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ELECTRIC: NUNO BETTENCOURT SERIES
This series was co-designed with Nuno Bettencourt and features the patented Extended Stephen's Cutaway. All of the U.S.-built instruments in this series were produced in Chicago, and featured Seymour Duncan or Bill Lawrence pickups.
N1/N1A
- offset double cutaway alder body, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, matching reverse headstock, six-on-one-side Grover tuners, standard tremolo, two exposed Washburn humbucker pickups, single volume control, three-way switch, chrome hardware, available in Black, Ivory, Natural Matte, Olive Green (2005-06), or Padauk Stain finish, mfg. 1995-99, 2005-07.
N2
- offset double cutaway alder body, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay, reverse headstock, 600S Pro Floyd Rose licensed tremolo with locking nut, two Washburn Eliminator humbucker pickups, two knobs, five-way switch, chrome hardware, available in Black, Candy Apple, Natural Matte, or Padauk finish, mfg. 1990-99, 2005-present.
N4 (E/A, U.S. MFG.)
- offset double cutaway alder body, bolt-on maple Stephen's Extended Cutaway neck, 22-fret ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, reverse headstock with six-on-one-side Grover tuners, Floyd Rose tremolo vibrato with locking nut, two exposed Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups, single volume control, three-way switch, chrome hardware, available in Black or Natural Matte finish, mfg. 1990-98, 2001.
N4(E) SA Swamp Ash (U.S. Mfg.)
- similar to N4EA, except has a swamp ash body, available in Natural Matte, Paduak Stain Natural Matte, or Vintage Sunburst finishes, mfg. 1994-present.
N4E QM Quilt Maple (U.S. Mfg.)
- similar to N4EA, except has a quilted maple top and Buzz Feiten Tuning System, available in Tobacco Sunburst or Wineburst finish, mfg. 1997-99.
N4 Relic/Vintage (U.S. Mfg.)
- similar to N4 (EA), except has an aged solid alder body, and aged hardware, Buzz Feiten Tuning System, and the N4 graphic on body, available in Natural Matte finish, mfg. 2002-present.
N5 (U.S. MFG.)
- double offset cutaway solid alder body with Stephen's cutaway, bird's-eye maple neck, 22-fret birdseye maple fingerboard with dot inlay, reverse six-on-one-side tuners, Floyd Rose tremolo, anaodized aluminum pickguard, three single coil Seymour Duncan pickups, two knobs, Buzz Feiten Tuning system, black hardware, available in Black, Cream, Military Green, or Tobacco Sunburst finish, mfg. 2005-present.
N6 (U.S. MFG.)
- double offset cutaway solid alder body with Stephen's cutaway, bird's-eye maple neck, 22-fret birdseye maple fingerboard with dot inlay, reverse six-on-one-side tuners, Floyd Rose tremolo, anaodized aluminum pickguard, two single coil and one humbucker Seymour Duncan pickups, two knobs, Buzz Feiten Tuning system, chrome hardware, available in Black, Cream, Military Green, or Tobacco Sunburst finish, mfg. 2005-present.
N8
- double neck configuration, swamp ash body, two bolt-on maple necks (12-string top, six-string bottom), 22-fret ebony fingerboards, reverse headstocks with six-per-side tuners (12-string has the octave-tuners underneath the bridge), Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo for six string, standard bridge for 12-string, three Seymour Duncan '59 humbucker pickups (12-string and six-string neck), one Bill Lawrence L500 humbucker for six-string bridge, single volume knob (with split for necks), three-way switch, chrome hardware, available in Natural Matte finish, mfg. 1995-97.
N61
- offset double cutaway swamp ash body, bolt-on maple neck with Stephen's Extended Cutaway, 22-fret maple or ebony fingerboard with black or pearl dot inlays, reverse headstock, six-on-the-other-side tuners, Schaller Floyd Rose licensed tremolo with locking nut, matching finish pickguard, one Bill Lawrence L500 humbucker bridge pickup and two Seymour Duncan single coil pickups HSS, two knobs (v, tone), five-way pickup switch, chrome hardware, available in Black or Cream finish, mfg. 2007-present.