The N1 and N2 are production (budget) models of this line, factory-built in Korea, and feature standard bolt-on necks and lower-grade pickups and tremolo systems. It is outfitted with a Bill Lawrence ® and a Seymour Duncan pickup, and a licensed Floyd Rose-type tremolo.
The N4 is a small reverse-headstock'super-strat' that features the Stephen's Extended Cutaway neck joint for easy access to the higher frets. Nuno Bettencourt models are flagshipped by the American hand-made N4.Designed by Trevor Wilkinson, the VCC is no longer in use by Washburn, but is available in various models of Vintage (UK) guitar as the Roll Control knob.Īny given series may have as few as only one model. Voice Contour Control (VCC) - a special potentiometer and wiring, intended to allow access to the entire range of tones 'between' the one-coil ('single-coil' mode) and two-coil sounds of a humbuckingpickup, rather than one or the other.Used primarily with the Nuno Bettencourt signature models, the SEC has also been employed with acoustic guitars, and remains on some current (2017) models of the Parallaxe line. Stephen's Extended Cutaway - a unique bolt-on neck joint invented by luthier Stephen Davies to allow greater unrestricted access for a guitarist's fretting hand.At its peak, this system came standard on U.S.-made Washburn guitars and basses and the better imports. The BFTS was first used by Washburn in 1995 on a very few models, then increasingly with the introduction of the WI-64 (1999), and was entirely phased out after the 2010 production year.
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