Nuno Bettencourt

"I used to use the RAT pedal back in the day but I put what it did in my signature amp at the front end. If I use a Marshall amp, I still use the RAT." - Paraphrased from the video at around 4:30

In interview done with Music Radar, Bettencourt says.

“The pedalboard that I’m using... well, I’m not much on effects anyway, and with Extreme it’s always about the real minimalistic approach.

"Even though it’s a multi-effects unit, I use four patches for 90 percent of the songs. There’s just a plain one, then a little bit of chorus on another one for all the chorus hooks that I play on.

"The third patch is like a solo boost - more for the volume and adding delay for the solo. The fourth is always a flanger. I just use that to go to for ‘vibe’ when I feel like that. That’s all that I really have on there. other than a few delay changes, that’s basically it.”

He can be seen playing the guitar throughout the video starting clearly at the thirty seven second mark

We can see the wall of marshalls behind nuno (which probably also are used by yngwie and zakk) as part of the SuperGroup Generation Axe Tour. Traditional Hard rock sound through the marshall jcm 2000 stack in this video

Nuno talks about his Original N4 Guitar and how it was custom made for him, while using it in the video.

Nuno used to play with an ADA MP-1 as pictured.

In this Gibson guide how to get the tone of Nuno Bettencourt, it was mentioned that he used more Twin Reverbs.

"Of course, being a rocker in the ’80s and ’90s, Bettencourt had a nice complement of Marshall amps backing him up on stage every night. But Marshall wasn’t the only amp he relied on; he also had some Fender Twin Reverbs for those softer moments."

Nuno talks about his amplifier and how he uses it.

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Nuno Bettencourt uses a Washburn N7 electric guitar during his tours with Rihanna, as evidenced by a photo on Fu-tone.

Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt is associated with the Hughes & Kettner TriAmp (MK1), a versatile 3-channel, 150-watt valve amp head known for its distinct voices, including 50s Californian Clean and 90s Californian High Gain. Discussion on GuitarAmpModeling highlights its use on Bettencourt's "Stop the World" preset, showcasing its diverse tonal capabilities.

Nuno Bettencourt previously used the Boss ME-5 Multi-Effect Unit alongside the ADA MP-1.

He said this about his noise gate pedal...

"Other than that it’s just a noise gate and I think that’s it. Yeah, I think it’s just the noise gate there.”

In this photo, Bettencourt is visible playing ESP George Lynch Kamikaze 1.

In interview with Music Radar, Bettencourt says about his OC-2...

"There are songs like Comfortably Dumb and stuff off of [2008 album] Saudades De Rock, or whatever, that I’ll use it for if the songs were written that way.”

Although he didn't mention anything about this tuner, it is still visible in his photo in interview done for Music Radar.

In the photo titled "nunobettencourtlive_rig.jpg" from Wordpress, Nuno Bettencourt is shown using two Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedals during a live performance.

Nuno talks about his amp and how it was made.

This selector is another pedal (sort of) that he uses according to his interview for Music Radar.

Nuno used to use a Boss LS-2 with his two Boss DD-3s as pictured.

Nuno used an ADA MC-1 foot controller to control his live rack on Extreme's Pornograffitti tour.

Washburn Guitars and world renowned guitarist, Nuno Bettencourt, introduce the EA20SNB Signature stage ready acoustic/electric guitar.

Best known for his ground breaking work in Extreme and currently touring with Rihanna, Nuno Bettencourt is truly a guitar hero, inspiring millions of guitarists around the world. While primarily know for his electric work on his Washburn N4 Signature guitar, Nuno and Extreme came to prominence with the acoustic hit, "More Than Words", which featured the guitarist playing a Washburn Festival Series acoustic/electric guitar. Nuno has continued to feature Washburn Festival Series guitars in his acoustically driven songs to this day.

Nuno playing "I Wonder" with a P4. The writeup below is from Washburn on the P4

Chicago, January, 2013 - Washburn Guitars brings back an old friend with the re-release of the P4, one of Washburn's popular models from the '90s.

Built in the USA Custom Shop, the P4 features a solid mahogany body with a carved, bound maple top, and a mahogany neck with a bound ebony fingerboard and pearl teardrop inlays. The top shelf hardware includes a chrome TonePros® tune-o-matic style bridge with Schaller® fine tuning tailpiece. Premium Grover® 18:1 chrome tuners are utilized to ensure micro fine tuning stability. Seymour Duncan '59 pickups are controlled by 1 volume and 1 tone knob and chosen with a 3-way toggle switch. The Buzz Feiten Tuning System® ensures accurate intonation all the way up the fingerboard.

The Custom Shop has gone to great lengths to make sure the current P4 is a faithful recreation of the original P4; producing thick, meaty tones ideal for classic rock, blues and jazz. The P4 is available in Tiffany Blue and Silver Sparkle.

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Nuno Bettencourt is associated with the PRS Custom 24, as evidenced by a Pinterest post by 順子 中屋.

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In the picture You can see that he uses 4 knob octave Boss pedal. The only one close to this is Boss oc-3.

For almost 3 decades, guitar virtuoso Nuno Bettencourt and Washburn have paired up to design and craft the thrilling guitar players main axes. His celebrated N4 and the special variations of this revered instrument have been on stages all over the world. From his time as lead guitarist for the Platinum selling band Extreme, as an acclaimed solo musician, as Musical Director for the multi Grammy Award winning songwriter Rihanna or as a member of Steve Vai’s touring super group of guitarists Generation Axe, Nuno’s N4 has been there. But in the last several years, it’s not just the N4 that has joined Nuno on these incredible adventures and now, Washburn and Nuno are pleased to present the companion axe to his beloved N4; the 4N.

The Team at the Washburn Custom Shop went to painstaking lengths to capture the uniqueness of Nuno’s 4N. Chris Meade, the Head at WCS not just studied the instrument in hand but also designed and made a set of custom tools so he could accurately measure the neck! From that point forward, every effort has been made to get the feel and look captured expertly; the results of which are obvious with instrument in hand.

Crafted with an alder body, ebony fretboard and birds-eye maple neck; the 4N features the Stephens Extended Cutaway, a Seymour Duncan ’59 pickup in the neck position and Bill Lawrence L-500 in the bridge. A Floyd Rose Original Tremolo unit is paired with a Kahler nut and a single volume control and three-way selector switch round out the electronic setup.

Whether you’re one of the hardcore Nuno fans the world over, or an accomplished musician looking for a unique and finely crafted instrument to compliment your playing style; the new Washburn 4N Signature Nuno Bettencourt guitar is an excellent option to add to your collection.