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Walter Woods Repair needed / contact info.

#4
Yes. That’s ideal but it’s difficult to get a hold of him, assuming I have his correct number. There was an excellent local shop that worked on it previously but they are no longer. Mesa Boogie looked at it - my tech friend there was able to rewire power cord but cannot get into it further.

Hoping there is someone that knows someone besides Walter that I could ship it to.
 
#10
Yes. I will.

Four years a high power capacitor blew in a shower of sparks. Crucial Audio in Rhonert Park ca was able to fix it. The casing on power cord was pulling off around where cord enters the amp so they replaced the power cord as well.

A few months ago the casing wa pulling away again. The hole is a bit tight for cord - a design flaw IMO. Then it stopped working. At all. Crucial is no longer so a friend that has worked at Mesa Boogie looked at it. He was able to rewire cord and fix issue with small hole but it still did not power up so I posted here and tried getting a hold of Walter. Tech friend decided to check plug end of cord and it was intermittent as well. New plug end and it works fine now.

This has been my main nap for at least 10 years probably longer now. I love it so I’m very glad it is fixed!
 
#11
For the most part, any real repairs have to be done by Walter. All the "crucial" parts are made to his specs for him. Basic things can be done by most high end repair shops, but they can't get any of the major parts needed. When (if) you can get a hold of Walter, send your amp in and let him go through it and redo or repair anything he see's. He won't be at it too much longer and as of now there's nobody to take his place.
 
#12
B String said:
For the most part, any real repairs have to be done by Walter. All the "crucial" parts are made to his specs for him. Basic things can be done by most high end repair shops, but they can't get any of the major parts needed. When (if) you can get a hold of Walter, send your amp in and let him go through it and redo or repair anything he see's. He won't be at it too much longer and as of now there's nobody to take his place.
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#18
This is exactly the reason I sold my WW and went with Mesa and Genzler. I was a WW user from about 1995 to 2010 and yes, they are excellent amps. The downside is Walter is a one-man operation and he's now prolly in his late 70s. What happens when he is no longer able to work on the amps? I'm pretty sure the company goes away with him - no kids to take over - no selling it, etc. WW has always been hard to reach BTW. If he was on vacation for two weeks at a time or longer, you wouldn't hear from him until he got home. From what I understand, there are no part numbers on the components used and no schematics are available - by Walter's design. I can understand that way of thinking BEFORE all the other companies making class D amps, but now they're everywhere. It took a long time for all the other MFR's to catch up to WW!! I remember emailing GK years ago and inquiring about making a WW type amp. At that time, GK had a little micro amp, but it was only 150W. I'm sure I was not the only one requesting a small high powered amp. I think (not sure) GK was among the first companies to come up with a high powered micro head. Just my $0.02.
 
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