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(sold)Washburn/Custom Shop USA Nuno Bettencourt Signature Series N4 Walnut Body Natural Matte

owner: Shin

2021.8.8: I was interested in this model when I saw the live video and the introduction movie when Akira Nakayama of Plastic Tree got it about 10 years ago and used it mainly for a while.
At the time, it was a limited production of 25 pieces worldwide, but it seems that they have been produced occasionally since then.
I was considering buying it while it was still available as a new item, and I found it at an outlet at a considerably reduced price, and it was in stock at a store where I could go and see it in person, so I checked the actual item and bought it.
It was an outlet, but there was no noticeable damage and it is in good condition.
The neck was probably made by Nuno himself after many years of playing.
The neck is probably a scanned copy of the shape of the actual N4 that Nuno himself has been using for many years, and as the review video explains, the neck is thinner than imagined, with a slightly thinner, thinner and rounder C shape than the lock nut itself.
2021.8.30: Only the height of the nut was higher than the guitars I usually use, so I had it lowered a little by shaving the side of the neck.
I thought the nut was original since it is equipped with Floyd original, but it seems to be a low-priced series nut.
2021.9.29: I was concerned about the low-priced nut and wanted to lower the height a little more, so I replaced it with GOTOH's GHL-1.
I put a 0.1mm and 0.5mm spacer between the nut and the fretboard to adjust the height, but the nut itself shifted 1mm to the 1st string side, so I had the workshop adjust the position.
The stress of pressing the low position is much less than when I bought it.
2022.3: I sold it because the neck did not fit and the replica machine was made and I did not use it.