Nuno Bettencourt Sound

[LyMob]

HI people!
Other than a washburn with a bill lawrence pup....what else have you found that delivers that pornografitti and three sides extreme album sounds?????
thx a lot

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Nuno Bettencourt Sound

ADA MP-1 preamp..and a few JCM800's....
He was not big on effects I seem to recall....

 

[RG 2570]

Re: Nuno Bettencourt Sound

ADA MP-1 preamp..and a few JCM800's....
He was not big on effects I seem to recall....

besides the lawrence pup the main ingredient for his tone is th ADA MP-1 with vintage ampeg 4 x12 cabs. he also used a boss ME-5 for effects

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Nuno Bettencourt Sound

VERY short delay on the really fast stuff ... like "Wounded Bumblebee" . He played every OTHER note, and the delay did the rest .... harder than playing it straight through, in my opinion. I saw Nuno on a very RARE date on LI after "Schitzophonic" came out ... and that's what he did to play that piece. It was amazing!! Also, he was playing Hughes & Kettner with a Washburn Princess guitar ... and some work with the N1; still had the classic 'Nuno' sound, tho!

He was using a Lexicon processor, tho, and an Eventide processor, as well.
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[RG 2570]

Re: Nuno Bettencourt Sound

oh yeah he used a duncan 59n in the neck spot of the washburn