if that is what happened. It happened very quickly(seconds). Usually it takes a little more than that. There was not even any popping noise. It was a difficult transaction. I was not blaming the seller. I was just relaying exactly what I went through with the builder. I did say he took care of me in the end and that he would probably be very cool to talk to on different terms. I can also say I am keeping the amp now that I found out one of the best amp techs around is not to far from me and the awesome guys at Mercury have me covered if I ever need another transformer. They cannot give me a Wizard transformer, but let's just say they can get me very close. I am very carefull with tubes and impedences so chances are I will never need another one. The amp was also not packed very well. It was original packing but the styrofoam was all broken(maybe from the drop) and the amp was not wrapped in the usual plastic Wizard uses(I know this because Rick sent it back completely repacked). The small pieces of styro found there way inside the amp. Maybe the static caused the issues. I really have no idea what exactly happened. I am very happy it is now fixed. It could have been much worse.

There is no way a Wizard MM OT could have blown, there is a guy who is an endorsee and demos the amps at Namm and the amp shows who knows the seller of that amp you bought and says he is a stand up guy.

OK.. I know the amp.. I heard the amp and know the unit before it shipped. The amp was never taken apart here in Tulsa, the amp has marking on it that are routing bit dragged across for machining at the factory.. it is NOT scratched up. We do have pictures YOU sent glip22. Please do not make assumptions and post these things accusing people indirectly or directly when it is NOT true. NOT COOL.

You have hassled Rick @ wizard repeately.. Just like in this post you still claim you have done nothing to the amp, but you are the first person to open it up and get inside. I know the amp left working,. no blown fuses. perfectly.

Maybe the Fed Ex guys pulled it out and were playing it into a 4 ohm cab on the 16 ohm setting!
OR maybe they plugged the speaker into the dual footswitch input and didn't realize it!

THis would explain the wildly destroyed greenback I got a while back too! I know they put a forklift through the box!

 

[Digital Jams]

All I want to know is can the amp blow hvac ducts out of ceilings?

This is how I test a Wizard.

 

[johnnyjellybean]

[Thanks for sharing that....again.
Good to see you've FINALLY come to your senses.

I wouldn't actually mind trying out a Wizard since I can't stand tons of preamp mosquito gain, first thing I would do is open that fucker up and take a look inside.

Watch it! They're booby-trapped!

 

[Hacksaw]

All I want to know is can the amp blow hvac ducts out of ceilings?

This is how I test a Wizard.

I've heard rumours