Nuno Bettencourt, born in Portugal and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, grewup in a very musical family. In his teenage years he began playing drums, bassand keyboards, but ultimately settled on guitar as his primary instrument.Since then he has become one of the world’s greatest guitarists, who draws froman eclectic variety of styles and influences and is a tremendously technicaland adept player, with an acute sense of rhythm. Most famous for his role inBoston-area group Extreme, in which Bettencourt recorded five CDs and deliveredthe hits “More Than Words” and “Hole Hearted”, he has also released a solo CD,formed the groups Mourning Widows and Population 1 (which eventually becameDramaGods), and was featured in Satellite Party (formed by Perry Farrell).Although they had disbanded in 1995, in 2007, Extreme reunited and headlinedWashburn’s 125th Anniversary Party at Winter NAMM 2008. For 2009-2013 Nunojoined Grammy Award winning R&B artist Rihanna as music director and leadguitarist on her world tour, playing to hundreds of thousands of fans acrossEurope and the U.S.
In order to develop the N Series with Washburn, Bettencourt utilized hisextensive knowledge of the guitar and designed each model with an extremelyfast 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 aDuncan® ’59 neck pickup & a Lawrence® L-500 in the bridge make this reverseheadstock marvel wail. These super road axes are the gateway to totalcreativity.
 Body & Construction 
Body Wood Basswood
Type Electric Guitars
Style Double Cut Solid Body
 Electronics 
Controls 1 Volume w/ push pull coil tap - 3 way toggle
Pickups Washburn neck pickup and Bill Lawrence Bridge pickup
Pickup ConfigurationH / H
Pickup Selector3 way toggle 
 Other 
Color Natural Matte
Finish Matte Finish
Strings D'addario EXL 120 light gauge 
 Neck 
Neck Wood Maple Bolt-on
Fretboard Ebony
Number Of Frets22 frets
Inlays dots
Nut locking nut
Nut Width 43 mm locking nut chrome
Scale 25-1/2
 Hardware 
Hardware Chrome hardware
Bridge Floyd Rose Special
Tuners Grover Exclusive 18:1 Chrom
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