Big Thank you to the Mighty Washburn Guitars for having us out to their USA Custom Shop with non other than Washburns Master Luthier ~ Chris Meade ~ and the man who has been rocking his builds all over the globe ~ The Mighty NUNO BETTENCOURT!

We look back on the origins of Nuno’s Iconic Washburn N4 line of guitars as well as some shredlicous models that went missing only to return years later in the most in unusual of ways!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
2:11 Origins of The N4
3:04 Parts Bin Build
5:00 "Nobody Cared" Extreme's Debut Album
5:30 Washburn Endorsement
7:35 Nuno's 1st Namm Show
8:40 Washburn N4 EXPLODES!
9:00 Stock Prices Skyrocket!
10:00 Copy Cat Brands
11:36 Nuno's Shaves Down Body
12:25 The N4 Ages With You
13:17 No Finish = Tone
13:38 Stephens Extended Cutaway
15:28 Bill Lawrence Humbucker
17:00 Bastard Child of Parts
17:27 "Memory Lock" Feature
18:31 Washburn N8 STOLEN
21:40 Todays N4 Models
22:07 #Rebel Live
22:48 4N Specs
23:44 N4 Authentic Specs
24:00 N4 Vintage Specs
24:22 Swamp Ash Padauk Walnut N4
25:49 Korean Floyd Rumor Confirmed!
27:45 Kahler Nut?
28:50 N4 Neck Profiles
29:41 4N Origins Speculated
31:54 Seymour Duncan '59
35:20 Acrylic N4 Signature Model?
37:03 The Story of Nuno's STOLE Padauk N4
40:58 Mr. Shred's Walnut N4



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