These super road axes are the gateway to total creativity, just ask Nuno and the thousands of musicians that play them. A Duncan® ’59 & a Lawrence® L-500 in the bridge make this reverse headstock marvel wail. 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. Nuno has also preformed with Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Janet Jackson, Perry Farrell and many others.

It has been painstakingly recreated in the USA Custom shop from Nuno’s original N4 by Washburn’s master luthiers and replicates every dent, ding, story, and nuance of personality contained in his guitar. Nuno performed with Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler at the 21st Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, honoring children’s rights activists Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai. The Washburn N4 Authentic is an exact replica of Nuno Bettencourt’s iconic N4 guitar. He was personally recruited by Rihanna to be her guitar player and touring music director on 4 mega-world tours. Nuno has written, produced and performed with many artists. Outside of EXTREME, Nuno is also a member of the guitar supergroup GENERATION AXE which features Nuno, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmasteem, Zakk Wylde and Tosin Abasi. Nuno penned the acoustic ballad “More Than Words” that went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and “Hole Hearted” that reached #4 on the same chart. To date, the Grammy-nominated band is one of the most successful rock acts of the early to mid 1990s selling over 8 million records worldwide. Guitar virtuoso, singer-songwriter, and record producer, Nuno Bettencourt rose to international prominence as guitar player with the multi-platinum rock band EXTREME. Nowadays, you’re just as likely to see the unsettingly well-maintained 48-year-old tearing up stadium stages with pop supremo Rihanna. 25 years and it’s still my perfect performance guitar- and the tone- THAT has become a part of my DNA. The inimitable Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt achieved guitar hero status in the early 90s with Boston rockers Extreme. “I played Washburn initially because I got to design the EXACT guitar that I wanted.

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