Washburn N1 Nuno Bettencourt Model

J have had an model made in china since 2005. J changed body pickup to DiMarzio Tone Zone. Wood is the same like in the strats.

It has bright sound. When I play blues, i turn on pickups on single mode and and i really admire this sound. When I play metal, it doesn't have so much power like ibanez rg, sound is bright as i said. But on the other side this is very oryginal sound. It is nothing to compare to this washburn. Try to buy something sunding better for this price.

Very, very good.

Yes, U can play a concert on this.

I've playing for 8 years. I play blues and metal, depend of mood :) But with my band i used this for metal music. For this price i don't see anything better on market. I would never sell this guitar becouse it was my first electric guitar and i can sa, it was a good choice. I recomend it to you.

I've had the Nuno Washburn for a few months now (I wanted to wait to write a review to really put it through its paces). Nice axe, I mean really decent. Nice feeling neck, jumbo frets. Cool design, with the paduak stain, it looks like nothing else, and I dont want to blend in. If I see another Ibanez RG, or Les paul, I'm gonna scream!
I've owned everything from Jems, to sabers, strats, and this thing is very well done. Plays like a much more expensive guitar.

Has eliminator pickups. Neck humbucker has some serious PAF pro qualities, bridge pickup screams!

What can I say, your buying a Washburn, not some Mom and Pop operation guitar. This is the reason people buy name brand.

They are there if I need 'em.

I compared to some Ibanez, some used jacksons, but it held it own. Nuno and Washburn did a nice job on this one

Padouk stain finish, Grover tuners, Samshin pickups.
Must be an older model the Neck has a plate were it
bolts on to the body and the newer ones don't seem to
have this feature. Paid $100 for it used, and it has
some personality beause it had some milage on it. Replace
the bushing on the tuners due to cracking. First axe I've
had that had one volume and one three way switch, gives an
unusual tone in the middle position. Replaced the pickups,
Tonerider Generator in the Neck and a Bill Lawrence XL500 in
the bridge. Everthing else has been hashed over earlier.

The original Pickups were muddy but after replacement.
This axe is fantastic. The Tonerider Generator in the neck
to me sounds as good as a Seymour Duncan and the Bill Lawrence
is the standard Bridge pickup for the N4 and is a great value.

Very well made. Solid small body, Great neck.

This thing is a Rock. Even look better after a fiew dings and scratchs.

Would like to know were to get a replacement switch, but have
not persued Washburn.

Only been playing a couple of years. I own three electics, a Hamer Echotone, Custom Strat and this Nuno N1. The N1 is the best Bang
for the Buck. I have a total of $200 invested into it, I'd like to
know a better value for that kind of money. If it were stolen I dought that I could find another at this price, but if I could yes
I would replace it with the same again. My favorite feature is that
everything, it feels great, sounds great, very simple and solid.

1995 about $70 new! made in korea,super strat body,color green,alder i guess from its bright tone.22 jumbo fret, ive refreted with jim dunlop jumbo,1 volume 3 way switcth.standart fulcrum"never dive it"bridge, or it will out of tone even if you dare to touch it hahaha,but ive just bought a fender hipshot(50 bucks in my country indonesia),planning to install it couse the tone is so amazing when you messing around the tremolo.---> wait a second, if you dig out that washburn shitty stock PU and replace it whit DIMARZIO SUPERDISTORTION on bridge position, and offcorse a SH1 duncan 59 nodel on neck, i used a 500k pot push(gotoh pot) pull to split it all

i play blues, 80 rocks, metal shredding stuffs. Change the Pickups and its sound better than your Ibanez RG whit stocks PU hehehe(believe me i have a RG550).i mean it will sound so much better, clear articulation, no muddy, very open,the guitar character comes out very well, warm nasally mid whit singing high,the low thight enough for palm mute,the guitar could TELL you that "he" is crying,happy,sad or MAD!!! harmonics are produces easily. when splitted it sound so much like strats--> Twanggy, clean ofcourse versatile no question in any POS

some frett are used, ive replaced it, still buzzed at 9th frett, i ve do the trust rod things, it wont work:( action not as low as RG550

