“Built with the same passion I’ve put into every note I’ve ever played”: Nuno Bettencourt has launched his own guitar brand, Nuno Guitars – marking the end of his longstanding partnership with Washburn
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Many speculated a Bettencourt brand was in the works after the virtuoso was spotted performing at Ozzy Osbourne's last-ever show armed with a mystery guitar

Nuno’s one of my favorite guitarists. This seems to be part of a larger trend where guitarists leave big guitar companies and found their own brands. Dean Lamb of Archspire left Kiesel Guitars some time ago to found Ethos Guitars; Tosin Abasi has had his own Abasi Concepts for several years already. The YouTuber Samurai Guitarist launched his own brand Otera recently.