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on the chopping block today the bazzara
333 XL is it a poor man's PB JSX
or is it just a pile of dog prone
to catching fire let's find out
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all right I would want to do this one
for quite a while Beshara has been on my
radar for some time and it's
controversial enough that I didn't want
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know this Bashara is Barringer's line of
affordable tube amps how do they make
them affordably well they copy popular
designs of them build them in China with
people who are paid next to nothing and
don't think I'm singling a Behringer
everybody's doing this look at all the
Blessed pollen strat ripoffs in the
guitar market for verification
so the 333 XL is a 120 watt Class A B
guitar amp with 4 el34 tubes in the
power section and 4 12ax7 s in the prea
it's got three channels clean crunch and
leap each channel has a treble mid and
bass and volume knob and the last two
have a gain knob as well interestingly
enough the crunch and lead channels have
an Excel button hmm doesn't remind me of
the fad switch on the PV GSX at all
oh and looks like the JSX has a noise
gate too wow what a coincidence
unlike the GSX if they've added a reverb
and got rid of the resonance knob kind
of a dumb move in my opinion for the
studio anyway I'd rather have a
residence knob as I never put reverb on
metal guitars it just clogs up a mix the
back panel we've got an effects loop
impedance switch and a line level now I
must be clear the unit I have is an
original model not one of the new
infinium series that claims to boost to
blend the one I have is of the
questionable quality variety do a google
search on the 333 XL and you'll read all
sorts of horror stories about bhujiya
amps catching on fire components burning
out or the input jacks failing in the
case of this amp the original jacks were
made of plastic and if you're asking
yourself why would anybody design
something that stupid well it's because
doodlee amp circuit the entire front
panel is the ground so if you're to use
a metal input Jack you run into all
sorts of noise issues fortunately this
particular amp has been modded by the
fine text at long
quaint in Toronto Ontario they've
replaced the input jacks with metal ones
but given them proper insulators so they
won't conduct into the ground this is
something that should have been done at
the factory level plastic input jacks
just don't work on guitar amps they have
to be roadworthy and they have to be
built tough I've said the same thing
with the cheaper line 6 Wireless system
sound quality doesn't matter if your
equipment breaks when you're just trying
to set it up as for the newer models I
can't say if the design has been fixed
so buyer beware also it's something to
keep in mind if you're looking for one
of these on a used market it's best to
budget in a visit to a tech to get the
input Jack's fixed it's also a great
bargaining chip if it hasn't been done
you can demand a lower price and you'll
get it now this app has had one owner
and there's been gig heavily and was
made way back in 2011 aside from the
input jacks it's all original hasn't has
never had any failures and has never
caught fire ok maybe this is a rare one
I don't know you tell me anyway well
let's check out how it sounds
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and of course the big test how well it
works in a mix it's been a while since
you seen them here's Chris reference key
put in a 333 XL to the test
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so what do I think well I can only go by
my own experience not what unverified
comments on the guitar forum sing for me
the amp has functioned without issue the
metal egg kaput jacks were a great idea
I was very pleased with the tone from
this amp it's nowhere near as tight as
my rev 100 P but it does create a sound
I could put on a record and be happy
with it just takes a little more work as
it's a touch muddy in the lower mids if
you're looking to get your hands on a
new one they have some name for
them called the Infinium series that's
supposed to prolong tube life that's
marketing speak for these won't blow up
at 549 us it's one of the cheapest
full-featured 120 watt tube apps you
will find be advised that the warranty
only lasts one year as for other amps in
this price range jet city amplification
comes to mind and I haven't been able to
find any stories about those ones
blowing up so there is that if you guys
have any other suggestions for 100 or
120 watt tube amps for under six hundred
bucks let me know so final verdict on
the boo Jeremy it's not bad but proceed
with caution
you're covered by a one-year warranty so
if it catches fire hope it happens
within the first 365 days