its 10 years now and still ok, the most important is the neck is not deviated

never deal whit washburn in my country. There is no washburn agency in here

Everything been covered in the previous reviews, so I'll skip the details. I got this brand new Sept 2005. It has a push-pull coil tap as the volume control. I didn't read anyone mentioning this, but it makes this guitar a keeper! I got the natural matte color and it plays great. Washburn has the best entry level guitars. The pickups are awesome (don't change them). The control cavity is big enough to add stuff like a master tone control which I did. I moved the master volume up closer to the strings for pinky swells and placed the tone pot in the old volume hole. The nut is plastic, so you'll have to use some grapite or nut sauce or oil in the slots. Also, the trem arm tip was white (should be black since there's no white anywhere on this guitar). I changed it to a black tip. Good guitar for under $200!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not sure on the specific year of my N1, but it doesn't matter. I gave this thing a 9 because it has the features that I wanted, not every gadget in the book. Simplistic and clean. Dual Humbuckers (soon to be a DiMarzio Tone Zone in the Bridge and a Humbucker from Hell in the neck). Single volume and a standard 6 screw fulcrum bridge. I have the trem springs torqed down in the rear cavity so the bridge sits flush on the body. When I want to dive bomb, I have to work for it. The body finish is natural along with the maple neck w/ rosewood board. There are no sharp fret ends, nor dead frets. This neck plays like a dream. My big thing as of late has been Savatage, T.S.O., Iced Earth and Blind Guardian. This damn thing is perfect for all of it. I have owned high end ESPs, Ibanezes and fenders, and none of the necks on those even come close, nor are any of the bodies as comfortable.

As I stated, for what I play, this thing is perfect. You can do Jon Schaffer (the man who makes James "I used to rock" Hetfield run home to mama) styles speed triplet riffs, Andre' Olbrich melodies, and Criss Oliva/Chris Caffery crunch with no questions asked. this thing is honestly built like a tank. There is nothing that I don't love about this guitar. I use Ernie Ball .010-.054 strings, I switch between Dunlop Tortex 1.5mm and 2.0mm picks and this thing begs for more abuse. This has got to be the best bang for your buck guitar ever made. Nuno knew what the hell he was doing with Washburn. The set-up I use is very similar to that of the late, great Criss Oliva. I run an old 70's Marshall Mark II head on the CLEAN channel only. I run from the guitar into a Boss OD-1 Overdrive set wide open but with the gain turned all the way off (basically a signal boost/preamp). The signal goes from there into a DOD "Yngwie" pedal and then a MXR "Zakk Wylde" pedal (I switch between the 2 given the song or sound I'm looking for, Both bitchin pedals by the way) and then a Boss Chorus Ensemble before it hits the amp. This guitar sounds GLORIOUS with this setup.

I got the guitar off ebay, so obviously, the action wasn't going to be to my liking. Once I adjusted it for my strings and my desirable height, it's been beautiful. I gave it a 9 because I had to reset the whole thing before it was perfect.

I have done some extensive gigging with this guitar (I own 4 N1s) and I have played entire 2 hour sets with this very N1, as I have with all of my N1s. I wuld never play without a back up, but if I had to, I would use one of these with no qualms about it. As I said, this guitar is a tank. I've been playing 20 years now, and this is by far one of the best ever for the style I play. And if I somehow manage to destroy one onstage, they're easy enough to replace.

I get 'em used so I have no clue and never contacted them.

For the money? You can't beat it. Even high end ESPs, Ibanez and fenders don't compare. I'm not interested in using a PRS for what I do, but this thing is of miraculous quality.

I don't know exactly when the guitar was made, but i believe between the late 80's and early 90's.It has 22 frets.my guitar isn't painted so the grain of the wood is the colour.there is 1 volume nob,a 3 way pickup selecter, but no tone control (this limits the guitars versatility compared to other guitars).There is 1 bridge humbucker and 1 neck humbucker.The pickups are original (Washburn Eliminators).I have read several reviews by people overlooking the pickups and immediatly replacing them.DON'T!!!.I would advise you to keep them.Although they have a trebly tone, beleive me they are very good pickups.They give the guitar an individual sound.What people don't relise is that they fit Washburn Eliminators (The pickups on this guitar) to some of the higher priced Washburn guitars e.g 2000 pound guitars or about 2800 dollars US i think.Basically the N1 should be a 2000 pound guitar.I've played PRS,ES335's,LES Pauls,etc and this guitar is on a par with them.I've got a Les Paul as well and i would say this guitar has better playability, but its only downfall would be that it doesn't have a tone switch.The guitar is made of Alder and i think it has a maple fret board, but i don't know for sure.It is a super-strat body, basicly like a strat, but slightly different.It has a strat-style bridge,with a wammy-bar.The neck is quite thin and brilliant for playabilty and fast access.It has groover tuners.I got a case with it, but i got them to throw it in so a case is not included.

