Washburn Nunos...........

[MBreinin]

Anyone have experience with them? They look cool, albeit a little funky with that extended cutaway. Just curious how they play...especially the better ones like the N4.

Mike

[IrfaanSE801]

They actually play really great. I had no prior experience with Washburn before picking up the Vintage looking Nuno model (not sure what model # it was) and it was pretty damn cool. The cutaway although it looks a bit odd, is very comfortable. I would have picked one up, but I hate reverse headstocks Kinda dumb to let that stand in the way of a good guitar, but there are other companies out there that fit what I personally like better, but good stuff either way!

[owlhead]

I have a N2 and its one of the best playing guitars I own.

[NunoSoWylde]

N4's Friggin' Rule. My first guitar that I owned. I have owned/own other guitars but my N4's are my favorite. I had 4 at one point, a layoff forced a thinning of the herd and now I only have 2. Serious Mojo!

[MBreinin]

What are the necks like? I assume the N4 has that broken in feel to it??

Mike

[Guitarnut]

N4's are nice - play really well, neck nice & comfortable with that "played in feel", although I'm a fan of "unfinished" necks anyway. Mine may be a tad trebley, tone-wise - I read somewhere that the bridge pickup was chosen for the paduak version, to balance the bassiness of the tone from that wood, and mine is (what looks like) a flame maple top on a different wood body (not sure what it is - it didn't come with the spec.). It's a limited run USA build for the Japanese market - "autograph series no. 77 of 100", so signed by Nuno (no certificate of authenticity though - but then I bought it to play it, not because it's signed). I don't play with my thumb behind the neck, so the Stevens cutaway feels a bit strange for me (I hook my thumb over - probably a bad habit, but hey) - but should open up access much better if you do play that way. I don't rip like a lot of you guys out there, but it feels good & sounds good to my inexperienced ear!

[1trussell]

N4 - great guitars, play extremely well and have a nice broken in feel

N2 - great guitars for the money. I would upgrade the pickups and electronics, but they fell nice and light, great for the stage if you do a lot of runnign around

[krimson]

Very nice balanced instrument. I used to own one and it was the lightest guitar I ever owned. Mine had a pretty fat neck, though. I sold it to get a Taylor.

[MountainDog]

Mine had a pretty fat neck, though.

I have two N4s, one with the washburn floyd, normal floyd nut and an earlier one with the Kahler Steeler floyd-clone and kahler nut (from the factory that way). The washburn floyd'd one has a thick neck, about Les Paul thick. The Kahler one has a 'normal' thickness neck, more like Jackson/Charvel size.

[pinto79]

My sister has an N4 and the more I play it, the more I like it. Swamp Ash with the 500XL pup is a pretty good combo.

[charvelguy]

Hmm, I am surprised on the neck profile differences. I have a '92 swamp ash purple rain finish. The neck 'feels' wide, flat and with an almost a wizard profile. Fast.. bends are no effort. If you ever played a HM strat..they tend to remind me of one another in feel.

[VitaminG]

picked up a black N2 not long ago. I've been playing the shit out of this guitar. Feels right at home amongst all the Model series Charvels