Huge tonal range, very versatile. The relic/vintage is the beast to get if you can afford it but all N4s are amazing machines.

To be fair this guitar can do a whole load. It isn't stacked with features but what it does it does very well. Tone wise there is no tone control but the choice of pickup gives a wide range anyway. You can easily add to this selection by backing off the volume control. The hardware is all top notch, reliable and effective, with grover tuners, floyd rose (some have schaller) trem, bill lawrence l500 in bridge and duncan '59 in neck.

Less features means less to learn and less to go wrong. Playability is what this guitar is all about. The neck is pure joy and the guitar is light and very well balanced. I have the vintage which comes as standard with locking strap buttons too. The pickup switch and volume are well placed and the body is well contoured.

No fancy finishes here. Just a lovely bit of well cut wood, routed and drilled precisely and finished with wax. All hardware is is of the best quality and well fitted. The vintage has an original floyd rose trem which is made of harder metal than the schaller but both are great bits of gear. The tuners are smooth and precise and the jack and volume are top end, not some cheap parts bolted on.

I paid $1499.99 including shipping to the Uk for my relic, which sells here in England for $2500.00

I emailed an enquiry to washburn and recieved a reply the following day. I would say that was pretty good. I have heard horror stories from others about washburn service but in my own experience they are fantastic.

Pure genius. If you are a fan of Nuno Bettencourt it is obvious when first playing this guitar that he had a lot of input. The neck, body, size and weight are all spot on. Everything suits a fast, easy fluid playing style and the neck join makes high fret access an absolut wonder.

musician and producer

alternative, rock, funk, blues

the sound is killer i am rating it 9 cause i need to work on the tone thats my side of the problem other wise the guitar is killer..i am a nuno bettencourt fan and my playing style is influenced by him i have played on other guitars too nothing comes close..

kick ass after all it has nunos inputs

i think its smooth no hassels

only the action had to be adjusted thats all

go for it ...its worth all your money sweat tears blood etc etc

didnt need support but since i live in india the guitar is not availabel here so before i had it shipped from the states had called the guys at washburn they were quite helpful

wooh looks vintage and killer no fancy stuff here....

have a band called "airborne"

funk rock