Extreme
Washburn N4s into a stock Marshall DSL, with a script Phase 90 and a Rat that never gets switched off.
Known for: Get the Funk Out, Rise
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The old script version, run on batteries and set to the slow Van Halen setting at 10 o'clock.
In the effects loop for delays, choruses and flanges.
Patched in by his tech for two solos.
On at the start of the show and unplugged at the end — used to tighten the low end rather than add distortion.
Stock, running into a stack of 4x12s.
His signature N4.
Neck humbucker.
What to dial in to chase Nuno Bettencourt's signature sounds — knob positions, pickup choice and amp EQ as documented.
Nuno's octave lift for the Rise solo, patched in over an always-on Rat that only tightens the tone.