I play this guitar and a Gibson Les Paul.I play Blues,classic rock,jazz and a bit of metal.The guitar is great for chicago blues,clean blues,rock.It was designed as a metal guitar,so if you want it heavy its pretty heavy e.g. i played a jam with a friend who has a Warlock and it had the same level of grit.Because the guitar has a trebly tone it is great for chicago blues.I've also played it clean and the neck setting for clean sounds excellent.The guitar isn't that good for jazz.For high overdrive or distortion the neck setting is only good for rythem and doesn't deliver the sound quality for the higher registers.I'm after an all tube amplifier,but at the minute i'm using a Laney GC30 (Solid-state) and a Lexicon Mpx200 effects box.The guitar tends to shrill abit if you have the volume up espacially on clean.Turn the volume slightly down and the sound can be pretty impressive.When using overdrive i use the bridge pickup or middle setting.It sounds very high quality and clear.When playing clean i use neck or middle setting,the bridge sounds too twangy.When playing clean fingerpicking gives a simply beautiful sound especially from the neck.The guitar doesn't have a bassy tone,really it in my opinion is best for playing solos and lead riffs etc.Rythem is good,but not outstanding.I love everything about the guitar apart from it having no tone nob.

The build quality of the guitar is very good.Pickups are set in firmly and securly.Everything is still in perfect working order and its about 15 years old.It's been more or less everyday.Only downfall is that the pickups are a little too close to the strings,but i raised the bridge plate slightly and it sound great now.The screws on the bridge and bits of the bridge plate have bits or rust,but then again it is 15 years old and to be fare i could have taken a bit better care of it.To sort the problem just buy a new bridge plate and screws.Don't cost much.

I've played the guitar live and lent it to friends for live playing and never had a problem.The hardware is as good and reliable as i've seen on any guitar.The body is still in perfect working order.The only problem with the body is the strap nuts.If you have a loose fitting strap the guitar might just fall out.It's only happend to me a couple of times,but i bought a better strap and its fine now.I would never gig without a backup guitar,but i'm confident that i could reliy on it.

N/A never had to deal with them

I've been playing the guitar for 12 years.I also own a Gibson Les Paul,a Fender 57 Strat,a Telecaster deluxe,a Yamaha acoustic,a Laney GC30 amp(i use for practice)a Laney Mpx200,jim dunlop wah-wah and a Proteus 2500.If the guitar were stolen i'd have difficult finding another,but i'd probably try to find another,but if i couldn't i could live with it.Out of the guitars i've got i would say when this guitar sounds at its best it sounds the best out of all my guitars.I love the tone and the ease of playing and the ability to get outstanding sounds between blues and metal.

I'm not sure what year it was made, but it was made in Korea. It's got 22 frets, solid-top.. 3-way pickup switch. It's only got one volume knob, and no tone knob, this is one of the only complaints I have. H/H pickup config, strat-style body, strat-style trem bridge. non-locking Grover tuners. I give this category an 8 because of the lack of tone knob(I dont use them much anyway, but it's nice to have the option)

This guitar suits my music style fine, I usually play blues-rock-shred stuff, and it gets the job done. no effects, except occasionally a dunlop wah pedal, and it's not that noisy since it has humbuckers. It's a pretty warm/full-sounding guitar on the neck pickup, the bridge pickup sounds great distorted.

I've got no idea how well it was setup at the factory since it's a few years old and I bought it at a pawn shop.

I dont gig, so I couldnt tell you if it'll withstand live playing, but it does seem like a solid guitar. The hardware seems like it'll last a while, and the finish will also last from the looks/feel of things. Strap buttons couldnt be anymore solid, I could probably depend on this guitar, but I dont care how good your guitar is, you shouldnt gig without a backup when possible

I emailed them once or twice, I got an answer pretty quickly both times. dont know about the warranty, as I said, It's used.

I've been playing about 3 years(I wish I had started earlier). If it were lost or stolen, I'd buy it again if I could find it.. they're discontinued, Washburn only makes the N4 now (I think).. I love prettymuch everything about this guitar, I dont like the lack of a tone knob though. I compared it to two other guitars in the pawn shop, some 80s BC Rich strat(it was awful), and a Yamaha pacifica(almost cut myself on the frets). I give it a 9, since no guitar is perfect(at least none I've played yet).

