Washburn N24PSVINTAGEK-D, N Series Nuno Bettencourt Electric Guitar. Padauk Vintage Matte

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.

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 and the thousands of musicians that play them.

Features

• Lightweight, resonant Agathis body
• Maple neck with a 5-bolt Stephen’s Extended Cutaway for unmatched upper-fret access
• Sleek rosewood fingerboard in a high-performance 12-inch radius
• Bill Lawrence L-500 and Washburn humbuckers deliver maximum depth and clarity, even with copious amounts of gain
• No-nonsense control scheme of a single knob and toggle switch
• Push-pull coil split toggle for shimmering single-coil-style sounds
• Double-locking Floyd Rose Special tremolo allows for decked dive bombs while retaining optimum tuning stability
• Highly reliable Grover Exclusive 18:1 tuners

Specifications

Body & Construction
- Body Wood: Agathis
- 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 Configuration: H / H
- Pickup Selector: 3 way toggle

Other
- Color: Vintage Padauk Stain
- Finish: Matte Finish
- Strings: D'addario EXL 120 light gauge

Neck
- Neck Wood: Maple 5-Bolt Stephen's Extended Cutaway
- Fretboard: Rosewood with 22 Frets
- Number Of Frets: 22 frets
- Inlays: dots
- Nut: locking nut
- Nut Width: 43 mm locking nut chrome
- Scale: 25.5

Hardware
- Hardware: Chrome hardware
- Bridge: Floyd Rose Special
- Tuners: Grover Exclusive 18:1 Chrome