OT: Nuno Bettencourt appreciation thread

[Kazrog]

There's a new Extreme album coming out, too! I'm so there!!!

I'm a huge Nuno fan, he's one of the people who inspired me to play the guitar. I saw him play a few years ago with his former band Population 1 (who basically became Dramagods.) It was so weird because nobody was into it in Santa Barbara except for me. People ignored his band, it was fucking blasphemy. He was fucking shredding the whole time, and his vocals are top notch as well.

After the set, nobody came up to him, so I jumped at the chance to say hey and let him know how he inspired me to pick up the guitar in 1991. He was totally cool, very humble down to earth guy.

 

[pifos_2]

I love his playing. And I love Pornograffiti and III Sides to Every Story.

But his conversion into Population 1 - Dramagods ain't my thing.

 

[The Unavoidable]

Nuno is ace, but Extreme really did suck. Mostly becuse the singing and lyrics took away everything cool about the music

 

[Chryst Krispies]

I love Nuno's playing, and I like Extreme,

BUT GOOD SHIT d0 those Washburns of his suck ass..

I can't believe I own one.

 

[J the TyranT]

lol, I actually dig Extreme's funky catchiness, man.

Im not one for Washburns at any rate... but, having never played a Nuno axe... they look alright, save for those shit headstocks, lol

 

[kaomao]

Nuno is ace, but Extreme really did suck. Mostly becuse the singing and lyrics took away everything cool about the music

lol "Extreme did suck" lol
sorry I had to say that

 

[Chryst Krispies]

The neck is like my classical guitar. It's huge.
My sounds chunkadelic but the neck is just barbaric.

 

[Skinny Viking]

I track all my leads with my Nuno N4

beautiful sounding guitar, too bad I absolutely HATE playing it ... so fucking uncomfortable

 

[J the TyranT]

lol... so that's two so far hating on his washburn... thats funny

 

[dan weapon]

I think Extreme's 'Pornograffiti' and 'Three Sides' had 5 or 6 awesome songs each. Nuno's playing is incredible.

 

[Kazrog]

I track all my leads with my Nuno N4

beautiful sounding guitar, too bad I absolutely HATE playing it ... so fucking uncomfortable

Really? I thought the whole point of it was ergonomics and fast performance? Why is it uncomfortable?

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Really? I thought the whole point of it was ergonomics and fast performance? Why is it uncomfortable?

The neck is like a fuckin 2x4... and that extended cutaway is jus plain gay.

 

[Kazrog]

The neck is like a fuckin 2x4... and that extended cutaway is jus plain gay.

Weird, that pretty much renders the guitar pointless in that case. I figured it was ugly for the sake of playability.

 

[Liam Thompson]

Got my ticket for Newcastle, England in November

 

[Gaspard]

Just saw them last night in NY, awsone show

NUNO HAS THESE NEW CUSTOM AMPS !!! it sounded awsome, i dont know who makes his amps... but it looked like his sounds came from a boss multi effects...

 

[Liam Thompson]

Not sure how accurate this info is but according to this web page the custom amps are Randall's he's been using through 2008

http://www.uberproaudio.com/content/view/99/38/

Apparently he is also using Boss GT-8 for FX

Back in the day I know he used a Boss ME-6 for FX for definite.

http://www.angelfire.com/ny/av1/odd.html

 

[aramism]

Not sure how accurate this info is but according to this web page the custom amps are Randall's he's been using through 2008

http://www.uberproaudio.com/content/view/99/38/

Apparently he is also using Boss GT-8 for FX

Back in the day I know he used a Boss ME-6 for FX for definite.

http://www.angelfire.com/ny/av1/odd.html

not sure what amps he uses but the tone on the new cd is even better than his ada mp1 days in the 80s which i thought were awesome particularly on III sides.


then again i bet most players wouldn't know what to do with that tone. it's all in the hands for him i think.

 

[phatfil]

i saw Extreme live in '93. they opened for Bon Jovi. i thought they were an awesome live band. Nuno played Midnight Express too. just sitting on a stool with an acoustic to start off his solo. sick, sick, sick! what an incredible guitar player.