“Once they started doing paint on my guitars, I hated the way they sounded”: Nuno Bettencourt explains why he has always preferred his Washburn N4 guitars to be unfinished

Nuno Bettencourt.

While many artist signature guitars on the market aim to turn heads through wild designs and eye-catching cosmetics, Nuno Bettencourt adopts an approach that is far more old school, far more straightforward.

That much can be surmised from his own Washburn N4 model – a completely natural, unfinished electric guitar, which the Extreme virtuoso has made his go-to six-string companion for the stage and studio throughout his career.