Learn 5 ways to shred like Nuno Bettencourt with this lesson in Extreme guitar playing By Charlie Griffiths 02 December 2021 Get the funk out with Nuno's formidable rhythm, tapping and alternate-picking licks
Steve Vai announces Vai Academy 6.0, featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Guthrie Govan, Yvette Young, Billy Sheehan and more By Jackson Maxwell 05 October 2021 The four-day workshop will take place August 4-8, 2022 at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa
Hear Marty Friedman, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Skolnick and Richard Shaw shred over mind-bending new Lost Symphony track By Sam Roche 17 May 2021 Take Another Piece is the first single from the group's equally star-studded forthcoming album, Chapter III
Nuno Bettencourt recalls two-hand tapping in front of Eddie Van Halen: “He stops me and goes, ‘Hey, none of that silly stuff!’” By Richard Bienstock 23 December 2020 The Extreme virtuoso tells Guitar World about his first-ever meeting with EVH
Satriani, Vai, Nuno, Yngwie and many more wish Guitar World a happy 40th anniversary in epic video message By Richard Bienstock 25 September 2020 #GuitarWorld40: Satch will be holding one note for 40 hours in our honor
Nuno Bettencourt, Nancy Wilson and Taylor Hawkins “blow the roof off their homes” with virtual cover of Heart’s Barracuda By Richard Bienstock 18 August 2020 “It's one of the greatest rock songs of all time as far as I’m concerned,” Nuno says
Brian May joins Nuno Bettencourt, Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen and Tosin Abasi for epic Bohemian Rhapsody jam By Richard Bienstock 05 August 2020 The virtual performance was part of the At Home and Social with Nuno Bettencourt & Friends AXS TV special
Nuno Bettencourt to be joined by Brian May, Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde and more for At Home and Social special By Richard Bienstock 03 August 2020 The AXS TV show will raise funds for out-of-work touring and venue crews impacted by the COVID-19 shutdown
Nuno Bettencourt reveals he sent an audition tape to Ozzy Osbourne as a teenager - years later, he turned down the gig By Richard Bienstock 15 June 2020 The Extreme guitarist tells the whole story on a podcast celebrating the release of photographer Mark Weiss’ The Decade That Rocked retrospective
Steve Vai and Nuno Bettencourt react to Brian May being crowned greatest rock guitarist By Richard Bienstock 11 June 2020 “This is a totally appropriate recognition in my opinion,” Vai says
Nuno Bettencourt tears it up alongside Phil X and Orianthi on 68-musician cover of The Beatles’ Let It Be By Richard Bienstock 13 May 2020 Charity single also features Avril Lavigne, Stu Hamm, dUg Pinnick and Mike Mangini
Mateus Asato covers a Nickelback solo - only to realize it was originally by Nuno Bettencourt By Richard Bienstock 24 March 2020 “I’m coming for you Mateus,” jokes the Extreme guitarist in response
Whoa, Nele: Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt collaborates with Washburn on signature T-style with six-way pickup switching By Richard Bienstock 20 February 2020 Single-cut design sports swamp ash body and Duncan and Bill Lawrence pickups, available in Standard and Deluxe versions
Fluid Mechanics: A brief guide to Nuno Bettencourt's most musical and brilliantly flashy tapping licks By Scott Marano 20 September 2019 Have fun entertaining and impressing your fellow guitarists, non-guitarists and yourself with this incredibly effective set of tapping and soloing tools
Watch Tom Morello and an all-star cast of guitarists invite you to his Guitar Revolution camp By Sponsored 17 September 2019 Morello - along with Nuno Bettencourt, John 5, Wayne Kramer, Vernon Reid, Bibi McGill and Billy Howerdel - discuss the can't-miss guitar experience
Generation Axe Premiere New Live Recording of "Highway Star" By Jackson Maxwell 07 June 2019 The recording is taken from the quintet's new live album, 'Generation Axe—The Guitars That Destroyed the World: Live In China.'
Watch Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Brad Paisley and Scott Ian Shred the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme By Richard Bienstock 15 May 2019 The all-star cast performed the song on Fender's Sigil Collection of guitars.
Listen to Zakk Wylde and Nuno Bettencourt Duet on Citizen Cope's "Sideways" By Richard Bienstock 09 May 2019 The track hails from the forthcoming Generation Axe live album, 'The Guitars That Destroyed the World.'
‘Generation Axe—The Guitars That Destroyed the World: Live in China’ To Be Released in June By Richard Bienstock 05 April 2019 Listen to Vai, Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde and Tosin Abasi shred through Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein."
Washburn Unveils New Nuno Bettencourt 4N Signature Guitar By Guitar World Staff 19 February 2019 The 4N features a thinner ebony fingerboard and deeper neck profile than the N4, Bettencourt's previous Washburn signature.
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