About This Listing

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.


SPECIFICATIONS

BODY & CONSTRUCTION

  • Body Wood: Padauk
  • Type: Electric Guitars
  • Style: Double Cut Solid Body

ELECTRONICS

  • Controls: 1 Volume - 3 way toggle
  • Pickups: Seymour Duncan 59 neck and Bill Lawrence bridge pickup
  • Pickup Configuration: H / H
  • Pickup Selector: 3 way toggle

OTHER

  • Colo: rNatural Matte
  • Finish: Matte Finish
  • Strings: D'addario EXL 120 light gauge

NECK

  • Neck Wood: Padauk 5-Bolt Stephen's Extended Cutaway
  • Fretboard: Ebony with 22 Frets
  • Number Of Frets: 22 frets
  • Inlays: dots
  • Nut: locking nut
  • Nut Width: 43mm locking nut chrome
  • Scale: 25-1/2"

HARDWARE

  • Hardware: Chrome hardware
  • Bridge: Floyd Rose 1000 Series Original
  • Tuners: Grover Exclusive 18:1 Chrome

Condition
Brand
Model
  • Nuno Bettencourt Signature N4 Padauk USA
Finish
  • Natural Matte Padauk
Categories
Year
  • 2010s
Color Family
  • Brown
  • Natural
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Body Shape
  • S-Style
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Maple
Offset Body
  • No
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Locking Tremolo Bridge
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Pickup Configuration
  • HH
Fretboard Material
  • Ebony
Scale Length
  • 25.5"
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 22

About the Seller

eVillage Music

Astoria, NY, United States
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Joined Reverb:2015
Items Sold:14,998

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