Washburn X 33 Review

Washburn X 33 options:

X33TSB

Tobacco Sunburst

X33B

Black

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Guitarists who reviewed X 33 play these music styles: Blues, Smooth Jazz.

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Washburn X 33 has been rated by 5 musicians.

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Overall Rating 3.9

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Features 4.3

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Quality 3

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Reliability / Value 3.7

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Washburn X 33 Specs

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Alder  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: Standard  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Maple  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Tremolo  
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  • Hardware: Nickel  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 5-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Washburn Shaman single coil pickups

Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

Another fine instrument made by Washburn. X 33 is a good guitar that handless well both live and in studio. There are better choices, but those cost significantly more. You should investigate X 33 to see if it fits your needs.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Washburn's X 33 an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for X 33's features!

With X 33 you will need some patience to get it to sound right. Washburn has made a nice sounding instrument but if you want to have it sounding the way you really want, maybe a different set of pickups would do the trick. Most people find the current hardware good enough to suit their playing style and find their tone satisfying enough with what Washburn has already built into X 33.

Another reliable model from Washburn brings us to a guitar that handles well and plays well. Finish doesn't feel bad at all, and the hardware is good. It stays in tune for most of the time, so if you take the time to adjust the action & pickups the way you want them, you will feel comfortable while playing X 33.

This is a solidly built guitar that will play well live and in studio. It does provide a fair amount of confidence, and it can serve well both as a replacement and a first choice guitar for gigs and rehearsals. Washburn feels confident in its X 33 and it will serve you well in most situations. Durability and reliability are evenly balanced with this instrument.