1990’s Washburn Nuno Bettencourt Signature Model N2 - Made in Japan - Pro Set Up!
Washburn Nuno Bettencourt
String Gauge: 9-42
Action at the 12th: 4/64-3/64
Nut Width: 1.69"
Bridge Spacing: 2.11"
Radius: 12
Tuning: (Standard (e)
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.75"
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.82"
Weight: 7lb 0.5oz
Comes in Original Wahsburn Gig Bag
$$ Professionally setup for optimal tone and playability...Truly Stage or Studio Ready! (Including Fret Work, Intonation, Truss Rod and Action)
For nearly 3 decades, guitar virtuoso, Nuno Bettencourt, and Washburn have paired up to design and craft the thrilling guitar players main axes. His celebrated 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 guitars has been there.
Crafted with an alder body, rosewood fretboard and birds-eye maple neck, the 2N features the Stephens Extended Cutaway, a W621 neck pickup, Bill Lawrence bridge pickups and a Washburn 600-S, licensed by Floyd Rose, Tremolo unit is paired with a single volume control and three-way selector switch to 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, Washburn 4N Signature Nuno Bettencourt guitar is an excellent option to add to your collection.
This guitar has been rocked as you can see from the pics. It has naturally aged and is in a light relic condition.
Features
• Alder body with vintage matte finish
• Birdseye maple neck
• W 621 neck pickup and Bill Lawrence bridge pickups
•Washburn 600-S Licensed by Floyd Rose Tremolo
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: Thin
• Neck wood: Birdseye Maple
• Joint: Bolt-on
• Scale length: 25.5 in.
• Truss rod: Standard
• Neck finish: Matte
Fretboard
• Material: Rosewood
• Fret size: Medium
• Number of frets: 24
• Inlays: Dot
Pickups
• Configuration: HH
• Active or passive pickups: Passive
• Series or parallel: Parallel
• Special electronics: Push/pull volume control
Controls
• Control layout: Master volume
• Pickup switch: 3-way
• Coil tap or split: Coil tap
Hardware
• Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
• Bridge design: Floyd Rose - Washburn 600-S
• Tuning machines: Gotoh
• Color: Chrome
• Nut: Locking Nut
Other
• Number of strings: 6-string
• Special features: Electronics
• Case: Gig Bag
• Stap: Locking Strap
• Country of origin: Japan
ABOUT NUNO BETTENCOURT:
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.
This guitar is professionally set up and dialed in for optimal tone and playability. It has low action with no buzzing or dead spots and is an absolute joy to play. It has been deep cleaned and detailed. All guitars will arrive looking and playing great. The frets have been leveled / dressed / polished and the fingerboard was cleaned. (Unfinished Rosewood and Ebony boards get treated with Fret Doctor - a proprietary all natural oil that is the best on the market) It has brand new strings, the action was adjusted, the intonation is spot on and it plays excellent. All the electronics work flawlessly.
**** We stand behind every guitar we sell and have consistently delivered quality that beats most people expectations, earning us a reputation for quality that is unrivaled. Simply put “good enough” isn’t good enough for The Guitar Dude’s standards and we try and make every guitar be at its absolute BEST to deliver on our promise.
* Neck is perfectly straight and the truss rod works with no issues
* Intonation is spot-on
* It has been professionally set up with nice low action & new American made strings.
* If needed, the frets will be dressed leveled & crowned
* All frets are polished prior to shipping when they are set up - They will shine like new!
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