Washburn Nuno Bettencourt 4N USA Electric Guitar - Matte

OVERVIEW


Signature features meet Custom Shop quality.
For almost 3 decades, guitar virtuoso Nuno Bettencourt and Washburn have paired up to design and craft the thrilling guitar players main axes. His celebrated N4 and the special variations of this revered instrument have been on stages all over the world. From his time as lead guitarist for the Platinum selling band Extreme, as an acclaimed solo musician, as Musical Director for the multi Grammy Award winning songwriter Rihanna or as a member of Steve Vai’s touring super group of guitarists Generation Axe, Nuno’s N4 has been there. But in the last several years, it’s not just the N4 that has joined Nuno on these incredible adventures and now, Washburn and Nuno are pleased to present the companion axe to his beloved N4; the 4N.The Team at the Washburn Custom Shop went to painstaking lengths to capture the uniqueness of Nuno’s 4N. Chris Meade, the Head at WCS not just studied the instrument in hand, but also designed and made a set of custom tools so he could accurately measure the neck. From that point forward, every effort has been made to get the feel and look captured expertly; the results of which are obvious with instrument in hand.Crafted with an alder body, ebony fretboard and birds-eye maple neck; the 4N features the Stephens Extended Cutaway, a Seymour Duncan ’59 pickup in the neck position and Bill Lawrence L-500 in the bridge. A Floyd Rose Original Tremolo unit is paired with a Kahler nut and a single volume control and three-way selector switch round out the electronic setup.Whether you’re one of the hardcore Nuno fans the world over, or an accomplished musician looking for a unique and finely crafted instrument to compliment your playing style; the new Washburn 4N Signature Nuno Bettencourt guitar is an excellent option to add to your collection. Includes hardshell case.




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SPECIFICATIONS
Body

Body shape: Double cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Body wood: Alder
Body finish: Matte
Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: Signature
Neck wood: Birdseye Maple
Joint: Bolt-on
Scale length: 25.5 in.
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: Matte

Fretboard

Material: Ebony
Fret size: Medium
Number of frets: 22
Inlays: Dot

Pickups

Configuration: HH
Neck: Duncan '59N
Bridge: Bill Lawrence L-500
Brand: Duncan, Bill Lawrence
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Parallel

Controls

Control layout: Master volume
Pickup switch: 3-way

Hardware

Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
Bridge design: Floyd Rose Original
Tuning machines: Grover 18:1
Color: Chrome

Other

Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Signature model, Electronics, Body finish
Case: Hardshell case
Country of origin: United States




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