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Washburn N4VINTAGE Nuno Bettencourt Signature Electric Guitar, Vintage

 
 
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Here's a great plug-in-and-play ripper of a guitar with some great features both cosmetic and functional: a Washburn N4VINTAGE Nuno Bettencourt signature guitar with a natural finish over a paduak body.

This N4 has a maple neck, ebony fretboard, 25.5" scale length, 22 frets, a 5-bolt Stephens extended cutaway neck joint, master volume control, a Floyd Rose 1000 Series Original tremolo bridge and black hardware.

Nuno Bettencourt, born in Portugal and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in a very musical family.  In his teenage years he began playing drums, bass and keyboards, but ultimately settled on guitar as his primary instrument. Since then he has become one of the world’s greatest guitarists, who draws from an eclectic variety of styles and influences and is a tremendously technical and adept player, with an acute sense of rhythm. 

Most famous for his role in Boston-area group Extreme, in which Bettencourt recorded five CDs and delivered the hits “More Than Words” and “Hole Hearted”, he has also released a solo CD, formed the groups Mourning Widows and Population 1 (which eventually became DramaGods), and was featured in Satellite Party (formed by Perry Farrell).  Although they had disbanded in 1995, in 2007, Extreme reunited and headlined Washburn’s 125th Anniversary Party at Winter NAMM 2008. For 2009-2013 Nuno joined Grammy Award winning R&B artist Rihanna as music director and lead guitarist on her world tour, playing to hundreds of thousands of fans across Europe and the U.S. 2014 – 2015 also saw an Extreme tour commemorating the 25th anniversary of Pornograffitti.

In order to develop the N Series with Washburn, Bettencourt utilized his extensive knowledge of the guitar and designed each model with an extremely fast neck that allows for easy access to higher frets via the Stephen’s Extended Cutaway on some models.  Depending on the model, a Washburn or a Duncan ’59 neck pickup & a Lawrence L-500 in the bridge make this reverse headstock marvel wail.  These super road axes are the gateway to total creativity, just ask Nuno and the thousands of musicians that play them.

Product Specifications:

BODY & CONSTRUCTION

  • Body Wood:  Alder
  • Type:  Electric Guitars
  • Style:  Double Cut Solid Body

NECK

  • Neck Wood:  Birdseye Maple 5-Bolt Stephen's Extended Cutaway
  • Fretboard:  Ebony with 22 Frets
  • Number Of Frets:  22 frets
  • Inlays:  dots
  • Nut:  locking nut
  • Nut Width:  43 mm locking nut chrome
  • Scale:  25-1/2

ELECTRONICS

  • Controls:  1 Volume - 3 way toggle
  • Pickups:  Seymour Duncan 59 neck and Bill Lawrence bridge pickup
  • Pickup Configuration:  H / H
  • Pickup Selector:  3 way toggle

HARDWARE

  • Hardware:  Chrome hardware
  • Bridge:  Floyd Rose 1000 Series Original
  • Tuners:  Grover Exclusive 18:1 Chrome

OTHER

  • Color:  Vintage Matte
  • Finish:  Matte Finish
  • Strings:  D'addario EXL 120 light gauge

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