Don't know what year it was made.
1 volume - 2 Humbuckers - 3-way selector
22 frets - Made in Korea (not sure)
Strat body - Natural color - Rosewood fingerboard

I play all sorts of Rock 'n Roll ... From Pink Floyd to Pantera. It's better on the distorded side of music ... Stock pick up are of good quality only ... I play through a Roland DAC and a Boss Multi-Effect ...

Action on it is very very good ... Minimal fret buzz ... Sustain is pretty good. May need some better quality pick up, but the stock ones do the job pretty good (depending on your personnal taste). Old-Style tremolo bridge (strat-like) ... It cracks a little when "bomb-diving" ... But Ok in normal use.

On of my favorite guitar ... No problem with it !

Never call them

I've been playing for 20 years now and I own all sorts of low to mid-price electric guitars (Charvel, Fernandes, Hamer, Other Washburn). To tell you the truth, I wish I had bought the N2 instead (because of the Floyd Rose and the better pick up) ... But still, I was amaze by the quality and playability of the N1 (It's even better than my other Washburn WG). It's light, small and confortable. The neck is thin and the action is set very low ... So with the bigger frets, it plays like a charm. I like it better than my pricier Fernandez (which have a Floyd-Rose and an active pick-up).

The only problem I see is that I would love to have cleaner sounding pick-ups but that's not a big problem since I usually play with lots of effects 90% of the time.

It's a great buy, but if you can afford it ... Try the N2 !

Not sure what year or where it's made, most probably Korea. 22frets, 1 vol, 3 way selector (like Gibson SG & Les Paul. 2 Washburn humbuckers, Black finish, standard strat-style trem, grover tuners. as simple as i want a guitar to be.

i play what ever is on radio and mtv so that basically covers everything. the first thing i did when i bought it is dump the pick up and replaced it with a DiMarzio Super 3 that's lying around in the bridge position. i replaced the neck hum with a single coil from a Fender HM. I the guitar apart and common for "cheap" guitars is they use cheap this wires to cut cost down. so i replaced it with beefier ones, changed the pot to a better 500K and it sounds so much better.
what i did't realise is that the humbucker was wrongly wired, i was getting a janggly single coil kinda sound from the bridge pickup. this is after a year of playing it the way it is. when i finally fixed the problem, the sound truly shines. i disconnected the single coil and put the original pickup to cover the hole.
i have a bunch of valvestate, a carlsboro a marshall superbass full stack. i usually hook it up to a mxr distortion+ or an ADA MP1. i just love the sound of this guitar. it's the first guitar i grab when i feel like playing.

i likke the neck very much. the body is a god send. narrower than a strat and small enough for me. i'm small so everything adds up nicely. i've tried the guitar with 9's and 10's but prefer it with 10s. had to adjust the neck a few month after i bought it to make it really really straight. never touched it ever since, solid as a rock. the neck is my favorite among all my guitars, it's a nice compromised to my charvel and epiphone SG. the fact that the neck i finished with oil is also a plus, i hate the feel of paint or clear finish on a neck.
the control is just what i've always wished on a guitar. one volume knob - that's out of my way when i'm strumming. it's located fither down than usual. the 3 way selector is the easiest wa to control any pickups and after i got this guitar i just don't give any guitar with a five way switch a second look. i angled the 3 way switched a bit so i don't accidently hit.
i had a few frankenstein guitar before this and it usually has 1 volume, 1 or 2 hum, 3 way selector, oil or no finish on the neck and for washburn to come up with this model at this price was like a wish come true.
the only thing i would change is the neck plate which is a bit thick for my liking. i have a slim charvette plate that'll fit there soon.

i don't gig but i do take it out for practicing. the hardware hasn't given me any problem. like i say it's the first guitar i'll grab from the rest. i don't really pet it and just throw it around, it'll stand next to the amp, on the sofa, lying on the floor, on my study table, i just make sure i don't drop it. i'll gig it if i have the chance. the construction is so simple and strdy i can't see anything going wrong with it.

never tried them before. phone bill will probably gonna kill me.

been playing more than 10 years. i bought this guitar because i cant afford N2 or N4. i thought it would be "good enough" for practising but it turned out to be my fave axe. i'll buy a few more if they still have it, white and the natural finish. i'll probably slap some EMGs.