A T-style Electric Guitar Designed by Nuno
The Washburn Nele Standard was built to virtuoso Nuno Bettencourt’s exact specifications, and this high-performance T-style axe pushes your playing to its limit. A matte natural finish adds extra resonance and sustain to its exquisite swamp ash body. Twin single-coil-sized humbuckers, a Bill Lawrence L-250 in the bridge and a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack in the neck, supply a multitude of classic tones. Enjoy extraordinary playability, thanks to a maple neck with a Stephens Extended Cutaway. You’ll also benefit from a rock-solid Gotoh bridge and tuners. The Nuno Bettencourt Nele Standard includes an attention-grabbing reverse headstock and gold hardware.
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Washburn’s Nele Standard — designed with Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno did much more than put his name on Washburn’s Nele Standard — he employed his extensive guitar knowledge to help create an exceptional, high-performance instrument. This T-style axe’s resonant swamp ash body offers smooth highs, slightly scooped mids, and truckloads of sustain. The Nuno Bettencourt Nele Standard also boasts a comfortable maple neck and a fast-playing 22-fret bird’s-eye maple fingerboard. What’s more, getting your fingers on those hard-to-reach upper frets is effortless, thanks to its Stephens Extended Cutaway. If you’re searching for enhanced playability, the Nele Standard is hard to beat — it’s loaded with the player-friendly enhancements that top-shelf guitarists like Nuno demand.
Single-coil-sized humbuckers yield a multitude of classic tones
The Washburn Nuno Bettencourt Nele Standard comes loaded with a pair of single-coil-sized humbuckers, carefully spec’d by Nuno himself. The Bill Lawrence L-250 bridge pickup serves up single-coil dynamics and sound with humbucker warmth. Sporting a single blade instead of pole pieces, the L-250 is clear and punchy, sensitive to your picking technique, and produces gorgeous harmonics. At the Nele Standard’s neck, you’ll find a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack. A favorite of Nashville session players, the Vintage Stack adds that unmistakable T-style tone to country, rockabilly, blues, and classic rock. At Sweetwater, we've found that this pickup's hum-canceling design makes it especially well-suited for overdriven tones.
The Nele Standard features a 6-way "Freeway Ultra" Switch:
- Position 1 — Neck Pickup
- Position 2 — Bridge + Neck Pickups
- Position 3 — Bridge Pickup
- Position 4 — Both Pickups in Series + In Phase
- Position 5 — Both Pickups in Series + Out of Phase
- Position 6 — Both Pickups in Parallel + Out of Phase
Washburn Nuno Bettencourt Nele Standard Features:
- USA-made signature model designed with the help of Nuno Bettencourt
- Resonant swamp ash body offers smooth highs, slightly scooped mids, and truckloads of sustain
- Matte natural finish adds extra resonance and sustain
- Stephen's Extended Cutaway gives you easy access to the entire fretboard
- Bill Lawrence L-250 bridge pickup serves up single-coil dynamics and sound with humbucker warmth
- Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack neck pickup exhibits a classic, warm, punchy tone with zero hum
- Rock-solid Gotoh bridge and tuners
- Attention-grabbing reverse headstock and gold hardware
