"The one constant is change, and although the N4 remains my main "workhorse", I needed guitars that could express my change and growth in tone, as well as a player and songwriter.  The N5 and N6 evolved from these needs." - Nuno Bettencourt

N5 Features

• Built in the USA Custom Shop
• Solid alder body
• Birdseye maple neck & fingerboard
• Seymour Duncan SSL1 pickups
• Schaller Floyd Rose locking tremolo
• Stephens extended cutaway 5-bolt neck joint
• Anodized aluminum pickguard
• Grover 18:1 gear ratio tuners
• Buzz Feiten Tuning  System™
• Black, Military Green, Tobacco Sunburst or Creme finishes

• BBC To Screen Three-Part Series "The Story Of The Guitar"

  How did the guitar become the world's favourite instrument? Alan Yentob begins this personal journey, fascinated by both the sound of the Oud, an ancient middle-eastern ancestor of the lute, and the iconic guitar draped round the necks of Bill Hailey and Elvis Presley, which rocked the cosy world of popular music in the 50s. Starts Sunday 5th October.

• WASHBURN 200 PRO SERIES REVIEWED IN TOTAL GUITAR INCLUDING BEST BUY AWARD FOR D200 PRO-E

  Washburn's new 200 Pro Series electric guitars receive a brilliant 4-page review in the latest issue (May 2007) of Total Guitar magazine. Reviewer Henry Yates puts four of the models through their paces: the X200 Pro (4/5), WI200 Pro-E (4/5), D200 Pro-E (5/5 Best Buy) and V200 Pro-E (4/5).